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The state of Florida has a highly complex and comprehensive framework of environmental legislation and administrative rules. Our Environmental attorneys offer a unique depth and breadth of experience to provide highly customized and cost-effective legal services to navigate complex political, legal and practical environmental challenges.
Fowler White’s Environmental attorneys represent a broad range of large and small businesses, governmental entities and developers throughout the state of Florida on all areas of environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, litigation and due diligence. Our lawyers work closely with environmental consultants and experts to minimize and manage environmental liabilities and risks in connection with real estate transactions, redevelopment of contaminated properties and obtaining environmental permits and entitlements.
Our Firm's Environmental Group maintains close working relationships with all environmental regulatory agencies, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Water Management Districts and local and county environmental regulatory agencies. Our Environmental attorneys include former Secretaries from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Department of Community Affairs and the Florida Department of Transportation. Our Environmental lawyers have extensive experience in all areas of state and federal Environmental law, including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, CERCLA, RCRA, FIFRA, TSCA and EPCRA.
Fowler White’s Environmental attorneys work closely with our clients' experts and consultants to minimize potential environmental costs and liabilities that relate to Brownfields redevelopment, green development, environmental permitting and compliance, complex environmental site remediation projects, and contaminated property transactions with a special emphasis on environmental due diligence.
News
- Rhea Law Selected to Serve on the Multicultural Advisory Council of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida in Diversity Leadership Effort
- Forty-Five Fowler White Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Andrea Zelman Appointed to Economic Competitiveness Committee
- Fowler White Named Among the Top Law Firms by The Legal 500 United States
- Rhea Law Named Chair of The Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation
- James Humphrey Appointed By Governor Crist to the 2nd DCA Judicial Nominating Commission
- Rhea Law Receives Prestigious Award from the University of South Florida
- Former City Attorney Joins Fowler White Boggs
- Rhea F. Law Appointed to the Board of Directors of The Pasco Economic Development Council
- Rhea Law Inducted to NAIOP’s Hall of Fame
- Fowler White Attorneys Recognized as Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers
- Rhea Law Recognized as 2009 Woman of the Year
- Andrea Zelman Selected to Leadership Tampa
Publications
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2011 Land Use Symposium: The Demographics in 2035
Introduction by Wayne Daltry, FAICP
- Older and Wiser....Our Health Depends on it! (Jim Nathan, President, Lee Memorial Health System)
- A Changing Landscape: Education in the Millennium (Dr. Erin Harrel, Edison State College)
- Public Education in 2035 (Tom Scott, Lee County School Board Chairman)
- Real Estate and Tourism in 2035: A Vision (Gary Verwilt, President, REALTOR Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach Inc)
2011 Land Use Symposium: The Economy in 2035
Introduction by Tom Wallace, President, Independent Development Services Corporation
- When Will Lee County Recover? (Henry H. Fishkind, Ph.D., President, Fishkind & Associates, Inc.)
- The Era of Less (Woody Hanson, MAI, CRE, CCIM, FRICS, Hanson Real Estate Advisors, Inc.)
- The Economics in 2035: Demography as Destiny and Economics as the Mechanics Thereof (Tom Wallace, President, Independent Development Services Corporation)
2011 Land Use Symposium: The Land Use Pattern in 2035
Introduction by Dawn Jourdan, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- What's Happening in Tallahassee and How This May Impact Our Ability to Plan for 2035 (Linda Shelley, Former Secretary, Florida Department of Community Affairs, Shareholder, Fowler White Boggs P.A.)
- The Land Use Implications of Current Federal Policy: Sustaining the Momentum (Dawn Jourdan, Assistant Professor, University of Florida)
- The Way Forward: Lee County's Horizon 2035 EAR and Comprehensive Plan Update (Jerry Murphy, AICP, CFM, Murphy Planning)
2011 Land Use Symposium: Transportation in 2035
Introduction by Michael J. Ciccarone, Shareholder, Fowler White Boggs P.A.
- Multi-Modal Transportation Systems: Lessons Learned from Southeast Florida (Kim DeLaney, Ph.D., Growth Management Coordinator, TCRPC)
- Complete Urban Thoroughfares: Transportation Policies for a Sustainable Lee county in 2035 (Richard A. Hall, P.E., President, Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc.)
- Community Leadership and Vision: Case Studies in Implementing a Balanced Transportation System (Margaret E. Banyan, Ph.D., Florida Gulf Coast University)
2010 Land Use Symposium: Current Legislative and Executive Growth Management Initiatives
Rhea F. Law, Chair of the Board, and CEO of the Firm, gives an up to date report on current Florida legislative and executive growth management initiatives.
2010 Land Use Symposium: The Alachua County Mobility Plan: Bus Rapid Transit and the Evolution of Suburbia
A discussion of Alachua County's recently adopted plan for rapid transit, transit oriented developments and alternative approaches to transportation concurrency.
2010 Land Use Symposium: What is TOD?
Seth Harry, principal with Seth Harry & Associates, Inc., discusses principles and attributes of TOD from an economic, political and design perspective.
