Nowell Berreth focuses his practice on representing agribusinesses in litigation and general counseling, working frequently on matters concerning the Packers & Stockyards Act, the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, and other agricultural statutes. He works with Senators Bob Dole and Tom Daschle of Alston & Bird in support of the Agricultural Carbon Market Working Group, an organization that focuses on the possible impacts to agriculture of any upcoming climate change legislation. Before joining Alston & Bird, he served two years as a federal court law clerk to The Honorable Willis B. Hunt, Jr., United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

He is the Vice Chair of the State Bar of Georgia’s Agriculture Law Section and serves on the Advisory Board of the National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas Law School. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia’s Fiduciary Law Section and is active in the American Agricultural Law Association. He also serves as a chapter editor of the Georgia Appellate Practice Handbook (5th Edition, 2003).

Mr. Berreth received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgia State University in 1998, where he is a member of the Graduate Leadership Council. While at Georgia State, he was associate legislation editor of the Georgia State University Law Review, a recipient of the full-tuition Atlanta Law School Foundation scholarship, a member of the Outer Barrister’s Guild, and a Pupil in the Logan E. Bleckley American Inn of Court. He received his B.A., cum laude, in journalism in 1991 from the University of Georgia. Before attending law school, he served as a writer and editor for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.