Ed Callaway is a partner at Waller Lansden. His area of concentration is environmental law, including site development, solid and hazardous waste issues, transactional due diligence, Superfund, water issues, administrative litigation, and underground storage tanks.
Mr. Callaway has successfully resolved regulatory compliance matters associated with scores of major commercial development projects throughout the Southeast. His experience includes assisting clients with local, state and federal permitting and addressing environmental issues including site contamination, wetlands permitting Section 106 cultural resources review and the protection of endangered species.
Mr. Callaway has assisted clients in the acquisition and expansion of regional Class I landfills in Tennessee, and he has provided enforcement defense and compliance advice to many of the largest solid waste disposal companies in the United States.
Mr. Callaway also represents some of Tennessee's largest commercial hazardous waste treatment facilities in permitting and other issues, and he has provided counsel to numerous clients in matters involving contaminated sites and their efforts to clean-up properties and minimize or avoid liability. Mr. Callaway has defended numerous hazardous waste generators in enforcement proceedings, including automotive, furniture, and heating and cooling manufacturing firms among others.
In addition, Mr. Callaway frequently serves as environmental counsel for clients involved in mergers, acquisitions and sales in a wide range of industries. In this role, he negotiates confidential agreements to protect clients interests and manages detailed due diligence to help protect clients from unexpected potential liabilities after transactions close. Mr. Callaway has particular experience in transactions involving hospitals and wireless telecommunications assets.
Prior to joining Waller Lansden, Mr. Callaway served in the Environmental Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s office and the Environmental Enforcement Section of the Land and Natural Resources Division at the United States Department of Justice.
In May 2009, Mr. Callaway led a panel of prominent national experts in a discussion of EPA’s efforts to revised the definition of solid waste at a joint EPA/American Bar Association conference in Atlanta. Mr. Callaway has been a featured speaker at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Annual Solid and Hazardous Waste Conference for several years. He most recently spoke on the hazardous waste enforcement process in Tennessee. Previous topics have included "Emerging Issues in All Appropriate Inquiries" and "RCRA as Soap Opera: EPA and Definition of Solid Waste." Mr. Callaway was a contributing author to The Tennessee Environmental Law Handbook, published by Government Institutes, and to Brownfields Law and Practice, published by Matthew Bender.
