Gary R. Sheehan Jr

Gary Sheehan provides representation and counseling services on a wide range of environmental issues associated with complex regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. Mr. Sheehan has significant experience with Clean Air Act matters, including federal and state air quality permitting, enforcement actions, rulemakings and compliance strategy development. Other areas of his practice include substantial experience with RCRA, CERCLA and Clean Water Act matters, as well as EPCRA and DOT/FAA enforcement actions. Mr. Sheehan also has extensive experience with significant transactional matters for corporate, real estate and financial services clients. A portion of his practice is also devoted to providing guidance to his clients on issues associated with the developing climate change and sustainable development regulatory movements.

Mr. Sheehan has been named a Georgia “Rising Star” in Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation and Administrative Law every year since 2006 by SuperLawyers magazine. He is listed in the 2014 and the three years immediately preceding editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Environmental Law. Mr. Sheehan was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Environmental Law in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He was named a 2012 "Legal Elite" for Environmental Law by Georgia Trend magazine.

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Areas of Practice 1) Environmental & Land Use, 2) Government & Regulatory, 3) Environmental Litigation and 4) Green Economy
Law School Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1998)
Admitted Year 1998
Education University of Virginia (B.A., 1993)
Bar Member / Association Georgia State Bar Association
Most recent firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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