Morris Manning & Martin, LLP

Atlanta (June 2023) – The 2023 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Businessranks attorneys nationally from four Morris, Manning & Martin practice areas. The publication, which ranks leading lawyers and firms using in-depth market analysis and independent research, again names International Trade, Leisure & Hospitality and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) among the nation’s best. For the first time, the U.S. rankings include a partner from the firm’s Startups & Emerging Co ...

Atlanta (January 2022) – Connect Commercial Real Estate has named Morris, Manning & Martin’s Heather Friedman one of its 2022 Lawyers in Real Estate for Atlanta and the Southeast. Friedman, a partner in the firm’s Environmental Practice, is also the president of the Georgia Brownfield Association.

Connect CRE is a daily source of commercial real estate news. Its editors say they chose the honorees for excelling in their practices and contributing to the community. They add that they chose the wi ...

“Transforming contaminated sites from a blight on the neighborhood to safe and productive use has myriad benefits, including job creation and the provision of valuable facilities and resources to the surrounding community,” says MMM Chairman Gerald Pouncey. Pouncey, a nationally-known Environmental attorney, recently testified before a U.S. Senate committee about further incentives for brownfield redevelopment. In legal publication Law360, he details ways to make a great program even greater. Cl ...

Atlanta (Nov. 3, 2022) – Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP has earned its highest rankings yet in the 2023 Edition of “Best Law Firms,” published by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers^®.For the second year in a row, the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Practice is ranked Tier 1 nationally. The group also earned Tier 1 spot in the Metropolitan rankings for Atlanta and Washington, D.C. with a Tier 2 finish for Savannah, Ga.

Overall, the firm earned national rankings in five areas. The Metropolitan ...

A case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court spotlights some puzzling ambiguity in the Clean Water Act. In Sackett v. EPA, Idaho landowners believe the Environmental Protection Agency has no right to regulate wetlands on their land. They say it is not a “WOTUS” – or Water of the United States – since the closest lake is across a road and about 100 yards away.  

Several questions arose in the recent hearing, including whether the wetland is legally “adjacent” to a lake. Justice Neil Gorsuch, for ...

The states often hold the key to successful brownfield redevelopment, MMM Chairman Gerald Pouncey told a U.S. Senate Committee recently. The Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works invited Pouncey to speak about reauthorizing the federal program that helps turn brownfields – areas impacted by prior industrial use – into mixed-use redevelopments, parks, housing and more. The hearing, and Pouncey’s testimony, prompted news coverage from several different angles. (Note: Some media outlets re ...

Gerald Pouncey, Jr., Chairman of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP and head of the firm’s Environmental practice, has been called by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) to testify before the Senate today on best practices in urban landfill and brownfield development. According to the EPA, there are more than 450,000 brownfields in the U.S., and programs built around assessment, clean-up and reuse of these contaminated properties have the potential to dramatically enhance and revitalize commu ...

Atlanta/Washington, D.C. (August 18, 2022) – The Best Lawyers in America^® 2023 Edition includes 52 attorneys from Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP. Some, including Thomas Gryboski, Carol Weld King, Rusty Ross and Jason Watson, are recognized in more than one category. The recognized attorneys represent 18 practices at the firm.

The attorneys and their specialties by location are:

Atlanta, Georgia

• Robert Alpert, Commercial Litigation   
• Paul H. Arne, Technology                    
• Justin Barry, Rea ...

Atlanta (May 2022) – Several of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP’s practice groups and attorneys have again earned high marks from the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers ranks leading lawyers and firms across the country using in-depth market analysis and independent research.

Chambers ranked three practice groups nationally. Three partners are in the top tier for Georgia. A total of 29 attorneys earned recognition, including one who is ranked both nation ...

Before he earned his law degree, MMM Chairman Gerald Pouncey worked as an engineer. His educational background helped prepare him to become one of the top environmental lawyers in the U.S. His alma mater - the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University - recently honored Pouncey and other outstanding alumni and staff as Distinguished Auburn Engineers. The honor, bestowed by the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council, is a formal recognition of their distinguished professional careers.

In ...