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Gary R Sheehan Jr

Gary R Sheehan Jr

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Environment & Product Regulation

Government & Regulatory

Career

Gary Sheehan provides representation and counseling services on a wide range of environmental issues associated with complex regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. Mr. Sheehan has significant experience with Clean Air Act matters, including federal and state air quality permitting, enforcement actions, rulemakings and compliance strategy development. Other areas of his practice include substantial experience with RCRA, CERCLA and Clean Water Act matters, as well as EPCRA and DOT/FAA enforcement actions. Mr. Sheehan also has extensive experience with significant transactional matters for corporate, real estate and financial services clients. A portion of his practice is also devoted to providing guidance to his clients on issues associated with the developing climate change and sustainable development regulatory movements.

Mr. Sheehan has been named a Georgia “Rising Star” in Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation and Administrative Law every year since 2006 by Super Lawyers magazine. He is listed in the 2022 and the 2017 and six years immediately preceding editions of Chambers USA in the area of Environmental Law. Mr. Sheehan was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Environmental Law in 2022 and the nine years immediately preceding.

Personal

Emory University School of Law, J.D., with highest honors (1998)

University of Virginia, B.A., English (1993)

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Environment - Georgia

Band 4
Band 4

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Gary Sheehan's broad practice involves advising clients on a range of regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. He is particularly adept at providing counsel on issues related to the Clean Air Act.

Strengths

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  • Gary is practical, his advice is well rooted in the law and technically accurate.

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