He has been practicing environmental and administrative law for over 30 years, and routinely represents clients on environmental and administrative litigation, transactional and regulatory matters. Mr. Shields is the leader of the firms Environmental, Regulatory & Administrative Law practice area. He is a past chair of the Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, and served as co-chair of the sections CLE Committee for several years. Mr. Shields received a B.A., with honors, from Duke University and earned a J.D., with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was an editor of the North Carolina Law Review.