Phil Sandick is an attorney in Alston & Bird’s Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group. He focuses his practice on regulatory compliance and complex litigation across the environmental spectrum, including in the Natural Gas Act, RCRA, CERCLA, air, water, and land use areas. Phil has litigated cases at both the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts and was recognized in the inaugural “Ones to Watch” list by The Best Lawyers in America© for Environmental Law in 2021.
Phil also advises clients on human rights and environmental compliance, leveraging his experience working with the International Criminal Court, the United Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, and Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer.
Before joining the firm, Phil served as a law clerk to the Hon. Amy Totenberg in the Northern District of Georgia. He earned his J.D. cum laude and LL.M. with honors in international human rights from the Northwestern University School of Law. He is actively involved in the community as a member of the Access to Justice Committee for the State Bar of Georgia. Phil is also a conceptual photographer and mixed-media artist whose works can be found in public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.
