Adam Sowatzka is a counsel on King & Spalding’s Tort & Environmental Practice Group.  Mr. Sowatzka routinely advises clients regarding the environmental risks and liabilities associated with regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, and sustainable development.  He has significant experience in assisting clients in the defense of administrative, civil, and criminal proceedings involving permitting and environmental enforcement matters at the federal and state levels.  Prior to entering private practice, he was an Associate Regional Counsel with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Southeastern Regional Office and Vice President and General Counsel of a manufacturing and services subsidiary of Axel Johnson, Inc.

Recent Speaking Engagements

• “New Developments in Wetlands Enforcement,” Georgia Chamber of Commerce 3rd Annual Environmental Symposium, August 2008.
  
  
• “Georgia’s Comprehensive State Water Plan,” Georgia Bar Association's Environmental Law Summer Seminar, August 2008.
  
  
• “Storm Water Compliance and Enforcement Trends,” Southeast Storm Water Association Annual Conference, October 2007.
  
  
• "Sorting through the Fragments of the Rapanos Decision on Wetlands Jurisdiction," Georgia Bar Association's Environmental Law Summer Seminar, July 2007.
  
  
• "Is Dirt Cheap?  Regulation, Enforcement, and Litigation on the Construction Stormwater Permit," Georgia Bar Association's Environmental Law Summer Seminar, July 2006.
  
  
• “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Legal Update,” US EPA Region 4 Wet Weather Issues Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2006.
  
  
• “Mediating Environmental Disputes,” American Bar Association Key Environmental Issues in U.S. EPA Region 4 – Hot Topics and Recent Developments Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2005.

Professional Affiliations

• Georgia State Bar–Environmental Law Section (Secretary 2008, Treasurer 2007



• American Health Lawyers Association



• American Bar Association–Environment, Energy, and Resources Section
  
  
• Atlanta Bar Association
  
  
• Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network, Volunteer