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Attorney Profile
Partner
Email: mas@swtlaw.com
Phone: 404-419-2966
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1995
- District of Columbia, 2002
- Washington State, 2007
Education
- Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., 1995; Cum Laude, Law Review
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1991; Military History
Areas of Practice
- Environmental Litigation
- Environmental Contamination, Compliance & Cleanup
- Clean Water Act
- Water Quality
- Water/Groundwater Pollution & Wetlands Regulation/Protection
- Erosion and Sediment Control
- Superfund (CERCLA)/Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Hazardous Waste
- Solid Waste and Underground Storage Tanks
- Brownfields Redevelopment and Property Remediation
- Air Quality
- Coastal Environmental Law
- Endangered Species and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- City of Atlanta, Neighborhood Planning Unit W Executive Committee
- DC Environmental and Natural Resource Section
- Ecosafety, Inc., Director
- East Atlanta Community Association, Land Use and Zoning, 2004 – 2006
- Georgia State Bar Environmental Law Section – Section Board, Chair 2008
- Scarano Group, Inc., Director
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Alumni Association
- Volunteer for Chief Justice's Commission of Professionalism
- Washington State Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Section
Awards
Classes, Seminars, Presentations and CLE's
- Storm Water Litigation in Georgia, Georgia Water Resources Conference – University of Georgia, April 200
- Storm Water Litigation in Georgia, Georgia Water Resources Conference – University of Georgia, March, 2008
- CHMM Review Course, Kennesaw State University Continuing Education, October – November 2007
- Legal Considerations for Georgia Architects: Storm Water, Wetlands, Brownfields, Hazardous and Solid Waste, May, 2007
- Storm Water Litigation in Georgia, Georgia Water Resources Conference – University of Georgia, March, 2007
- Construction Storm Water Discharge General Permit: Requirements, Enforcement and Litigation, State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Summer Seminar Panel Discussion, 2006
- Industrial Storm Water Permit Requirements and Litigation, State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Summer Seminar Panel Discussion, 2005
- State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Summer Seminar Panel Discussion, 2002
- Panel Discussion on Total Daily Maximum Loads (TMDLs) in Georgia, Water Law Seminar, State Bar of Georgia, 2002
- 'Litigation under Georgia's Anti-SLAPP suit statute,' Turner Environmental Law Clinic, 2001 (single class co-taught with another attorney)
Narrative
Martin began his legal career in 1995 with an Atlanta-based international law firm, but left that firm after a year to pursue an environmental practice with a boutique environmental firm. Over the course of eleven years, he served as the primary and later senior attorney in matters of environmental litigation and compliance including several precedential appellate decisions. In early 2007, he was asked to lead the new environmental practice group at Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP. Since joining the firm, he has been pleased with the diversity of the practice he is able to pursue, including environmental litigation, both traditional cost recovery and plaintiff matters, land use litigation, environmental compliance and Brownfields development assistance. He also has enjoyed the level of resources and diversity of practice areas offered by the firm as a whole.
As a lawyer, Martin has always strived to serve each of his individual clients with the highest level of professionalism while also ensuring that the goal of analyzing and solving their environmental issues has been met as well. Whether as a plaintiff or defendant, he has successfully counseled clients on solutions which seek the best financial position as well as the appropriate action for the environment. His practice has included trial and appellate work in the areas of water quality and storm water management, solid and hazardous waste contamination, air and noise pollution, and the preservation of natural habitats; environmental compliance under water permits and on hazardous waste sites; and land use disputes in both the zoning and property law contexts.
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