SECTION UPDATE
ENVIRONMENTAL & TOXIC TORT
By Kimberley Hale
Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP
[email protected]
The Environmental and Toxic Tort Section enjoyed two
major events in late spring and are currently planning
more social and CLE events for the summer and fall.
We co-hosted a CLE breakfast with the Construction
Section in late April to discuss the new Clean Water
Act Rule recently finalized by the Environmental
Protection Agency. This new rule defined “waters of
the United States” for purposes of the federal Clean
Water Act and has generated a great deal of interest and
controversy. The lively discussion included three great
speakers, Martin Shelton of Weissman, Nowak, Curry
& Wilco, Megan Hinkle of Southern Environmental
Law Center, and Justin Wong of Troutman Sanders.
In May, several of our members joined Trees Atlanta to
help weed, mulch, and water young trees in neighborhoods in the West End area of Atlanta. Trees Atlanta
was established in 1985 and is dedicated to addressing
Atlanta’s tree loss and creating more green space. We
learned a lot from the fantastic Trees Atlanta crew and
it was a wonderful way to spend time on a Saturday
morning getting to know our colleagues better.
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Later this summer, we will host our annual summer
social. We look forward to seeing all of our section
members there and introducing our 2016-2017 Board
of Directors:
Kimberley Hale, Chair
Randy Butterfield, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Jennifer Pennington, Secretary
Christopher Bowers, Treasurer
Rich Glaze, Immediate Past Chair
Members-at-Large:
Jonathan Wells
Elizabeth Gray Nunez
Stephen McCullers