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<br />ALJI...1~~1 '1 + ~ 117-.D LLP <br />Services <br />Climate Change & Carbon <br />Management <br />Energy & Project Finance <br />Energy & Sustainabillty <br />CleanTech <br />Environmental & Land Use <br />litigation <br />Education <br />Vermont Law School <br />(J.D., 1997) <br />Vermont Law School <br />(M.S.E.L., 1997) <br />Emory University <br />(B.A., 1994) <br />Admitted to Practice <br />Georgia <br />Tennessee <br />Languages <br />French <br />David M. Meezan <br />David Meezan is a' partner In Alston & Bird's Energy Infrastructure, <br />Climate Change and Technology Group. He regularly counsels and advises <br />clients under greenhouse gas emission regulatory schemes in the United <br />States and abroad. He is experienced in structuring and drafting Emission <br />Reduction Purchase Agreements under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean <br />Development Mechanism as well as under domestic voluntary carbon <br />regimes. His practice also concentrates on complex environmental and <br />land use litigation, as welt as regulatory matters arising under the <br />Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean <br />Air Act, and their state law counterparts. Mr. Meezan also routinely <br />represents clients affected by the U.S. Department of Transportation's <br />hazardous materials transportation regulations. <br />Chambers USA lists Mr. Meezan in environmental law, and notes that he is <br />"very effective for his clients." Chambers.USA adds that Mr. Meezan is <br />"renowned for his skills in hazardous. waste matters, but also advises on <br />greenhouse gas emissions regulations as part of his diverse regulatory <br />practice." He was also selected by Law & Poiit~lcs as a Georgia Super <br />Lawyer Rising Star iri Environmental Litigation for 2005 and 2007. <br />Mr. Meezan received his J.D., magna cum laude, and his Masters of <br />Studies in Environmental Law, magna cum laude, from Vermont Law <br />School in 1997. While in law school, he was a member and assistant <br />articles editor for the Vermont Law Rev/ew. He received his B.A. to <br />international studies and French from Emory University in 1994. He is a <br />member of the State Bars of Georgia and Tennessee. <br />Mr. Meezan is a past chair of the Environmental Law Section for the State <br />Bar of Georgia. Mr. Meezan is an adjunct professor at the Emory <br />University School of Law where he has co-taught a course on corporate <br />environmental law. Mr. Meezan frequently speaks about climate change, <br />David M. Meezan <br />Alston & Sird LLP <br />One Atlantic Center <br />1201 West Peachtree Street <br />Atlanta, GA 30304-3424 <br />404-881-4346 <br />davld. meezan@a~ston. com <br />