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Justin P. Wilson
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Justin P. Wilson is an attorney and community leader in Nashville, Tennessee. Education Wilson received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1967. He received his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1970. While at Vanderbilt he was an associate editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. He graduated Vanderbilt as a member of the Order of the Coif. He received his L.L.M. in Taxation from the New York University Law School in 1974. Public service and recognition He has served in various high-level appointive roles in TN state government. He was also a nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President George H.W. Bush. He served as a member of Environmental Financial Advisory Board of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, as chairman of the Nashville Power Board, as a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations, as a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Section of the Tennessee Bar Associations. He has also served as a Trustee of the Watkins Institute, as a member of The Hermitage National Advisory Board, as a Regent of the Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University, as a member of boards of directors of various Tennessee companies, including Cherokee Equity Corporation, a privately held corporation with marine and real estate interests, as former chairman of the Board of Health for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as a former chairman of the Community Health Agency for Davidson County, as a former trustee with Meharry Medical College where he served on its Executive Committee, as a former chairman of the Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music Committee of Visitors and a former president of the school, and a former trustee and Treasurer of the Nashville Tree Foundation. He briefly ran as for mayor of Nashville under the slogan "Take a Hike with Wilson: Fees, Taxes, Rates!" to draw attention to Nashville's growing financial obligations. Environmental work As top policy advisor to Governor Don Sundquist, Wilson focused on environmental issues. The Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park was renamed after him in recognition of his environmental work, including cleanup of the Pigeon River and negotiating land donations from the TVA. He was named the Tennessee Conservation League’s “Conservationist of the Year” in 1997. and toxic waste incineration at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and negotiated water allocation of the Tennessee River with the TVA. Present activities Wilson is currently a partner with the Nashville law firm Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis. His practice areas include environmental law, energy law, government relations, estate planning and administration and charitable organizations. He is also currently an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School. [http://law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/adjuncts.html#wilson] 
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