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
The Nuclear Energy Renaissance – A Partial Answer to Carbon Emissions, October, 2009, presented to Albany Law School of Union University, Environmental Law class of Professor Keith Hirokawa, Albany, New York
Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board - A "Board's Eye View" of Cleanup. March, 2009. Presented to the Department of Energy Site Specific Advisory Board Chairs, Augusta, Georgia.
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.
Memberships
Mayor’s Tree Preservation Commission (City of Atlanta), 1991-1992. Served as a member of a Commission tasked with fact-finding and development of a consolidated and comprehensive City ordinance, including revision of existing ordinances to maintain the City’s tree canopy, to bring to the public’s attention the benefits of urban forestry and trees, and to prevent the cutting of mature trees. The Commission included representatives from commercial and residential developers, environmental groups, architects and attorneys, urban planners and foresters, and specialists on the City’s staff. Elements of the comprehensive tree preservation ordinance developed by the Commission are reflected in the extensive urban forest in Atlanta today.