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J. Andrew  Goddard
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Nashville
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Education
Duke University - J.D., 1978
Vanderbilt University - B.E., 1975

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1978

Memberships
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association (Chair, Environmental Law Section, 1996-1997)
American Bar Association
Environmental Law Institute

Honors & Distinctions
Listed in: Best Lawyers® (2012 Nashville Administrative Regulatory Law Lawyer of the Year); Chambers USA; International Who's Who of Environment Lawyers; Mid-South Super Lawyers; Nashville Post "Nashville's 101 Top Lawyers" 2011; Nashville Business Journal's "Best of the Bar"
Best Lawyers’ 2011 Nashville Environmental Lawyer of the Year
Fellow, American College of Environmental Lawyers
Editor and Author, Tennessee Environmental Law Letter, 1989—Present
Adjunct Faculty (Environmental), Vanderbilt University, 1989—2002
Tau Beta Pi
Order of the Coif
Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1977-1978



Drew Goddard is practice leader of the firm's Environmental Group.  He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Engineering in 1975, Tau Beta Pi, and from Duke University School of Law in 1978, Order of the Coif.  He joined Bass, Berry& Sims in 1978 and has practiced environmental law for over 20 years.  Drew is a former chair of the Environmental Section of the Tennessee Bar Association.  He has served on external steering committees of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, is editor of the Tennessee Environmental Law Letter, and taught an environmental law course at Vanderbilt University School of Law for 13 years.   He has served for several years on the various environmental committees and subcommittees of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry and has lectured extensively on environmental law issues.  In 2005, Governor Phil Bredesen appointed him as the chair of the Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board.  Drew has been listed in Best Lawyers® since 1991 and has been named one of the best environmental lawyers in the state by Business Tennessee magazine for the past four years.

His experience includes the following:
  • Successfully negotiated numerous enforcement & consent orders with U.S. EPA, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and other environmental agencies.
  • Successfully negotiated numerous remediation & consent orders with U.S. EPA, the Tennessee Department of Environment Conservation and other environmental agencies.
  • Several times successfully negotiated acquisition of all necessary permits for new facilities, including two hazardous waste recycling facilities and one mixed (hazardous and radioactive) waste recycling facility.
  • Successfully negotiated numerous permit conditions and permit appeals with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and other agencies.
  • Served as lead counsel and chair of the Executive Committee of a 200-member PRP Group at an EPA lead site.
  • Successfully negotiated implementation of a mass loading & trading program among industrial discharges to a POTW in lieu of extensive additional pre-treatment equipment.
  • Twice successfully defended proposed superfund listings by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
  • Successfully lobbied for changes in environmental regulations and legislation, including changes in Tennessee's proposed Title V air permitting program and legislation to exempt a client's mixed waste treatment option from siting requirements.