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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.
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- 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
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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.
A Survival Guide for the Practitioner and the Practice Sector
Andrea Zelman, a shareholder in the firm's Environment and Land Use Practice Group, discusses a guide for the private sector practitioner.
Linda Shelley discusses a Brief History of Growth Management
Linda Shelley discusses how growth management policies and regulations in the Old World were base on the belief that growth was "Mathematical” and how the current economic and political environment is changing that perception.
Michael J. Ciccarone Discusses Laws, Policies, and Economics Going Forward.
Michael J. Ciccarone discusses the impact of changing economic realities in our New World and how they will drive changes to the development practices, land use policies and law at all levels of the government.
