John Milner joined the Brunini firm in 1978. John concentrates his practice primarily in environmental law. He represents business and industrial clients in environmental litigation in state and federal courts in the Southeastern region. He has also had significant experience in environmental permitting and enforcement actions, natural resource damage assessments, and regulation promulgation proceedings before the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, as well as the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. His environmental practice also concerns real estate due diligence and contractual matters in the southeastern region states. John represents clients in lobbying and monitoring activities concerning environmental and other business and industry issues before the Mississippi Legislature.

John is a member of the Section Council of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.  He is a member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.  He has also been recognized by Woodward/White as one of the Best Lawyers in America for environmental law in Mississippi and is ranked by Chambers USA as a Band 1 practitioner of environmental law in Mississippi.

John currently serves as Environmental Counsel for the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, the primary trade association representing the interests of Mississippi industry and he is counsel for the Mississippi Poultry Association and the Mississippi Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores Association. He also serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. 

Speeches & Publications

• Overview of Major Federal Environmental Acts and Regulations for the General Practitioner, 60 Miss. L.J. 1-145 (1990)
• Overview of Federal and Mississippi Environmental Laws, 50 Miss. L.J. 1-144 (1990)
• Environmental Justice, 13 Natural Resources & Environment 428-482 (Winter 1999) (published by ABA Section of National Resources, Energy & Environmental Law)
• Brownfields Law and Practice, Mississippi consultant (Matthew Bender, 1998 to date, Vol. 2, pp. MS-1 to MS-30.)
• Brownfields, Hazardous Materials Management Desk Reference, published by the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (McGraw Hill, 2000, pp. 247-268).
• ABA SEER Region IV Conferences in Atlanta (Speaking Engagement)
• ABA SEER Fall Conference - New Orleans (Speaking Engagement)
• MBS SEER Annual Meeting (Speaking Engagement)
• Alabama SEER Annual Meeting (Speaking Engagement)

Community & Professional Activities

• American College of Environmental Lawyers
• The American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section and Administrative Law Section; Section Council Member for Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER)
• Mississippi Bar Association (Member , Litigation Section, Administrative Law Section and past Chair of SEER)
• The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi, Board Chair