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Attorneys donate to green groupsSavannahNow.com December 12, 2007 A team of attorneys who last year obtained the largest environmental litigation settlement in Georgia history presented several local and statewide organizations with checks totaling $100,000 Tuesday. Recipients of the funds include the Altamaha Riverkeeper, Georgia Conservation Voters, GreenLaw, Georgia Watch, Glynn Environmental Coalition, Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper and Satilla Riverkeeper, among others. "These funds will support the Altamaha Riverkeeper and the Altamaha Coastkeeper's work to protect our coastal, estuary and marsh systems," said Deborah Sheppard, executive director of the Altamaha Riverkeeper. In November 2006, attorneys Joel Wooten (Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer) of Columbus, Robert Killian (Killian & Boyd) of Brunswick and John Bell (Bell & Brigham) and Pam James (Pam James Law) of Augusta settled pending cases on behalf of Glynn County and more than 200 Glynn County property owners against the Allied/LCP chlor-alkali plant in Brunswick. The result was a total of $50 million plus additional cleanup at the site on the Turtle River and Purvis Creek. The site was contaminated with mercury and PCBs and is Georgia's first declared Superfund site.
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