Barbara H. Gallo 10.0 Superb Experience Industry Recognition Professional Conduct Find out more about the Avvo Rating Client Ratings Not yet reviewed Former client? Write a review Endorsements No endorsements yet. Lawyers: Endorse this lawyer E-mail Lawyer Share Lawyer's website Add to list Overview Practice Areas 65% Environmental / Natural Resources 24 years, 35 cases (6 examples) 15% Litigation 24 years, 15 cases 20% Other 15% Administrative Law 24 years, 20 cases 5% Energy / Utilities 24 years, 6 cases Show all areas of practice Hide additional areas of practice Contact Information Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Atlantic Station 201 17th Street NW, Suite 1700 Atlanta, GA 30363 404-322-6168 View map E-mail this lawyer Visit lawyer's website References Client Reviews Client reviews: you be the judge (without giving away your identity) If you're a current or former client of this lawyer, tell others what it's like to work with him or her (anonymously, if you want). 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Work Experience Position Duration Partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough 2008–present Partner at Balch & Bingham 2006–2008 Shareholder at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. 2004–2006 Partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Attorneys at Law 1996–2004 Senior Assistant Attorney General at Georgia Department of Law 1985–1996 See all 5 job entries Hide additional positions Education School Major Degree Graduated Cumberland L.S./Samford law 1981 Awards Award Name Granting Organization Date GA Environmental Attorney Best Lawyers in America 2009 Top 50 Women Lawyers in GA Law & Politics Media 2009 Georgia Environmental Attorney Best Lawyers in America 2008 Georgia Environmental Attorney Best Lawyers in America 2008 Leading GA Environmemtal Attorney Chambers & Partners USA 2008 Top 50 Women Lawyers in GA Law & Politics Media 2008 Georgia Environmental Attorney Best Lawyers in America 2007 Leading GA Environemantal Attorney Chambers & Partners USA 2007 Top 50 Women Lawyers in GA Law & Politics Media 2007 Leading GA Environmental Attorney Chambers & Partners USA 2006 Top 50 Women Lawyers in GA Law & Politics Media 2006 Leading GA Environmental Attorney Chambers & Partners USA 2005 Top 50 Women Lawyers in GA Law & Politics Media 2005 Leading GA Environmental Attorney Chambers & Partners USA 2004 Top 50 Women Lawyers in GA Law & Politics Media 2004 Leading GA Environmental Attorney Chambers & Partners USA 2003 See all 16 awards Hide additional awards Associations Position Association Name Duration Chrter Lifetime Fellow Atlanta Bar Association member Alabama State Bar 1981–present Chair 1995; member State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Section 1984–present Member, Environment, Energy, and Resources Section American Bar Association 1985–present Chair 2002; Board of Directors 1998-present Atlanta Bar Association, Environmental & Toxic Tort Section 1998–present Steering Committee Association of Women Environmental Professionals 2000–present member Environmental Law Institute 2005–present Member Georgia Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association 2006–present See all 8 association entries Hide additional associations Portfolio Publications Article Publication Date A Reasonable Use Approach to Allocating Water for Consumptive Use in the SE Water Resources Impact 2007 A Wish for Greener Days The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2006 Contaminated Property May Be More Valuable Than You Think The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel 2004 See all 3 publications Hide additional publications Cases Title: In re: Oxford Solid Waste Landfill, Inc. Practice Area: Environmental / Natural Resources Outcome: upheld solid waste permit issued by EPD Description: one of more than ten cases in which I succeeded in getting a solid waste landfill permit issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division upheld Title: In re: Southern Mills, Inc. Practice Area: Environmental / Natural Resources Outcome: administrative appeal Description: successfully defended land application system permit issued by Georgia Environmental Protection Division Title: In re: Olin Corp. Practice Area: Environmental / Natural Resources Outcome: administrative case Description: defeated request for declaratory ruling that particular waste was not a hazardous waste Title: Taliaferro County v. Complex Environmental Practice Area: Environmental / Natural Resources Outcome: upheld denial of landfill permit Description: represented County in defending denial of solid waste landfill permit by Georgia Environmental Protection Division Title: Bord of Natural Resources v. Duke Energy Sandersville, L.L.C. Practice Area: Environmental / Natural Resources Outcome: obtained declaratory judgment Description: judgment held that automatice stay rule did not apply to the issuance of an air permit authorizing construction and operation of electric power plant Title: Rozar v. Mullis, 85 F.3d 556 (11th Cir. 1996) Practice Area: Environmental / Natural Resources Outcome: successfully defended environmental justice claim Description: No information See additional cases Hide additional cases See all cases Speaking Engagements Speaking Engagement Name Conference Date SPCC Requirements Update Annual Conference 2006 Natural Disasters: What FEMA Can and Cannot Do for You and Your Organization National Meeting 2006 Responding to Civil Environmental Enforcement Actions 2005 Georgia Safety, Health and Environmental Conference 2005 The Defeat of a Proposed Landfill in Taliaferro County Annual Meeting 2005 The Taliaferro County Case Dublin Workshop 2005 Third Party Environmental Permit Appeals and EPD's Stay Rule Environmental Law Summer Seminar 2005 Environmental Issues for Civil Engineers Legal Issues for Georgia Civil Engineers 2005 The Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act Urban Development and Redevelopment 2005 Georgia Stream Buffer Requirements 2004 Legislative Update 2004 Georgia - Power Outlook 2001 Environmental Conference 2001 Appeals of Contested Environmental Cases Administrative Law Seminar 2000 See all 11 speaking engagments Hide additional speaking engagements Related Lawyer Searches Administrative Lawyers Atlanta Administrative Lawyers Atlanta Energy / Utilities Lawyers Atlanta Environmental / Natural Resources Lawyers Atlanta Lawyers Atlanta Litigation Lawyers Energy / Utilities Lawyers Environmental / Natural Resources Lawyers Fulton County Administrative Lawyers Fulton County Energy / Utilities Lawyers Fulton County Environmental / Natural Resources Lawyers Fulton County Lawyers Fulton County Litigation Lawyers Georgia Administrative Lawyers Georgia Energy / Utilities Lawyers Georgia Environmental / Natural Resources Lawyers Georgia Litigation Lawyers Litigation Lawyers