Richard A. Horder Partner Kazmarek, Geiger & Laseter LLP One Securities Center 3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 350 Atlanta, GA 30305 Phone: 404-812-0843 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Download vCard

Rick Horder has engaged in the practice of environmental law and litigation for over 35 years. As an Assistant United States Attorney from 1974 to 1977, he represented the U.S. EPA in numerous water and NEPA cases. From 1978 to 1989, he was Regional Counsel, and later Associate General Counsel, for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, where he was responsible for all environmental and toxic tort compliance and litigation company-wide. In 1989, he joined Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, a large Atlanta law firm, where he served as head of the Environmental, Land Use, and Natural Resources Practice Team in Atlanta. Rick has had extensive experience in environmental litigation, as well as most areas in environmental enforcement, permitting, compliance, and counseling. Among his particular areas of focus are the Clean Water Act, with particular focus on wetlands and jurisdictional waters, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), CERCLA, EPCRA, the Endangered Species Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. His litigation experience includes cases involving all of those areas, and also asbestos, formaldehyde, PCBs, dioxin, and other highly regulated substances. He has handled a large variety of toxic tort personal injury matters and represented clients in citizen suits and agency enforcement actions, particularly under the Clean Water Act, as well as suits seeking compensation for natural resources damages and property contamination.