New lawyers named for ‘water wars’ litigation
Gov. Nathan Deal and state Attorney General Sam Olens have hired a new firm to represent the state in the hotly contested “water wars” litigation involving Alabama, Florida and a number of other intensely interest parties.
Skip Kazmarek and lawyers from his firm, Kazmarek Mowery Cloud Laseter LLP, will be the legal team seeking to preserve Georgia’s water rights. Kazmarek and his partners succeed a legal team that included Atlanta lawyers Bruce Brown, Todd Silliman and John Allen and which had represented Georgia’s water interests for almost 15 years. “We look forward to working with the governor and the attorney general to ensure that Georgia has access to its fair share of natural resources,” Kasmarek said in a statement.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
