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 also handles fiduciary litigation of all types, working closely with attorneys in Alston & Bird's Wealth Planning Group to give executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries the benefit of a team approach to the complex litigation issues they face. He works with Senator Bob Dole 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 the firm, 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 chairs 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 served as a chapter editor of the Georgia Appellate Practice Handbook (5th Edition, 2003).