Kelly Blackwood

Practice Areas

Environmental Law, Litigation, Natural Resources Litigation, Environmental Regulatory, Transactional and Litigation, Class Action Litigation

Career

Kelly's practice involves regulatory and litigation work with a wide range of experience in environmental permitting and enforcement matters. Kelly has a strong working relationship with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and works regularly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She has represented clients before Mississippi state courts, the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board. She has served as lead counsel in negotiating numerous enforcement settlements, and has routinely assisted with obtaining construction and operating permits and advising clients on associated compliance matters. Her environmental practice also has included property acquisitions, due diligence matters, contaminated properties, brownfield redevelopment, natural resource damages, remediation and restoration, and wetlands assessments.

Kelly has taught Environmental Law as an Adjunct Professor at the Mississippi College School of Law.

Professional Memberships

Mississippi Biomass Council, Chair; Mississippi State Bar, Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; American Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association

Personal

JD, Mississippi College School of Law (1999); BBA, University of Mississippi (1995)