Danielle Mechling has been a staff attorney in the Office of Enforcement, Divisions of Investigations at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission since 2016.  In her current role, she leads investigations into fraud and other potentially unlawful conduct in FERC jurisdictional markets.  Prior to joining FERC, Danielle worked in the private sector at law firms in Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, where her practice included representing energy companies in a range of litigation matters, and conducting internal investigations and compliance reviews for multinational corporations.  Danielle received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. in International Relations from New York University.