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Jake is obviously a market expert. Very professional, articulate and certainly delivers.

- Chambers USA 2023

Jake counsels clients in their interactions with local, state, and federal governments on environmental, land use, and land development issues.  He has been lead counsel on a variety of complex permitting and economic development matters. He excels in complicated matters requiring both environmental and land use permitting, including brownfield designations, urban redevelopment, and master-planned communities.  He has extensive experience protecting environmental and land use permits against challenges, defending against government compliance and enforcement issues, and litigating property rights issues, including before the United States Supreme Court.

A sixth-generation Floridian, Jake grew up in Palatka working in his family’s timber operations and has significant experience working with agriculture, silviculture, agribusiness, and heavy industry interests. Because of this personal experience, Jake routinely assists large agricultural landowners in defense of their greenbelt classifications and in asserting Right-to-Farm Act challenges to government overreach. He also assists them with long-term strategic planning for development entitlements and unlocking alternative income streams, including the use of wetland mitigation banks and conservation easements.

Jake began his law practice in Tallahassee, where he gained experience dealing with the legislative and regulatory process of state government.  As a Gubernatorial Fellow at the Department of Community Affairs, he participated in executive-branch policymaking and developed relationships with state environmental and growth management regulators. This experience allows Jake to advise clients whether permitting, litigation, or lobbying is the best approach for their needs.

Representative Experience

Permitting, Entitlements, and Regulatory Matters

  • Lead counsel representing clients including national homebuilders, real estate investment trusts, investors, and other landowners in obtaining development rights and entitlements from local governments, including comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings, variances, special uses, legal nonconforming designation, and other permits.
  • Represents master developer in land use and permitting issues related to the Westshore Marina District, the second largest new development project in Tampa Bay today. This $600 million large-scale project consists of 55 acres of the Tampa Bay waterfront and will include 200+ marina slips, a hotel, retail shops, boat-up restaurants, a public esplanade connected to a 1.4-mile public park, and 1,250+ apartments and condos.
  • Lead counsel representing clients in pursuing development incentives, including ad valorem tax abatement and brownfields tax credits and jobs tax refunds, including representing the developer of a dual-flag hotel adjacent to City Hall in downtown Tampa in the purchase of the site from the City of Tampa, and partnering with the City to rehabilitate the site prior to redevelopment and obtain a cleanup grant from FDEP for $1 million.
  • Represented an affordable housing developer in obtaining a brownfield area designation for an affordable housing project in the City of Tallahassee during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team coordinated an in-person and virtual community meeting that included a team of consultants and members of the public as well as two virtual public hearings to obtain the brownfield area designation. The designation allowed the developer to take advantage of both state environmental clean-up programs and financial incentives.
  • Obtained a zoning modification on behalf of Piedmont Companies, a developer of Goodwill Industries projects across the country. The 212,000 square foot facility in Hillsborough County will serve a 10-county area, employing over 100 individuals with disabilities and special needs. It is Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc.’s first "build to suit" distribution center in its central Florida territory and will be used as a model for future facilities.
  • Lead counsel assisting a large silvicultural landowner in investigation of alternative environmental income streams, including wetlands and species mitigation banks and carbon offset credits, and land use entitlements strategies, including the Sector Plan.
  • Lead counsel representing sporting lodge and hospitality operation in obtaining and modifying alcohol, tobacco, and firearms licenses from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco.
  • Lead counsel representing landowner in a Right-to-Farm Act matter, obtaining the first approval in decades from a local government environmental agency for the commercial harvesting of cypress timber.
  • Lead counsel representing clients in professional licensure and permitting disputes and disciplinary procedures, including the successful resolution, with no fine, penalty, or disciplinary action of Florida Board of Professional Engineers allegations of practicing without a license; and development and presentation of licensure strategies to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for private investigation, private security services, and concealed firearms carry.
  • Secured numerous environmental and land use permits and entitlements before local, state, and federal governmental entities.
  • Counseled industrial clients in compliance and reporting obligations under complex federal environmental regulations, including CERCLA, RCRA, EPCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act.
  • Participated in policymaking, including drafting changes to Florida’s impact fee statutes and an expedited port permitting bill passed by the Florida Legislature and drafting comments on proposed environmental regulations at the federal, state, and local levels.
  • As a Gubernatorial Fellow at the Department of Community Affairs, developed a model for presentation to the Legislature for converting the agency’s operations to a fee-based services model after studying operations.

Land Use, Environmental, and Property Rights Litigation Matters

  • Successfully overturned a local government decision denying the grandfathering of an intensive commercial use, paving the way to achieve a favorable rezoning of the property.
  • Lead counsel in successfully protecting agricultural client’s right to continue operations using the Right to Farm Act and the Florida Agricultural Lands and Practices Act following attempts of both local government and neighbors to force closure.
  • Successfully used the Florida Land Use and Dispute Resolution Act to resolve contentious property rights case, including a resolution following a rezoning denial that would have resulted in the closing of one of the country’s largest trapshooting ranges and gun clubs.
  • Lead counsel in resolving an annexation challenge and an administrative challenge to a comprehensive plan amendment for a coalition of developer clients with projects at risk due to a long-running dispute between Alachua County and the City of Gainesville. Successfully negotiated with the County and the City for a global settlement allowing clients to move forward with projects that had been stalled for over six months and which were at risk of being delayed for another year or more.
  • Testified before a Florida Senate Committee on the effects proposed legislation would have on a client’s subsurface property rights.
  • Assisted counsel of record defending oceanfront property rights before the U.S. Supreme Court in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 130 S.Ct. 2592 (2010), a case of first impression considering the doctrine of judicial takings.
  • Authored amicus brief supporting the successful landowner before the U.S. Supreme Court in Koontz v. St Johns River Water Management District, 133 S.Ct. 420 (2013), a case that limited the government’s ability to exact concessions during the land development process.
  • Represented clients in obtaining nearly $10 million in settlements of private property rights claims against governmental entities, including takings and inverse condemnation claims, constitutional claims, Bert J. Harris, Jr. Private Property Protection Act claims, and Florida Land Use and Environmental Dispute Resolution Act proceedings.
  • Represented national gas and convenience chain in obtaining dismissal of a comprehensive plan consistency challenge.
  • Lead counsel representing commercial agricultural operations in defense of agricultural tax classification (greenbelt), including an appellate case that confirmed in a case of first impression that even unusual agricultural uses must be allowed greenbelt classification.
  • Represented commercial timber harvester in successful negotiated reduction of penalties incurred in a code enforcement action.
  • Lead drafter of two successful appellate briefs defending against a challenge to an electrical utility’s rezoning of 2,000+ acres.
  • Represented mining company in defense of local government mining and land use permits.
  • Represented electrical utility in a citizen’s administrative suit seeking to invalidate water quality permits.
  • Successfully appealed a local government's refusal to process a planned development rezoning application because of unreasonable interpretation of its land development code.

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Florida Brownfields Association (FBA), Advisory Board Member, Present
  • The Junior League of Tampa, Community Advisory Board, 2019-Present
  • Association of Florida Community Developers (AFCD), 2015-Present
  • Tampa Bay Builders Association, 2015-Present
    • Board of Directors, 2022-Present
  • Florida Eminent Domain Conference, Co-Chair, 2021
  • Florida State University College of Law, “Legislation and Regulation,” Adjunct Professor
  • Appointed by Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam to the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ Silviculture Best Management Practices Technical Advisory Committee
  • Hillsborough County Farm Bureau, Board of Directors, 2015
  • Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Gubernatorial Appointee
  • Tampa Bay Agency on Bay Management, Appointee
  • Leadership Tampa Bay, 2016
  • Tampa Connection, Class of 2015
  • Leadership Florida Connect, Class II, 2012
    • Board of Governors, 2013-2015
  • The Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section (ELULS), Executive Council and Co-Editor of the Reporter
  • Rhodes College Alumni Association Executive Board, 2011-2014 
  • J. Clifford Cheatwood American Inn of Court
  • Florida Forestry Association, Government Affairs Committee
  • Forest Landowners Association
  • Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club
  • Ybor City Museum Society

Recognition

  • Chambers USA, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (North & Central Florida), 2018-Present; Environment (Florida), 2021-Present
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, 2023-Present
  • Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2013-Present
  • Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, “Up and Comer,” 2012-2017
  • Florida State University Alumni Association, 30 Under 30, 2014
  • Tampa Bay Business Journal, “Up and Comer,” 2013
  • Florida Forestry Association, 40 Under 40 Young Leader, 2011
  • American Planning Association, Florida Chapter, Outstanding Student Urban Planner, 2009
  • Jeb Bush Outstanding Achievement Award, 2009
  • National Merit Scholar

Publications & Presentations

Events: WEBINAR: SB 328 - The 2024 Live Local Act
Stearns Weaver Miller Webinar|March 2024

Affordable Housing News Update, Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: Rotunda Report Week 6 | February 12-16, 2024
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2024

Events: Florida’s New “Live Local Act”
Florida Eminent Domain Conference|November 2023

Events: Navigating The Country’s Boldest Housing Supply Legislation: Florida’s Live Local Act
Cafe Con Tampa|November 2023

Events: Legislative Update
The University Club of Tampa|June 2023

Affordable Housing News Update, Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: Live Local Act Signed Into Law
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2023

Land Development News Update, Publications: Florida Funds Agricultural Conservation Easements at Record Amounts
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|March 2023

Land Development News Update, Publications: Five Important Environmental Topics You Should Know About
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2023

Events, Land Development News Update: Settling Local Land Use Disputes
Florida Land Use Law Conference|November 2022

Events: Ethics in Modern Practice
Florida Eminent Domain Conference|October 2022

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Proposes Significant Updates to Comprehensive Plan
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|October 2022

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Summer 2022
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2022

Events: Concurrency, Impact Fees And Mobility Fees - The State Of The Law On Local Government Exactions To Fund
36th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2022

Events: Avoiding Property Rights Disputes (Or "Florida Property Rights 101")
36th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2022

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Proposes Significant Updates to Comprehensive Plan
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2022

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: What’s Developing | Spring 2022
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|May 2022

Land Development News Update, Publications: Spring Brings an End to Freezing Temperatures— and an Opportunity to Extend Your Development Permits
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2022

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: What’s Developing | Winter 2022
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2022

Land Development News Update, Publications: Pasco County Expands Multi-Family Moratorium while Hillsborough County Plans to Extend Another Moratorium
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2022

Events: Through the Florida Land Use and Environmental Dispute Resolution Act
Florida Eminent Domain Conference|November 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: Bird, Bird, Bird - Bird Is The Word!
Stearns Weaver Millers News Update|November 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: Development Demand Drives Opportunity for Conservation of Gopher Tortoise Sites
Stearns Weaver Millers News Update|October 2021

Publications: Federal Court Puts ‘Navigable Waters Protection Rule’ In Murky Waters for Florida
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|October 2021

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Fall 2021
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2021

Events: Avoiding Property Rights Disputes (Or "Florida Property Rights 101")
35th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2021

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: COVID-19 State of Emergency Lapses: Extend Your Permits NOW
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Studying Comprehensive Plan Updates to Facilitate Affordable Housing
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2021

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Spring 2021
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|May 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: Update: Tampa Bay Local Governments Continue to Enact Burdensome Moratoria
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |April 2021

Events: Private Sector Roundtable Discussion
HCBA - Third Annual Virtual Environmental and Land Use Conference|April 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Moving Quickly in Proposal to Take Away Density from Rural and Agricultural Landowners
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|March 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: Tampa Bay Local Governments Forge Ahead in Limiting Property Rights with Burdensome Land Development Moratoria
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |February 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: Following Hillsborough County, City of Tampa to Consider Development Moratorium on February 4, 2021
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |February 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Winter 2020-2021
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2021

Events: Sea Level Rise in Tampa: A Policy Approach
City of Tampa City Planning Webinar|January 2021

Land Development News Update, Publications: EPA Approves Florida's Assumption of the Clean Water Act's Section 404 Permitting
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |December 2020

Events: Florida Land Use and Environmental Law
24th Annual Florida Eminent Domain Conference|November 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: City of Tampa Holds Important Workshop on Changes in Land Use and Development Policies
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|November 2020

Publications: Environmental Issues In Real Estate Transactions, Florida Real Property Complex Transactions
The Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Law Treatise|November 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Fall 2020
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|October 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: New 'Navigable Waters Protection Rule' is the Controlling Law in Florida - for Now.
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2020

Events: Avoiding Property Rights Disputes (Or
34th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: Tolling and Extension Benefits Available for Pandemic Emergency Declarations
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Summer 2020
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2020

COVID News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Forges Ahead to Consider Doubling Development Fees During COVID-19 Era
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Spring 2020
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Sets Aggressive Twelve Program to Remake Development Policies - and Increase Fees
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: Replacement of Waters of the United States Rule Narrows the Reach of the Clean Water Act
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Continues Discussion on Changes in Land Use and Development Policies to Prepare for Smart and Sustainable Growth
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: Florida Supreme Court Reverses Course to Allow Personal Injury Damages for Some Environmental Claims
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: Major Land Use and Development Policies Discussions Continue in Hillsborough County
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2020

Land Development News Update, Publications: Major Evolution in Land Use and Development Policies Ahead in Hillsborough County
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|December 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Winter 2019-2020
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|December 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Governor DeSantis Terminates Emergency Declaration for 43 Counties Starting 90-Day Clock for Important Notice Letters
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|October 2019

Government & Administrative News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: 2015 Waters of the United States Rule Repealed, with a New Rule Expected this Winter
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Fall 2019
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2019

Events: Avoiding Property Rights Disputes
33rd Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Friday Deadline for Hillsborough County's Final Impact Fee Buyback Solicitation
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2019

Events: What's Ahead and Why - Comprehensive Planning and Growth Management
Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Important Land Development and Environmental Issues Following Florida's 2019 Legislative Session
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Summer 2019
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Opportunities Ahead as Florida Prepares for Three New Tollways
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|May 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: What Have We Learned After Two Years of Reporting Under Florida's Public Notice of Pollution Act?
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |April 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Spring 2019
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: EPA Provides Clarity on CWA Regulation of Groundwater - for Now
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2019

Events: Zoning and Permitting
Advanced Real Property Certification Review 2019|April 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Increased School Impact Fees on the Horizon in Hillsborough County, With No Sign of Relief from School Concurrency in Sight
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Why Developers and Landowners Should Engage in the U.S. Census Bureau's Designation of Places and Census Tracts Over the Next Three Months
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2019

Government & Administrative News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: Permit Applicants May Need to Reevaluate Strategies Following New Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Agency Deference
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Act Now to Secure Tolling and Extension Benefits Related to Hurricanes, Algal Blooms and Red Tide Emergency Declarations
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Major Water Policy Reform Ahead in Florida
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Unanimous Property Owner Win as U.S. Supreme Court Limits the Reach of the Endangered Species Act
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: Calmer Waters Ahead? Environmental Protection Agency Proposes New
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2019

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing Fall 2018
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|December 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: New Bipartisan Federal Law Presents Opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships
Stearns Weaver Miller New Update|November 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: Update: IRS Provides Guidance for Big Capital Gains Break
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|October 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Summer 2018
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2018

Events: Resolving Property Rights Disputes
Florida Chamber's Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: Proposed Changes Would Relax Endangered Species Act Restrictions
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |July 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing? | Spring 2018
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|June 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: Important Land Development and Environmental Issues Following Florida's 2018 Legislative Session
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2018

Events: Competent Substantial Evidence Before Local Government: Heated Discussion
Florida Bar Advanced Hot Topics 2018 Seminar|April 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: Important Land Development and Environmental Issues Following Florida's 2018 Legislative Session
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|March 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing? | Winter 2018
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|March 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: Opportunities for Permit Extensions Available - But Claiming Them Not Always Straightforward
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: A New, Narrower Take on the "Incidental Take" of Bird Species under the MBTA
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2018

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Fall 2017
Stearns Weaver Miller Update|December 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: Florida Appellate Court Reverses Developer's $16.5 Million Award and Rules in Favor of County
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|December 2017

Events: Classic Takings and 2017 Cases
Eminent Domain Institute|October 2017

Events: Brownfields
Florida Association of Environmental Professionals|October 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: DOAH Recommended Order Clarifies ERP Public Interest Criteria
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |October 2017

Events: 2017-2018 Brownfield Legislative & Technical Issues & Opportunities
Florida Brownfield Association |October 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: How Are Your Permits Affected by Hurricane Irma?
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Summer 2017
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2017

Ad Valorem Tax News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: Should You Challenge Your Property Tax Assessment?
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |August 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: State of Emergency for Tropical Storm Emily Presents Another Opportunity to Extend Permits, As Previous Opportunity Comes to a Close
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|August 2017

Events: Property Rights 101
Florida Chamber's 31st Annual Environmental Permitting Summer |July 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: Landowners with Contiguous Parcels Should Heed Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |July 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: Important Land Development and Environmental Issues Following Florida's 2017 Legislative Session
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Spring 2017
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|May 2017

Events: Boundaries and Easements
HalfMoon Education, Inc.|April 2017

Events: History of Inverse Condemnation, Regulator Takings, and Exactions
Association of Eminent Domain Professionals|March 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: Florida Appellate Court Confirms that Even Unusual Agricultural Uses Must be Greenbelted
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: Opportunities to Reduce Mobility Fees and Monetize Impact Fee Credits as Hillsborough County's Mobility Fee Takes Effect
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2017

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Winter 2017
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2017

Publications: A Tough Eight Years
Forest Landowners|October 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Florida's New Emergency Rule Requiring Public Notification of Pollution: What You Need to Know
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|October 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Executive Orders Present Opportunities to Extend the Duration of Qualified Development Permits Across Florida
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|October 2016

Election & Political Law News Update, Government & Administrative News Update, Publications: Amendment 4 Could Spur Solar Energy Investment and Development in the Sunshine State
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|August 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Golf Course Redevelopment Team Update: National and Florida Trends and Recent Local Government Regulatory Responses
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2016

Events: Property Rights 101
Florida Chamber's 30th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School|July 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Executive Orders Present Opportunities to Extend Development Permits in 36 Florida Counties
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: U.S. Supreme Court Gives Landowners the Right to Challenge Army Corps' Jurisdictional Determinations in Court
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|June 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Legal Issues Raised by Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Coastal Resilience
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|May 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County's Mobility Fee Ordinance Likely to Affect Existing, Ongoing, and Future Projects
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Important Recent Developments in the Federal Regulation of Wetlands
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|April 2016

Publications: The Uncertain Fundamentals of Federal Regulation of Wetlands
The Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar Reporter|March 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Releases Draft Mobility Fee Ordinance Ahead of March 24 Commissioner Workshop
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|March 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Challenges in South Florida Coastal Permitting Projects Mount, with Statewide Implications
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|February 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Updates to Joint Coastal Permit Rules Provide Expedited Review and Longer Permit Duration
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2016

Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County's Mobility Fee Proposal to Affect Ongoing Projects and Development Agreements
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|December 2015

Land Development News Update, Publications: New Mobility Fees on the Horizon in Hillsborough County
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|November 2015

Publications: How Does WOTUS Affect Your Clients’ Wetlands?
Hillsborough County Lawyer Magazine |November 2015

Publications: What Does WOTUS Mean for the Timber Industry?
Southeastern Wood Producer’s Association Quarterly Magazine|November 2015

Land Development News Update, Publications: Governor's Executive Orders Present Opportunities To Extend Expiration Of Development Permits
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|September 2015

Events: The Planner as a Social Entrepreneur
Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association|September 2015

Land Development News Update, Publications: EPA and Army Corps Release New Clean Water Act Rule Interpreting and Expanding Jurisdiction
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|August 2015

Publications: Florida’s Land Use Protections for Agricultural Operations
In the Field Magazine|January 2015

Publications: The Peculiarities of Agricultural Law in Florida
Hillsborough County Lawyer Magazine|November 2013

Events: Koontz v. SJRWMD: Implications for Florida Environmental, Land Use, and Real Property Lawyers & Their Clients
Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental & Land Use Section|October 2013

Events: Where Do Property Rights Fit into Sustainability?
Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association|September 2013

Events: Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section Annual Update
Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section Annual Update|August 2013

Events: Ethics for Environmental & Sustainability Reporting
Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section Annual Update|August 2013

Events: 2013 Environmental & Land Use Update
Hillsborough County Bar Environmental & Land Use Section|April 2013

Events: The Forest Roads Litigation
Alabama Forestry Association|March 2013

Publications: Property Rights Legal Update
Southeastern Wood Producer’s Association Quarterly Magazine|February 2013

Publications: Florida Once Again on the Forefront of Takings Law
Hillsborough County Lawyer Magazine|January 2013

Publications: Attorney’s Fees
Florida Environmental & Land Use Law Treatise|January 2013

Events: Land Use, Development, & Economic Growth
Leadership Florida Class XXXI, |November 2012

Events: Agricultural Law & Policy in Florida
Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association|September 2012

Publications: Will the Silvicultural Exemption Survive? An Update on Northwest Environmental Defense Center V. Brown
ABA Forest Resources Committee Newsletter|June 2012

Events: Forest Lands Legal Update
National Conference of Private Forest Landowners, Forest Landowners Association|May 2012

Events: Landowner, Forestry, & Logging Legislative Update
Southeastern Wood Producer’s Association|April 2012

Publications: Applying Old Methods to New Values: Considerations for Green Leases
American Bar Association Smart Growth & Green Buildings Committee Newsletter|January 2012

Publications: Administrative and Judicial Review of Land Use Decisions
Florida Environmental & Land Use Law Treatise|January 2012

Publications: Smart Growth Developments
ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ Year in Review|January 2012

Events: Environmental and Land Use Considerations for Real Estate Transactions
Florida Bar CLE Co-Chair|January 2012

Events: Growth Management in Florida: Past, Present, & Future
FSU College of Law Environmental Seminar|February 2011

Events: Introduction to Legal Process
Tallahassee Community College Paralegal Course, Guest Lecturer|February 2011

Events: Green Leases in Florida
FSU College of Law Real Estate Law Society|February 2011

Publications: Florida Case Law Update
Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter|January 2011

Publications: Groundwater Quality Protection: An Overview
Florida Environmental & Land Use Law Treatise|January 2011

Publications: EPCRA: Federal Environmental Reporting 101
ABA Young Lawyers’ Division, 101 Practice Series|January 2011

Publications: Fighting the Lure of the Infinite: Lease Conservation Easements at the Urban Fringe
Environmental Law Reporter|December 2010

Publications: The Florida Land Environment
Blog reviewing recent legal developments of interest to Florida landowners|June 2010

Publications: The Reprise of Biofuels: Breaking Down the Barriers
Florida State University Business Review|February 2009

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In the Media: Live Local Act changes Could Affect Affordable Housing in Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Business Journal|January 2024

In the Media: Luxury homebuilder wants to redevelop Pebble Creek golf course
Tampa Bay Business Journal|March 2023

In the Media: Hillsborough to extend south county growth moratorium
Tampa Bay Times|December 2021

In the Media: Hillsborough plans to reverse impact fee jump
Tampa Bay Times|June 2021

Firm Announcements: Stearns Weaver Miller Names Three New Shareholders
September 2017

In the Media: States Ask Federal Appeals Court to Reconsider Endangered Species Act Ruling
Forest Landowners Association Newsletter|August 2016

In the Media: Hillsborough OKs developers' fees for transportation improvements
The Tampa Tribune|April 2016

Firm Announcements: New Faces at our Tampa Office
August 2015

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