W. Thomas Lavender, Jr.

Tommy Lavender practices in the areas of environmental, administrative, natural resources, agricultural, and governmental law. Mr. Lavender is a former environmental engineer and staff attorney for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Mr. Lavender holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and a J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

• Best Lawyers in America - Environmental Law
• South Carolina Bar - Administrative and Regulatory Law Committee; Environmental and Natural Resources Section Chair; House of Delegates, Former Member; Government Law Section, Former Chairman
• American Bar Association - Energy, Environment and Resources Section, Administrative and Regulatory Law Section
• South Carolina Chamber of Commerce - Former Director, Legislative Agenda Task Force Member

• SC Jurisprudence Experience
• Court of Appeals of South Carolina.
  GLASSCOCK COMPANY, INC., Waste Industries, Inc. and Wilson MacEwen, Appellants,
  v.
  SUMTER COUNTY, Frank Williams, Jr., Naomi Sanders, Carol Burr, Charles Edens, Louis Fleming, James Campbell, Rudy Singleton (members
  of the County Council) and Waste Management, Inc., Respondents
• Supreme Court of South Carolina.
  SOUTHEAST RESOURCE RECOVERY, INC., Appellant,
  v.
  SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, Involved Citizens of the Helena Community, Rev. Nura Ray Matthews, Chairman, Little Beaver Dam Baptist Church, John L. Hunter, Paul Herbert, Eugene Maybin, Jr., John and Jessie Reeder, Lillie May Washington, William W. Parr, Sr., Eliza M. Parr and Bill Parr, Jr., Respondents.
• Court of Appeals of South Carolina.
  SOIL REMEDIATION COMPANY and Yadkin Brick Company, Inc., Plaintiffs,
  v.
  NU-WAY ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Respondent,
  v.
  CAROLINA EASTMAN DIVISION, a Division of Eastman Kodak Company, Third-Party Defendant, Yeargin, Inc., Third-Party Defendant, Appellant.
• James E. EARLE, Respondent,
  v.
  Dr. Ezra Kenneth AYCOCK as Commissioner of the South Carolina Department ofHealth and Environmental Control, Appellant.
• Opinion Letter - Office of the Attorney General State of South Carolina
• Northeast Sanitary Landfill, Inc., and Container Corp. of Columbia v. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

• Nexsen Pruet Named Among Top Economic Development Law Firms in the Southeast
• 18 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among South Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
• 38 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Names To "The Best Lawyers in America 2008"
  Thirty-eight attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.
• 32 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named to 2007 Edtion of "Best Lawyers in America"
  Thirty-two attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC have been named to the 2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.

• Top 10 Law Firms that Understand Economic Development
  Nexsen Pruet is named among the top law firms in the Southeast for economic development - and is the only law firm listed in South Carolina.
• CLIENT ALERT: 2005 Amendment Reduces Risks Associated with Redeveloping Brownfields
  The South Carolina Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program now provides additional liability protection for developers of contaminated lands.
• Recent Significant Environmental Justice Decisions
• DHEC Issues Emergency Swine Regulation
  DHEC issued an Emergency Regulation affecting new or expanded large swine facilities which include financial assurance and compliance history requirements.
• Recent Significant Environmental Justice Decisions
  A brief summary as of June 20, 2001.
• Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions
• Emergency Regulation on Wetlands
  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) filed an Emergency Regulation on Wetlands seeking to extend state jurisdiction over isolated wetlands as those areas were previously defined in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1987 interim-final draft "Wetlands Identification and Delineation Manual."

“Administration and Enforcement of the Wetlands” LORMAN, January 30, 2008
 
“South Carolina Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors Land Law” Half-Moon, LLC, January 21, 2008

“New Developments in Administrative Law Practice”, SCAARLA Educational Seminar, December 8, 2006

“New Developments in Administrative Law Practice”, SCAARLA Educational Seminar, December 8, 2006

“Administrative Law Court Update”, by Judge Marvin F. Kittrell and W. Thomas Lavender, Jr., 2006 Local Government Attorneys’ Institute, December 8, 2006

"DHEC Appeals Process," Special Environmental Issues Briefing, November 2006

Experiences with Previous Contracts," South Carolina Voluntary Cleanup Program Workshop, September 2006

“Understanding and Avoiding Environmental Pitfalls,” Real Estate Intensive Workshop, July 21-22, 2006

“Environmental Update”, Attorney and CEO Clinic, December 7, 2005

“Current Developments in Commercial Real Estate” SC Bar CLE, October 10, 2003

“Environmental Law Update, 2003

“Environmental Issues in Commercial Real Estate Transactions in South Carolina”, May 3, 2003

“The Private Practice Perspective”, SC BAR CLE, July 14, 1995

“Defense of Environmental Defendants”, Enforcement/Compliance Conference for DHEC Personnel/Co-sponsored by SEEN and DHEC, January 12-14, 1993