Carol Wood

Carol M. Wood, the head of the firm’s Toxic & Environmental Tort group, focuses her practice on U.S. environmental and toxic tort litigation, as well as environmental claims arising under international treaties and commercial contracts.

Carol Wood advises clients on the application and interpretation of U.S. and international environmental statutes and regulations. She has extensive experience in defending energy companies in environmental disputes, in both domestic and international forums, including the oil and gas, and mining industries.

She has developed an expertise in the science underlying most environmental disputes, including human health and ecological risk assessments; fate and transport analysis; and remediation standards and methods.

Carol has experience with petroleum constituents, metals, radioactive materials, chlorinated solvents, PCBs and other contaminants. She specializes in taking complex technical concepts and presenting them to fact finders in simple, understandable terms.

She joined the firm in 1989, after spending seven years as a Senior Legislative Aide in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., where she advised on environmental legislation and regulation.

EDUCATION:

• J.D., Georgetown University
• A.B.J., University of Georgia

ADMISSIONS:

• Georgia
• Texas

ASSOCIATIONS:

• American Bar Association
• Atlanta Bar Association
• Environmental Law Section Chair, State Bar of Georgia