THOMAS L. CASEY, III, practices in the firm's Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental Litigation, and Appellate Litigation sections. He represents developers, industrial clients, utilities and small businesses in a wide variety of federal and state environmental matters. Mr. Casey's practice encompasses issues arising under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Mr. Casey has represented permittees in multiple permit appeals before the Alabama Environmental Management Commission and the Circuit Courts of Alabama. He has also represented members of the regulated community in the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Currently, Mr. Casey is one of the attorneys representing Alabama Power Company in the Tri-State "Water Wars" dispute involving the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basins.
Prior to joining Balch & Bingham, Mr. Casey served as a law clerk to the Honorable Emmett R. Cox of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit during the 2004-2005 term. He also served as law clerk to the Honorable Eric G. Bruggink of the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. during the 2003-2004 term.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- American Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy & Resources
- American Bar Association, Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Federalist Society