Donald D.J. Stack
Top rated Environmental Litigation attorney in Atlanta, Georgia
Stack & Associates, P.C.
Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation, Environmental, Administrative Law; view more
Education: University of Georgia School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2009, 2011 - 2024 Call today:
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As the founding partner of Stack & Associates, P.C., Donald D.J. Stack has worked with clients throughout the entire state of Georgia for more than thirty years protecting their homes, neighborhoods and environment. He represents citizens, small businesses, neighborhoods and community groups in their efforts to comply wth environmental laws, regulations and ordinances. He strives to protect those entities who have been harmed by the failure of others to comply with the fundamental precept that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto you. Accordingly, he has been involved in cases that arise out of zoning issues, nuisance and trespass, water rights, the Clean Water Act, Superfund and other federal environmental statutes, coastal development, forestry, land use, air pollution, noise and odor issues, toxic torts and bad development practices. His emphasis is on achieving pragmatic, cost effective, timely and meaningful results for his clients.
In 1975, Mr. Stack received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from The State University of New York, Geneseo. After working as a lab technician and then as a National Park Ranger including as a naturalist and a law enforcement ranger, in various Nationl Parks across the country, he attended the University of Georgia School of Law, graduating cum laude with his Juris Doctor in 1986. During law school he worked on the Chattahoochee River as a law enforcement and boat patrol ranger.
For more than 30 years Mr. Stack has worked entirely in environmental law. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to the following courts: the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Stack is heavily involved in the legal community. He teaches classes and seminars, is the author of publications on the environment and provides pro bono services to several environmental organizations. He was named the Georgia environmental professional for 2003 and is the recipient of the Ogden Doremus Award. Mr. Stack is a member of the 2015 class of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership. He has been named a Super Lawyer more than fifteen times since the award was first instituted in Georgia in 2003/2004.
Practice areas
Environmental Litigation, Environmental, Administrative LawFocus areas
Environmental Law
- 60% Environmental Litigation
- 30% Environmental
- 10% Administrative Law
Professional Webpage: https://www.stackenvirolaw.com/attorney/donald-d-stack/
- Founder and Past President of Board of Directors, Cannochee RiverKeeper
- Past President and Current Board Member, Satilla RiverKeeper
- Past President, Board of Directors, Georgia River Network
- Altamaha RiverKeeper
- Sierra Club
- Member, Ogeechee RiverKeeper
- Driscoll v. Adams, 181 F. 3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1999)
- Tyler v. Lincoln, 272 Ga. App. 850, 513 S.E. 2d 6 (1999)
- Daniel A. Metzler v. Steven Rowell, Rochelle Routman, and the Wildwood Urban Forest Group, 248 Ga. App. 596 (2001)
- Sierra Club, et al. v. George Martin, et al., 168 F. 3d 1 (11th Cir. 1999)
- Tyler v. Lincoln, 272 Ga. 118, 527 S.E. 2d 180 (2000)
- Cum Laude, The University of Georgia School of Law, 1986
- Georgia Environmental Counsel -- Environmental Professional of the Year, 2003
- 2015 class member, Member, Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, 2015
- Named the Environmental Professional, 2003
- The Ogden Doremus Award for Excellence in Environmental Law awarded by the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest, September 14, 2006 - Present
- Recipient of the Ogden Doremus Award
- Phi Alpha Delta
- The State University of New York, Geneseo, B.S. in Biology, 1975
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1986
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1987
- Georgia, 1986
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 1987
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1986
- United States Supreme Court, 1990
- Key note speaker at Center For Sustainable Coast annual meeting, November 2011, Speaker, Environmental Enforcement in Coastal Georgia: Politics & Public Interest Conflicts”, Center For A Sustainable Coast, 2011
- Speaker at Erosion and Sediment Control Exposition, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, June 3, 2010 Presentation Title: Water Management from the Legal Perspective, Presenter, Water Management from the Legal Perspective, Dekalb County Soil And Water Conservation, 2010
- Co-Author, "Land Use and Growth in Georgia", January, 2009
- Regulation of Groundwater Withdrawal in Georgia: A Litigation Perspective, 2005
- "The Interplay of Environmental, Land Use, and Zoning Laws for the Protection of Georgia Coastal Resources", Co-author, March, 2003
- "Emerging Trends in Coastal Water Resources", Co-author, August, 2002
- How To Limit Development Liabilities By Minimizing Impacts To Waterways And Downstream Properties, Lorman Seminar, October 20, 2006
- "When All Else Fails, is Lawsuit the Only Answer?", Dekalb County Soil and Water Conservation District 19th Annual Erosion and Sediment Control Seminar and Exposition, June 2, 2006
- "Overview of the Clean Water Act", Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest Seminar, April 13, 2005
- Overview of the Clean Water Act, Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, April 13, 2005
- Southeast Wetlands & Water Law Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, February 17, 2005 - February 18, 2005
- ICLE Environmental Law Summer Seminar, Environmental Enforcement Trends from the Public Interest Perspective, July 30, 2004 - August 1, 2004
- Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act: A Primer for Superior, State and Administrative Law Judges, Superior Court Judges 2004 Winter Conference, January 29, 2004
- Legal Considerations, Permitting Policies and Procedures Workshop, Sapelo Island, Georgia, November 18, 2003
- Coastal Environmental Issues Panelist "Development of Hammocks and Other Issues", Air & Waste Management Association, Southern Section 2003 Annual Meeting and Technical Conference, July 30, 2003
- Environmental Litigation Workshop Panelist "Southern Center of Excellence in Environmental Health Practice Environmental Justice and Litigation Module", Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, June 20, 2003 - June 21, 2003
- "Environmental Law from the Public Interest Perspective", Environmental Law Section meeting of the State Bar of Georgia, 2003
- Zoning and Land Use in Georgia, Lorman Education Services Seminar, 2003 - Present
- Emerging Trends in Coastal Resources, State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Summer Seminar, 2002 - Present
- Developments and Trends in Environmental Law: Utilizing Citizens Suits to Protect the Environment, Annual Red Clay Conference, 2001
- Potential Liability from Citizens Suit Actions: Penalties, Injunctive Relief and Supplemental Environmental Projects, Annual State Bar Environmental Law Summer Seminar, 2001
- Ethical Considerations for Plaintiffs Attorneys in an Environmental Context, Annual State Bar Environmental Law Summer Seminar, 1999
- Clean Water Act Developments in Georgia, Annual State Bar Environmental Law Summer Seminar, 1997
- Electromagnetic Field Litigation: The Use and Abuse of Scientific Evidence, Annual Environmental Law Updates Fall Seminar, 1994
- Georgia Wetlands, New Case Law, New Regulations/New Directions, Lorman Seminar, February 15, 2007 - February 16, 2007
- Panel Presentation: "The Practice of Environmental Law from the Plaintiff's Perspective", John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, March 6, 2009
- Guest Lecturer: "Environmental Law: The Confluence of Academics and Real World Practice", Berry College, Rome, Georgia, April 17, 2009
Office location for Donald D.J. Stack
260 Peachtree Street NW
Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-692-7504
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2009, 2011 - 2024
