Having led environmental expeditions to every continent, Tom Mullikin brings a unique blend of first-hand experience, critical legal analysis, and community and stakeholder involvement to the leadership of his firm’s government, policy and regulatory affairs team. His extensive travel, including multiple trips to the Arctic and Antarctic, provide context to his work as a senior environmental attorney. Tom partners with clients to address the practical social, political, and environmental impacts of climate change. Tom presently serves as Research Professor at Coastal Carolina University and previously served as Associate Director of Law and Policy Doctorate Program at Northeastern University. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Lecturer on climate change at the Illinois‘ Governors State University and at Loyola University New Orleans, presented in the University of the Ozarks Distinguished Speaker Series, the University of Edinburgh, Oxford University, England, Trinity College, Ireland, St. Petersburg State University, Russia and the Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology. Tom previously served as Chief Counsel and Vice President for Public Affairs at one of the largest environmental services companies in the world. He has served on state legislative and congressional staff, and as an advisor and campaign manager to senior members of Congress and U.S. Presidential candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties. Tom has obtained certification as an Environmental Management Systems Auditor. Tom has received the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the State of South Carolina. Tom currently serves as Commander of the South Carolina State Guard.
