Roberts & Stevens,
P.A.
BB&T Building, Suite 1100
One West Pack Square
PO Box 7647
Asheville, NC 28802
828.252.6600
www.roberts-stevens.com
bclarke@roberts-stevens.com
direct dial: 828.258.6919
fax: 828.258.6995
Practices & Industries
- Environmental Law
- Government & Public Policy
- Land Condemnation
- Land Conservation
- Brownfields Redevelopment
- Litigation
- Manufacturers & Distributors
Bar & Court Admissions
- American Bar Association, Section: Natural Resources, Energy and Environment
- North Carolina Bar Association, Section: Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Chair, 2010, Member, 1989-1995, 1999-2002
- North Carolina State Bar
William Clarke
Billy Clarke is a partner with the firm. He has twenty-nine years of experience representing public and private clients in Environmental Law. Billy Clarke is a native of Western North Carolina. He has strong ties to the community, the region and the state. He is well regarded by his peers, having been recognized as a member of Best Lawyers in America since 1998, a member of Business North Carolina magazine's Legal Elite since 2005 and a North Carolina Super Lawyer since 2006.
His practice focuses on environmental permitting and compliance, transactions involving the purchase and sale of contaminated property, environmental and administrative litigation, water quality issues and the representation of local governments on environmental matters. He has extensive experience in Brownfields Redevelopment for both public and private clients.
Billy obtained his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his Juris Doctor from UNC Chapel Hill. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association (Past Chair of the Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources) and the American Bar Association (member of the Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environment).Experience
Successfully
represented a number of local governments on environmental issues
including the
purchase and sale of properties with environmental contamination,
Brownfields Redevelopment,
and acquisition of easements for water and wastewater
Successfully
represented large manufacturers and natural resources companies in
obtaining
and defending environmental permits
Successfully
represented numerous
private clients in negotiating the purchase and sale of properties with
environmental contamination including Brownfields Redevelopment
Regulatory
expertise includes water
quality, wastewater collection and treatment, underground storage tanks
and
petroleum contamination, sedimentation and erosion, US Army Corps of
Engineers
permitting and solid waste issues
Professional
- The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law, 1995-2012; Natural Resources Law, 1995-2012 Litigation/Environmental, 2012
- Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite, Environmental Law, 2005-present; Hall of Fame for Environmental Law, 2012
- Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Directors, 2009-2010; Member, 2000-present
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, Environmental Law, 2006-2012
- Numerous North Carolina Bar Association presentations, including NPDES Permits, Environmental Liability for Lenders, Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, and Sedimentation and Erosion Litigation
Community Service
- Golden LEAF Foundation, Board of Directors, 1999-present Former Chair and Current Vice Chair of the Board
- Independent College Fund of North Carolina Board of Directors, 2009-present; Member, 2005-present
- The Pisgah Center, Inc. Board of Directors
Education
- Princeton University, AB, American History, 1979
- UNC Chapel Hill School of Law, JD, 1982