Representative Experience
Represented clients in a wide variety of environmental, natural resources and energy law matters.
Conducted environmental due diligence reviews associated with the transfer of property, including real estate, and advised clients on wetlands issues related to property development. Represented clients in federal “Superfund” proceedings and actions under the Georgia Hazardous Site Response Act.
Represented clients in DOJ, OSHA, NRC and EPA investigations and enforcement actions, including challenges to proposed civil penalties and other enforcement sanctions.
Served as nuclear energy counsel for nuclear plants since 1985, and frequently represents various Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees in administrative agency licensing proceedings, investigations and enforcement actions, including Office of Investigations and Office of Enforcement matters.
Provides legal and strategic advice and analysis with respect to nuclear and environmental compliance matters, including guidance on legal requirements.
Has represented NRC-licensed operators and managers of nuclear power plants in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Illinois in NRC investigations and enforcement matters.
Represented clients in the sale or transfer of interests in nuclear power plants including Vogtle and Hatch (Georgia), Clinton Nuclear Station (Illinois), Millstone (Connecticut), Nine Mile Point (New York) and Point Beach (Wisconsin).
Provided strategic advice to nuclear energy clients regarding new nuclear power plants, including federal and state licensing and certification.
Represented NRC licensees and contractors regarding physical security, access authorization and fitness for duty requirements and plans.
Lectures and Papers
Sign Control – Past Wars, Future Battles, March, 2007. 19th Annual Red Clay Conference, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
Attracting Pro Bono Legal Talent for Public Involvement Groups, February, 2007. 34th Annual Waste Management Symposium, Tucson, Arizona. Nominated for Best Session Paper.
Energy in the Southeast – Nuclear: Prospects for Renewed Acceptance as a Clean Fuel, November, 2006. Law Seminars, International, Atlanta, Georgia.
Spent Nuclear Fuel Accountability, March, 2006, Nuclear Energy Institute Lawyers’ Committee, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 – Nuclear Power, November, 2005. Client Seminar, Washington, D.C.
Alternative Sources of Energy: The Nuclear Option. Panel Moderator/Speaker, October, 2005. 25th Annual Bonbright Electric and Gas Conference, University of Georgia Terry School of Business, Atlanta, Georgia.
Legal Standards for the Yucca Mountain Radioactive Waste Repository, October, 2003, University of Georgia Geology Department’s Journal Club, Athens, Georgia.
Evidentiary Basis for Discrimination Findings under the Atomic Energy Act, September, 2003, Employee Concerns Program Forum, Washington, DC.
Sign Control Strategies for Safety and Quality of Life, August, 2002. Celebrating Rural Georgia, Dublin, Georgia
Nuclear Facility Decommissioning: End State Planning. Panel Moderator/Speaker, October, 2001. ANS Executive Conference, Foxwoods, Rhode Island.
Scientific Papers
Domby, A.H. and R.W. McFarlane. 1978. Feeding ecology of little blue herons at a radionuclide-contaminated reservoir. Wading Birds 7:361-364.
Domby, A.H., D. Paine, and R.W. McFarlane. 1977. Radiocesium dynamics in herons inhabiting a contaminated reservoir system. Health Physics 33:523-532.