Grady L. Shields

Bio

Grady has been practicing environmental and administrative law for over 30 years and routinely represents clients on environmental and administrative litigation, transactional, and regulatory matters.  He has tried numerous matters before the various federal and state courts, as well as North Carolina’s Office of Administrative Hearings, and has briefed and argued cases before nearly every level of appellate court.  Grady argued Wilson v. McLeod Oil Company, Inc., one of the main cases under North Carolina’s Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act, to the North Carolina Supreme Court.  He also assists clients with environmental due diligence and transactions, counsels lenders on environmental issues, and handles federal and state environmental regulatory and permitting matters. 

Grady is the leader of the firm’s Environmental, Regulatory & Administrative Law practice area. He is a past Chair of the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, and served as Co-Chair of the Section’s CLE Committee for several years. Grady is Managing Editor of the Section’s new North Carolina Environmental Law Desk Manual.

Grady received his B.A., with honors, from Duke University.  He received his J.D., with honors, from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he was an editor of the North Carolina Law Review.

Practice Areas

Environmental, Regulatory & Administrative Law

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