Due to an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, environmental and land use issues are both diverse and challenging. Strategic legal counsel and guidance in a timely and cost-effective manner to achieve objectives is needed. We know the law, the policy and the technical issues.
Our attorneys are highly experienced in a variety of disciplines encompassing all aspects of environmental, land-use, administrative, governmental, and real estate law, as well as governmental affairs representation and litigation related to those practice areas. We have a proven track record of results-driven work involving federal and state environmental and water permitting, agency enforcement, project development, water management, land use entitlements, public/private partnerships, land development, due diligence, agency rulemaking, environmental remediation, brownfields redevelopment, and hazardous waste.
Environmental Law & Litigation
We represent clients before all the federal, state, regional and local regulatory authorities:
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida water management districts
- Florida Department of Transportation
- S. Army Corps of Engineers
- S. Department of the Interior
- S. Environmental Protection Agency
- S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Our Environmental and Land Use Law Practice Group attorneys have extensive experience with administrative proceedings, civil litigation, enforcement and penalty actions, including administrative and judicial challenges, civil claims, contractual disputes, defense of environmental authorizations, and enforcement challenges. All members of the environmental law team have worked for government agencies with environmental oversight authority.
- Florida Environmental Resource Permitting
- Florida Submerged Lands Program
- Wetland Regulation & Permitting
- Mitigation Banking
- Water Quality Permitting
- Flooding and drainage
- Agency enforcement
- Solid waste and wastewater
- Federal Clean Water Act
- Coastal Zone Management / Protection Act
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- Surface Mining Control & Reclamation
- Hazardous waste and cleanup
- Florida Coastal Zone Management
- Coastal Resiliency & Sustainability
- Administrative and civil litigation
- Public Works
- Public Private Partnerships
Land Use Law & Litigation
- Property Rights
- Zoning and rezoning
- Master plan development
- Residential, Commercial and industrial development
- Farmland development
- Comprehensive plan amendments
- Development agreements
- Building permits and entitlements
- Entitlement and opinion letters
- Administrative appeals
- Design reviews
- Public Policy advocacy
- Due Diligence
- Variances & Waivers
- Zoning ordinance text amendments
Integral to the team, the Environmental and Land Use Law Practice Group works closely with engineers, geologists, planners, and other consultants. Our representation covers a full range of projects including residential, commercial, mining, industrial, transportation, and marina projects throughout the State. The firm provides complex civil and appellate litigation services in all administrative, state and federal courts. We provide experienced and practical counsel to businesses and governmental bodies throughout Florida and the United States. Our attorneys advocate for clients, in the private and government sectors, on matters involve permitting and other governmental approvals from local, regional, state, and federal authorities, and lead negotiations with government officials during entitlement and project development.
