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Stephen E O'Day

Stephen E O'Day

USA 2026

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Steve O'Day is Head of Environmental, Sustainability and Energy practices. He has handled environmental and energy litigation, consultation, and negotiations for over 40 years. Steve advises clients on the full range of environmental issues, including Clean Water Act and OSHA compliance, Clean Air permits and compliance, water law. He assists clients in environmental issues in real property acquisition/development and the development/acquisition/sale of manufacturing, energy, solar, wind, landfill gas, biomass and hydro energy, and other projects. Steve is a frequent speaker on sustainability, environmental liability and compliance and risk management.

Career

Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper River Guardian Award.

Southern Environmental Law Center James S. Dockery, Jr. Southern Environmental Leadership Award.

Ogden Doremus Award-Excellence in Environmental Law.

Award for Service to Profession of Environmental Law, Georgia Bar Environmental Law.

Georgia Trend-Legal Elite.

Best Environmental Lawyer - Corporate Counsel.

Professional Memberships

Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Southern Environmental Law Center.

Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.

Leadership Atlanta.

Midtown Alliance - Greenprint Midtown, Executive Advisory Council.

Southeast Rainwater Harvesting Systems Association Board.

Green Chamber of the South Foundation Board.

American Bar Association-Litigation, Environment, Energy and Resources, and Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Sections

Georgia Property Rights Council.

Publications

Steve is a frequent speaker at seminars concerning sustainability, environmental liability and compliance and risk management.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Environment - Georgia

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Stephen O'Day advises clients on the full gamut of contentious and noncontentious environmental issues, including toxic tort litigation.

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