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David M. Meezan

Partner


David Meezan, a partner with Alston & Bird, concentrates on complex environmental, toxic tort and land use litigation, as well as regulatory matters arising under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and their state law counterparts. He also regularly counsels and advises clients under greenhouse gas emission regulatory schemes in the United States and abroad. Mr. Meezan also routinely represents clients affected by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s hazardous materials transportation regulations.

Mr. Meezan has represented clients in a variety of civil and criminal environmental litigation matters in both federal and state courts. He also has successfully defended clients in numerous toxic torts cases in federal and state courts, including in venues such as Madison County, Illinois and Logan County, West Virginia. Chambers USA lists Mr. Meezan in environmental law, and notes that he is “very effective for his clients.” Chambers USA adds that Mr. Meezan is “renowned for his skills in hazardous waste matters, but also advises on greenhouse gas emissions regulations as part of his diverse regulatory practice.”

Representative Experience

  • Counseling corporations on their carbon risks and opportunities.
  • Advising manufacturers of emission reduction technologies on availability of greenhouse gas and other emission reduction credits.
  • Successfully challenged constitutionality of Georgia statute restricting interstate shipments of waste. See Fulton County v. City of Atlanta, 280 Ga. 353, 629 S.E.2nd 196 (Ga. 2006).
  • Successfully defended class-action challenge to presence and use of fiber optic lines constructed across right-of-way easements. See Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia v. Gold-Arrow Farms, Inc., 276 Ga. App. 862, 625 S.E.2d 57 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005).
  • Lead environmental counsel to largest city in the Southeast on successful $35 million brownfields transaction.
  • Representation of Fortune 50 worldwide transportation and logistics company and Fortune 50 diversified chemical company on hazardous materials safety and security issues in all modes of transportation.


Publications
October 15, 2007
September 21, 2007
"Climate Change: The Commercial Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage Technology," Environment Reporter, Vol. 38, No. 37, BNA, September 21, 2007.
September 2007
"The Commercial Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage Technology,” BNA Daily Environment Report, September 19, 2007.

David M. Meezan

One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Phone: 404-881-4346
Fax: 404-253-8746

Education

  • Vermont Law School
    (J.D., 1997)
  • Vermont Law School
    (M.S.E.L., 1997)
  • Emory University
    (B.A., 1994)

Admitted to Practice

  • Georgia
  • Tennessee

Languages

  • French