- Contaminated Sites + Waste Management
- Ecosystem Markets
- Environmental + Natural Resources
- Environmental Due Diligence
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental Litigation + Enforcement Defense
- Environmental, Social + Governance (ESG)
- Litigation + Trial
- Natural Resources
- Renewable Energy
- Water Quality + Water Resources
- State Bar of Georgia, Member, Environmental Law Section
- The Georgia Conservancy, Board of Directors and Executive Committee (2018-present)
- Georgia Environmental Conference, Steering Committee (2015-present)
- Georgia Institute for Environmental Leadership (IGEL), Graduate (2016)
- Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN), Board of Directors (2009-2016), chair (2015-2016), and Advisory Board (2019-present)
- Judicial intern to Honorable Chief Justice Paul Reiber, Supreme Court of Vermont, 2006
Education
- Vermont Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2006
- Centre College, B.S., 1998
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Superior Court of Fulton County
- Speaker, “Powering Through the Environmental Challenges of EV Development,” Energy Law Insights, April 17, 2024.
- Speaker, “Water Law Update: Sackett vs. Environmental Protection Agency,” 16th Annual Georgia Environmental Conference, August 24, 2023.
- Moderator, “Annual Review of Clean Water Act Case Law,” Annual Georgia Environmental Conference, (2014-2019).
- Speaker, “Mitigation Banking through Public-Private Partnerships to Protect Wetlands, Sensitive Stream Beds and Listed Species,” Annual Georgia Environmental Conference, (2014, 2016, 2017).
- Moderator, “Redefining ‘Waters of the U.S.:’ What Are the Implications?,” 14th Annual Georgia Water Law and Regulation, February 27, 2015.
- Speaker, “Clouded Judgments?: Life After the Supreme Court’s Recent Air Decisions,” ICLE Environmental Law Summer Seminar, August 2, 2014.
- Speaker, “Water Issues Confronting Local Governments,” The Seminar Group 13th Annual Georgia Water Law and Regulation, March 19, 2014.
- Speaker, “Key Compliance Issues under Georgia’s Industrial Stormwater Permit,” The Seminar Group Stormwater Law & Regulation in Georgia, September 6, 2012.
- Co-author, “Driving Change: Scaling Up EVs in the U.S.,” Troutman Pepper, April 8, 2024.
- Co-author, “California Adopts Landmark GHG Emissions and Climate Risk Reporting Laws, Eclipsing Anticipated Federal Requirements,” Troutman Pepper, October 13, 2023.
- Co-author, “The Cross State Rule and EPA’s Rush to Regulate,” Trends Newsletter, ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, January/February 2012.
- Co-author, “Regulating GHGs Under the Clean Air Act,” Law360, Portfolio Media, Inc., March 2009.
- Author, “Presidential Prerogative Under the Endangered Species Act,” Natural Resources & Environment, American Bar Association, Summer 2008.
- Co-author, “Global Warming Solutions: Regulatory Challenges and Common Law Liabilities Associated With the Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide,” 6 Geo. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 429, 2008.
- Co-author, “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations After the Waterkeeper Decision,” Environmental Law Newsletter, Fall 2007.
- Quoted, “Keystone XL Pipeline Ruling Throws Projects Into Chaos,” Law360, April 16, 2020.
- Quoted, “Enforcement Hole Created by 5th Circ. Migratory Bird Ruling,” Law360, September 11, 2015.