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Doug Henderson is a Trial and Global Disputes partner with a national practice in environmental litigation, toxic torts, and mass tort litigation. Doug has tried numerous cases to verdict involving personal injury and property devaluation claims related to industrial emissions, groundwater contamination, wastewater discharges, stormwater runoff, endangered species, and transactional allocations of environmental liabilities. Doug also has litigated cases involving water rights, reservoirs, mining, pipelines, and powerlines.
As appellate counsel, Doug has successfully argued several leading environmental and property rights cases. As amicus counsel, Doug has represented the Edison Electric Institute, the National Mining Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to name a few. Doug also provides counseling on a wide range of matters involving RCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, CERCLA, TSCA, and SMCRA. A Ph.D. scientist and attorney, Doug offers considerable experience in trying and litigating cases involving expert testimony on hydrogeology, air emissions, toxicology, and epidemiology.
Doug has been named "Lawyer of the Year" three times in Georgia, recently as "Environmental Lawyer of the Year" (2020) and earlier as "Litigation – Environmental Atlanta Lawyer of the Year" (2014) and "Environmental Lawyer of the Year" (2018). In addition, Doug has often been ranked as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the State of Georgia by Atlanta Magazine Superlawyers. Doug also is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in three separate categories (environmental litigation, environmental law, and mass torts), in Chambers USA Band 1, in the Legal 500, and the Georgia Trend Legal Elite.
J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law
M.S., University of Michigan
Ph.D., University of Michigan
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.A., George Washington University
Supreme Court of Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Chair, State Bar of Georgia, Agricultural Law Section, 2000 - 2005
Chair, State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Section, 1999 – 2000
Member, Judicial Procedure Committee, State Bar of Georgia, 1997 – 2006
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
June 6, 2024
King & Spalding Earns 198 Lawyer Rankings, 90 Practice Group Rankings in Chambers USA Guide
Lead counsel for a large international medical device manufacturer in successful defense against a lawsuit brought by the State of Georgia that sought to shut down two sterilization facilities for alleged unpermitted releases of ethylene oxide and related fugitive emissions.
Lead counsel for electrical manufacturer in successful defense of class action involving claims of personal injury and property devaluation related to PCB and lead exposure in Anniston, Alabama.
Lead counsel for team defending international medical device manufacturer in Denver, Colorado state court against several mass torts and individual lawsuits involving claims of breast cancer, leukemia and other diseases allegedly associated with emissions of ethylene oxide from major sterilization facility.
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February 27, 2024
What Recent Setbacks In Court Mean For Enviro Justice
February 15, 2024
Key Recent Developments In Environmental Justice Litigation
January 24, 2024
General Counsel’s Decision Tree for Internal Investigations for the Energy Industry
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
June 6, 2024
King & Spalding Earns 198 Lawyer Rankings, 90 Practice Group Rankings in Chambers USA Guide
Lead counsel for a large international medical device manufacturer in successful defense against a lawsuit brought by the State of Georgia that sought to shut down two sterilization facilities for alleged unpermitted releases of ethylene oxide and related fugitive emissions.
Lead counsel for electrical manufacturer in successful defense of class action involving claims of personal injury and property devaluation related to PCB and lead exposure in Anniston, Alabama.
Lead counsel for team defending international medical device manufacturer in Denver, Colorado state court against several mass torts and individual lawsuits involving claims of breast cancer, leukemia and other diseases allegedly associated with emissions of ethylene oxide from major sterilization facility.
See more
February 27, 2024
What Recent Setbacks In Court Mean For Enviro Justice
February 15, 2024
Key Recent Developments In Environmental Justice Litigation
January 24, 2024
General Counsel’s Decision Tree for Internal Investigations for the Energy Industry
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
June 6, 2024
King & Spalding Earns 198 Lawyer Rankings, 90 Practice Group Rankings in Chambers USA Guide
J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law
M.S., University of Michigan
Ph.D., University of Michigan
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.A., George Washington University
Supreme Court of Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Chair, State Bar of Georgia, Agricultural Law Section, 2000 - 2005
Chair, State Bar of Georgia, Environmental Law Section, 1999 – 2000
Member, Judicial Procedure Committee, State Bar of Georgia, 1997 – 2006