Jeffrey S. Dehner
Partner
Practice Areas
Environmental; Land Use & Government Relations;
Commercial Real Estate; Construction & Sustainable Development
SUMMARY
Mr. Dehner assists real estate developers, retailers, energy companies and manufacturing entities in providing diverse practical and legal expertise to mitigate risk and resolve disputes in order to effectuate successful business transactions and resolve regulatory challenges.
representative experience
- Provides counsel to major retail home improvement company with regard to environmental due diligence, regulatory compliance, remediation and liability allocation associated with transactions and development projects throughout the United States.
- Assists developers with complex government-relations issues such as zoning and other permitting matters.
- Assists commercial real estate clients with negotiation and drafting of leases and purchase agreements (including retail, office and industrial leases from both the landlord and tenant's perspective), development agreements, reciprocal easement and operation agreements and easements.
- Assists a regional power-transmission utility with regard to regulatory compliance issues.
- Prior to entering private practice, served for four years as an Associate Regional Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta.
Education
Emory University School of Law, J.D., with Distinction (1996)
Miami University (Ohio), B.A. in Political Science (1993)
PUBLICATIONS & DISTINCTIONS
- Georgia Rising Star (Environmental – 2007 and 2009) as published in Georgia Super Lawyers and Atlanta Magazine
- ICSC Georgia Government Relations Committee (chairperson)
- ICSC Georgia Retailer Advisory Council (member)
- Speaker - “Sustainable Construction and Development” - Lorman Seminars, Athens, Georgia (2009)
- Moderator - "Sustainable Building" panel - Southeast ICSC Conference, Atlanta (2009)
- Chair - Environmental Law Section - State Bar of Georgia (2007)
- Committee Chair and Board Member - American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (2003)
MEMBERSHIPS
State Bar of Georgia
American Bar Association
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Atlanta, GA 30339 
