Jack Halpern

About Jack Halpern

Mr Halpern is presently a Guardian Ad Litem for the 15th Judicial District Palm Beach County FL as a child advocate for abused and neglected children taken from their homes. He also is working Out of County for the 17th and 19th Judicial Districts as well on three other cases. He represents these children in court testimony and helps to either facilitate reunification with the parents or adoption by others. Before retiring he was a Senior Consultant to the Energy Industry with more than 50 years of experience. He has managed or participated in the siting, permitting and development of over a hundred energy facilities including combined cycle, coal, oil, hydro and nuclear facilities and over seven thousand miles of transmission lines including route selection, permitting and site investigations. He has testified before a number of states as well as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Atomic Safety & Licensing Board and the Alberta Utility Commission on siting issues. His overseas experience includes consultation for the governments of Mexico and Canada on power plant siting and development. Other overseas power experience includes South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Brazil and Korea. Mr Halpern was chosen to represent the U.S. in developing IAEA Standard S-9 on Siting and Development of Nuclear facilities and was responsible for developing and leading IAEA’s eight-week course on Siting of Nuclear Facilities. He has been invited to participate in two White House Workshops on Permitting and Mitigation on Federal Lands and also a National Governor\'s Task Force on Modernizing the Grid. Recently he developed and led a four hour training seminar on Constructability Issues for Transmission Lines for PJM Interconnection. Specialties: Site and Route Selection Permitting Program Management Project Review Expert Witness

Experience

1. Guardian Ad Litem

   Casa-15th Judicial Circuit

   May 2017 — Present

   GAL\'s are advocates for minor children, just as an attorney advocates for whoever retains their services. Their primary duty is to investigate and determine what will be in the best interests of the child after the child is taken from a home because of neglect or abuse.

Education

• Columbia University

  Master's degree, Rock & Soil Mechanics

  1967 — 1968

• Missouri School of Mines

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mining Engineering

  1962 — 1966

• University of Missouri at Rolla

  Phd Studies- ABT, Rock & Soil Mechanics

  1968 — 1970