10 Consumers Energy legal leaders
Shaun Johnson, Executive Vice President Business Transformation, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer at Consumers Energy, is one of ten Consumers Energy legal leaders listed here, alongside people who hold or have held deputy, associate and assistant general counsel roles. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Consumers Energy from people who have held the role.
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Aaron L. Vorce
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · Consumers Energy
Aaron L. Vorce has been Associate General Counsel at Consumers Energy since July 2025 and was Director, Lead Principal Attorney there from 2024 to 2025. Aaron L. Vorce was Lead Principal Attorney at Consumers Energy from 2023 to 2024, Principal Attorney there from 2017 to 2023 and a Member at Dykema from 2005 to 2017.
Bret Totoraitis
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel - Regulatory · Consumers Energy
Bret Totoraitis has been Associate General Counsel - Regulatory at Consumers Energy since March 2018 and was Regulatory Attorney there from 2012 to 2018. Bret Totoraitis was an Associate Attorney at Dykema from 2011 to 2012 and Assistant Attorney General at the Michigan Department of Attorney General from 2009 to 2011.
Catherine Reynolds
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel · Consumers Energy
Catherine Reynolds was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Consumers Energy from 2013 to 2019 and lists a Consumers Energy career from 1979 to 2019 that ended in retirement. Catherine Reynolds is based in Jackson, Michigan, and uses the headline Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Consumers Energy.
Emerson Hilton
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel · Consumers Energy
Emerson Hilton has been Senior Associate General Counsel at Consumers Energy since July 2025 and was Associate General Counsel there from 2020 to 2025. Emerson Hilton was Corporate Counsel at Consumers Energy from 2018 to 2020, an Associate Attorney at Beveridge & Diamond PC from 2017 to 2018 and an Associate Attorney at Riddell Williams P.S. from 2015 to 2017.
Eric Luoma
LinkedInExperience: Supervisory Assistant General Counsel · Consumers Energy
Eric Luoma has been Supervisory Assistant General Counsel at Consumers Energy since September 2013 and is based in Jackson, Michigan. Eric Luoma's profile headline and about section both name the role of Supervisory Assistant General Counsel at Consumers Energy, the only position the profile lists.
Georgi Hyden
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director of Governance and Securities Regulation · Consumers Energy
Georgi Hyden has been Executive Director of Governance and Securities Regulation at Consumers Energy since May 2012 and was Corporate Counsel at Dart Energy Corporation from 2001 to 2012. Georgi Hyden was also an Adjunct Professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School from 2002 to 2008 and is based in Okemos, Michigan.
Kelly Hall
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Affairs & Deputy General Counsel · Consumers Energy
Kelly Hall has been Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Affairs & Deputy General Counsel at Consumers Energy since July 2025 and was Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Rates and Regulation there from 2023 to 2025. Kelly Hall was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company from 2019 to 2023 and Supervisory Assistant General Counsel at Consumers Energy from 2017 to 2019.
Kimberly Wilson
LinkedInExperience: Supervisory Assistant General Counsel · Consumers Energy
Kimberly Wilson has been Supervisory Assistant General Counsel at Consumers Energy Company since September 2006 and describes holding various attorney positions at Consumers Energy Company from 1986 until that promotion. Kimberly Wilson is based in Jackson, Michigan, and lists the supervisory role as the only position on the profile.
Robert Beach
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel - Transactions and Employment · Consumers Energy
Robert Beach has been Associate General Counsel - Transactions and Employment at Consumers Energy since August 2023 and was Lead Principal Attorney there from 2013 to 2023. Robert Beach was Assistant Attorney General at the Michigan Department of Attorney General from 2010 to 2013 and is based in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.
Shaun Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President Business Transformation, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer · Consumers Energy
Shaun Johnson has been Executive Vice President Business Transformation, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer at Consumers Energy since July 2025 and was Senior Vice President & General Counsel there from 2019 to 2025. Shaun Johnson also lists Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Consumers Energy from 2016 to 2025 and was a Member at Dykema from 2005 to 2016.
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