David C. Higney

Mr. Higney concentrates his practice in civil litigation and environmental matters. He represents clients on a full range of environmental issues before local, state and federal administrative agencies, as well as in litigation. He provides services to businesses and individuals in the administrative enforcement, litigation and settlement negotiation contexts involving federal CERCLA (Superfund); Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act and Underground Storage Tank (UST) statutes and/or state-related counterparts. He also has represented defendants in environmental criminal matters. He consults on environmental matters related to various business transactions, including redevelopment opportunities involving Brownfield sites.

Mr. Higney is involved currently in complex civil litigation, federal multi-district and class action matters, in addition to state court matters in both Tennessee and Georgia. He recently served on the defense steering committee in the federal multi-district litigation class action involving over 50 defendants (In re Tri-State Crematory Litigation). He has provided advice and counsel to the regulated manufacturing community regarding utility rate making cases in Tennessee for more than 10 years.

He is a member of the Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations, the Federal Bar Association, and the State Bar of Georgia. He has also been a member of the Tennessee Bar Association Environmental Law Section leadership council since 2003. Mr. Higney is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Chattanooga. He has assisted the Chattanooga Manufacturers Association since 1992, serving as its Energy chair from 2002 until 2004.