B. Hart Knight

Hart Knight practices in the firm's Environmental Law Practice Group and the Litigation Department. He has represented a wide variety of environmental clients including small rural farmers, electric utility systems, and the world's largest bottling company. Hart's experience ranges from state enforcement actions to the defense of federal citizen suits to matters of regulatory compliance. Since joining Miller & Martin, his practice has focused on issues involving the Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, ESA, TSCA (PCBs), FTC greenwashing, and water allocation matters. Hart has also gained experience handling various civil litigation matters such as complex immigration litigation and insurance defense. Prior to joining the firm, Hart served as the senior judicial law clerk for the Honorable Frank Clement, Jr. of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee and graduated from the nation's leading environmental law school, during which time he clerked for the Environmental Crimes Section of the United States Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C. He is a Classroom Volunteer in Julia Green Elementary, Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee. He is also an active participant in the firm's Pencil Partnership campaign with Bordeaux Enhanced Option Elementary School.

• Attorney

• The Honorable Frank G. Clement, Jr., Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, Law Clerk, 2006 - 2008
• United States Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section, Washington D.C., Summer Law Clerk
• Joint Institute for Energy and Environment - Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tennessee, Summer Clerk

• Environmental Law Issues: How to Recognize Potential Environmental Law Issues and the Possible Effects Such Issues May Have, Nashville Bar Association, CLE Faculty, 2009
• Sustainability: Miller & Martin's Practice Practice Group and Green Team, Environmental Law Committee, Nashville Bar Association, 2009

• Justice4ALL pro-bono campaign

• Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

• American Bar Association
• Harry Phillips American Inn of Court (Associate Member)
• Nashville Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association