Faculty Profile: Kevin Smith

     Kevin Smith is the Senior Counsel for Cross-Cutting Legal Matters, with the U.S. EPA, Region 4 office, in Atlanta, Georgia.  He has over 30 years of counseling and litigation experience in environmental issues under each of the organic statutes and currently practices in the areas of information law, civil rights, Environmental Justice, and alternative dispute resolution.  Additionally, Kevin helps manage electronic discovery issues for the Office and Chairs the Region 4 FOIA and Information Law Team.  Kevin began his EPA career with the Office of Water in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for drafting regulations under the CWA and CAA permitting programs, as well as working on issues under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.  Prior to his current position, Kevin held Senior Counsel positions in the areas of Water Law and Underground Storage Tanks, and as Chief of the CERCLA Legal Support Office.

     Kevin is a frequent requested trainer and speaker on topics related to water law, environmental enforcement, and information law.  He has taught environmental law and water law courses as an Adjunct Professor at the Emory University, School of Law, and at the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Public Policy.  And since 2000, he has helped refine and present the EPA Basic and Advanced Inspector Training courses, presenting the courses to over 2,000 technical and legal professionals from EPA, States and Tribes.  Mr. Smith has published several environmentally related articles, as well as drafting federal guidance documents and regulatory revisions. 

     Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science from Roanoke College; a Master’s in Environmental Science jointly from the State University of New York and Syracuse University; and a J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary, where he was President of the Environmental Law Society and a Board member of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, York Chapter.  He is admitted to the bars of Virginia and Washington, D.C.