SCELP is the only non-profit public interest environmental law firm in South Carolina. He has practiced law for 29 years, with the last 19 years being almost exclusively devoted to public interest environmental law throughout the State of South Carolina. Mr. Chandler served 9 years on the Georgetown County Planning Commission, where he was instrumental in striking compromises that resolved several key zoning controversies, and consistently worked for sound and balanced zoning rules to protect the special ambience of the Waccamaw Neck area.