Robert Newcomer, Esq./LEED AP

Current

Attorney at The Lang Legal Group LLC

Past

Attorney at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Attorney at Powell Goldstein LLP

Education

Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
Duke University School of Law
University of Missouri-Saint Louis

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Robert Newcomer, Esq./LEED AP’s Summary

My legal practice is a mix of general business, real estate (design and construction) and environmental litigation and general business counseling. I represent clients in mediation, arbitration and in state and federal courts and before regulatory authorities, and I advise clients on general business matters, including entity formation, contract negotiation/drafting/review, intellectual property (trademark and licensing), corporate reporting and compliance, vendor and supplier standards, employment and other general business matters. I seek to work with clients to identify and manage their legal risks and to help them accomplish their personal and professional social, environmental and economic objectives.

I am a LEED AP, and a member of Sustainable Atlanta's Sustainable Building Taskforce. I serve on the Board of Directors and am acting Board Secretary of the Green Chamber of the South, a business organization promoting sustainable business practices in the Southeast. I am a member of the Atlanta Branch - Georgia Chapter of the U.S. Green Business Council and the Atlanta District Council of the Urban Land Institute, where I serve on its Technical Assistance Program Committee and as Co-chair of its Community Assistance (Sustainability) Sub-committee. I am also a member of the Atlanta Bar Association (Environmental & Toxic Tort (past chair), Real Estate and Litigation sections) and the State Bar of Georgia (Environmental, Real Property and Litigation sections).

I also serve on the Board of a second-generation family business providing residential and commercial door products and services, and I'm a founding member and legal advisor to One Team at a Time, Inc., a Georgia non-profit working with the Atlanta Burundian community to provide soccer clothing and equipment to recreational club teams in Burundi in support of peace and ethnic reconciliation. When I am not working, I am probably running trails or cycling.

Robert Newcomer, Esq./LEED AP’s Specialties:

In addition to representing clients in actual or potential litigation and regulatory actions, and advising clients on a variety of general business issues, I enjoy working with clients to identify and manage their legal risks related to their green business practices and building projects and to do so in a collaborative and cost-effective manner.

Robert Newcomer, Esq./LEED AP’s Experience

Attorney

The Lang Legal Group LLC

(Law Practice industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
Attorney

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

1998 — 2006 (8 years )
Attorney

Powell Goldstein LLP

(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years )

Robert Newcomer, Esq./LEED AP’s Education

Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment

M.E.M. , Environmental Law and Policy , 1992 — 1996
Duke University School of Law

J.D., cum laude , Law , 1992 — 1996

Samuel Fox Mordechai Scholar (1992-1993)

Activities and Societies:

Executive Editor, Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum (1995-1996)
University of Missouri-Saint Louis

B.A. summa cum laude , Political Science , 1988 — 1992