Newman Jackson Smith

Newman Jackson Smith is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. He practices in Charleston in the areas of environmental law and litigation, administrative law, land use law, and constitutional law.

Education:

• University of South Carolina School of Law, JD (1978)
• University of South Carolina, BS, Psychology (1974)

Admissions:

• Fourth Circuit Court of Claims
• U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Experience:

• Environmental practice includes hazardous waste site management and remediation, contaminated property liability negotiation, litigation, redevelopment and related regulatory counseling
• Experienced in matters of administrative law, land use planning and zoning law, and he has worked with brownfields redevelopment, environmental insurance and environmental regulatory permitting

Previous Professional Experience:

• Held attorney positions with the Office of Coastal Resources Management (1978 – 1980), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the S.C. Coastal Council (staff attorney, 1980 – 1989)
• Appointed alternate delegate for the State of South Carolina to the Coastal States Organization (1982 – 1989)

Professional Activities:

• South Carolina Bar
• Administrative Law, Environment, Energy and Resources, and International Law and Practice sections, American Bar Association
• Urban Land Institute, Sustainable Development Council
• Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Charleston School of Law