Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A., a full-service law firm, is proud to announce shareholders John J. Fumero, Susan Roeder Martin, and R. Gregory Hyden have been selected to the 2024 edition of The Boca Raton Observer’s Top Lawyers. Fumero and Martin are recognized for their work in Land Use Environmental Law and Hyden is recognized for Family Law.
The Boca Raton Observer collaborates with DataJoe, a leading research firm, to compile its annual Top Lawyers list. Lawyers across Broward and Palm Beach counties are polled, and the results are based exclusively on peer reviews, highlighting the most accomplished and respected attorneys in the legal community. DataJoe, with nearly 17 years of experience, is known for its innovative nomination platform and rigorous research methods, which it uses to produce reliable directories in partnership with esteemed publishers across the U.S.
John J. Fumero, shareholder, provides strategic legal counsel to public and private sector clients throughout the State of Florida for over 35 years. His practice focuses on environmental, water, real estate, local government, development/land use law, as well as related litigation in administrative, state, and federal courts. Fumero is a Board-Certified specialist in State and Federal Government and Administrative Law by The Florida Bar, and is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating an attorney can earn from their peers. He formerly served for the United States Justice Department, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and as the General Counsel of the South Florida Water Management District.
Susan Roeder Martin, shareholder, is board certified in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice by the Florida Bar, and has practiced law for over 35 years, formerly as a Practice Expert Attorney with the South Florida Water Management District and earlier as a corporate attorney and Congressional Lobbyist with Florida Power and Light Company. Ms. Martin handles a wide range of environmental issues including permitting and permit challenges, enforcement, mitigation banks, litigation, mediation, congressional lobbying, and appeals. She participated in the drafting and adoption of environmental resource permit rules, including those pertaining to water quality, quantity and mitigation utilized by the Department of Environmental Protection and the state’s water management districts in granting environmental resource permits.
Gregory Hyden, shareholder, works in the litigation practice group primarily in the areas of land-use litigation, governmental litigation, probate litigation, guardianship and family law. Mr. Hyden holds a Juris Doctor degree from Florida State University. A firm believer in stewardship, Mr. Hyden supports many charitable organizations including the Palm Beach County Guardian Ad Litem Program where he serves as a pro bono Guardian Ad Litem, St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton and is active with the Palm Beach Preservation Board’s 1878 series.