For over 10 years, Ms. Nelson has represented or advised multiple clients in all facets of environmental law.  Kerry has an extensive background in environmental litigation representing plaintiffs and defendants in matters involving citizen suit claims brought under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and related common law claims and constitutional claims as well as water rights, permitting, regulatory matters, waste disposal and zoning disputes.

Before joining Krevolin & Horst, Kerry worked for the well-known firms of Balch & Bingham, Epstein Becker, McKenna Long Aldridge as well as Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest after graduating from law school.

Bar Admissions:

• State Bar of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• U.S. Court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Education:

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia May 2000, Juris Doctor, cum laude
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, May 1997, Bachelor of Arts, with honors

Professional Associations:

• State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Section
• Atlanta Bar Association, Environmental and Taxic Torts Sections

Areas of Practice:

• Environmental

Representative Work:

• AGL Resources
• Allied Waste Industries
• Atlas Roofing
• The City of Bangor, Maine
• Centex Destination Properties
• Duke Energy
• Lennar Partners
• Michelin
• Monsanto
• The State of Georgia
• Verizon

Publications:

• Fundamentals of Water Law Conference, National Business Institute, 1997 and 1998
• “Brownfields Relief and Revitalization,” Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, 2002
•  “Third-Party Permit Appeals and Application of the Stay Rule,” State Bar of Georgia, Fall/Winter 2002
•  “Contaminated Property May be More Valuable Than You Think,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April, 2004
• “The New Standard for ‘All Appropriate Inquiries,’” International Legal News, January 2006

Previous Employment:

Balch & Bingham, LLP, Epstein, Becker & Green, PC, McKenna Long Aldridge, LLP, Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest