Brock to spearhead fundraising for conservation group’s Tennessee office

An environmental law firm already active in many Tennessee conservation and pollution fights plans to open an office in the state in 2012 or sooner.

Rick Middleton, founder and executive director of the Charlottesville, Va.-based Southern Environmental Law Center, calls his firm of 82 employees and 42 lawyers “the best kept secret” in environmental law.

He said the group’s new Tennessee office will be in Nashville, near state lawmakers and courts.

Paul K. Brock Jr., an SELC board member of three years, said he is helping the organization raise $4 million in Tennessee.