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Holly P. Cole

Associate
Email: hpc@swtlaw.com
Phone: 404-419-2947


Bar Admissions
Georgia, 2002

Education

  • University of Georgia, Law School, J.D., 2002
  • Mercer University, B.A., 1999; English and Communications, Magna Cum Laude, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Tau Delta

Affiliations
Georgia State Bar Environmental Law Section


Areas of Practice
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Clean Water Act
  • Natural Resource Law
  • General litigation

Articles
  • Interpreting Rapanos Two Years Later in Light of EPA's and the Corps of Engineers' Rapanos Guidance and U.S. v. Robison View PDF
  • Counting Heads After Rapanos: Deciphering the Effects of a Fragmented Decision on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction, State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Section Newsletter, Winter, 2007. Co-authors: Kate F. Marks. View PDF
  • Navigating Through Clean Water Act Jurisdiction After SWANCC, State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Section Newsletter, Fall, 2004, Co-authored with Martin A. Shelton

Awards Representative Cases
  • Parker v. Scrap Metal Processors, Inc., 468 F.3d 733 (11th Cir. 2006) (supplemental jurisdiction for state law claims in federal court and enforcement of Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act injunctive relief)
  • Amin v. Guruom, Inc., §35 S.E.2d 105, (Ga. 2006) (use of parol evidence in quiet title and deed reformation actions)
  • Colony Bank Southeast v. Brown et al., 275 S.E.2d 807 (Ga. App. 2005) (application of lis pendens to property involved in Clean Water Act suit)


Narrative

Holly joined the firm as an Associate in 2007. Along with Martin Shelton, Holly helped form the firm's new environmental litigation section. Her practice areas include federal litigation and compliance under the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act as well as state litigation and compliance under Georgia's Solid Waste Management Act, the Hazardous Site Response Act, and the Erosion and Sedimentation Act. Holly has developed an extensive practice in stormwater litigation representing private property owners affected by stormwater discharges from residential and commercial developments. She has successfully litigated cases before the Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals.


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