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Lee DeHihns is a partner in Alston & Bird's Environmental & Land Development Group. He is also an affiliate member of the firm's Energy Infrastructure, Climate & Technology Group. He concentrates on regulatory matters and defensive litigation matters, including climate matters, corporate audits, compliance program development, debarment, white-collar criminal defense, air quality, hazardous waste, wetlands, and water quantity and quality matters for industrial and municipal clients. In addition to his work with the firm, Lee was chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER) 2007-2008 and will be immediate past chair of SEER 2008-2009. Lee joined Alston & Bird in 1990 after serving four years as deputy regional administrator of USEPA Region 4, the agency's senior career position in the Southeast. His career began with USEPA in 1974 in Washington, D.C., where he rose to the position of associate general counsel. Lee received a Senior Executive Service Meritorious Rank Award from President Bush in 1989.
