Rick Hitchcock

I advise clients in environmental matters, business planning, technology issues, transactions, and trial and appellate litigation. I also counsel businesses and utilities concerning environmental compliance matters. I've represented clients in significant environmental matters before administrative agencies, regional EPA offices, and several state and federal courts. I've also handled a number of appellate cases, including a leading case on the lender exception to liability under the federal Superfund law. I've served as special counsel to local governments on contract, franchise, and constitutional issues and represent electric and telecommunications utilities in strategic business planning. As counsel to the charter study commission of the City of Chattanooga, I was one of the principal drafters of a charter framework that was implemented in 1990.