Akerman Atlanta Office Managing Partner Jason S. Lichtstein has been named among Georgia Trend’s 2026 Georgia 500. The annual recognition honors the state’s most influential leaders across a range of industries and organizations. Honorees are selected by the magazine through nominations and recommendations from its editorial committee.
Jason is a seasoned environmental attorney with more than 25 years of experience, focusing his practice on the cleanup, redevelopment, and reuse of brownfields and other complex contaminated sites in Georgia and across the Southeast U.S. His work spans environmental transactional matters, regulatory compliance, and state incentives, as well as emerging issues in sustainability law and policy. He also advises on environmental transactional and due diligence issues for data center sites nationwide.
Jason has been involved in drafting and advocating for brownfields legislation that expands incentives for site cleanup and redevelopment. He is a past president of the Florida Brownfields Association and a past member of the Steering Committee of the National Brownfields Coalition. He serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta and Community Friendship, Inc. Jason is also active in the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, serving as a substantive committee co-chair for 2026-2027. Jason has been ranked in Chambers USA for environmental law since 2009 and is listed in Best Lawyers for environmental law in Georgia. He was also named to GaBiz Magazine’s 2026 Top Lawyers List.