Overview
Brooke has over 20 years of experience in energy regulatory and permitting, administrative and environmental law. She has represented clients in proceedings before all levels of the Florida court system, the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, the Florida Public Service Commission, state agencies, and local governments.
Brooke has experience leading cross-functional teams of client representatives, lawyers, and consultants on complex regulatory, administrative, and litigation matters, including large-scale energy infrastructure projects. She is familiar with the intricacies of power plant and transmission line licensing and compliance. Additionally, her administrative, circuit court, and appellate litigation experience helps her to spot issues and, if necessary, prepare for litigation.
Areas of Concentration
- Energy and Utilities
- Administrative and Regulatory Proceedings
- Environmental Permitting, Compliance, and Due Diligence
- Government
- Permitting and Licensing
Notable Experience
- Represented electric utilities in compliance and licensing of electrical generating facilities and electrical transmission lines under Florida’s Electrical Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Acts.
- Represented clients in proceedings before the Florida Public Service Commission.
- Represented clients in connection with approvals for energy facilities, renewable energy projects, and other large-scale development, including local government land use approvals, environmental resource permitting, and consumptive use permitting.
- Administrative litigation, including defending environmental permit challenges before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings.
- Prepared briefs in appellate proceedings before Florida District Courts of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., with highest honors, Florida State University, 2003
- B.A., summa cum laude, Creighton University, 2000
Admissions
- Florida
- United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Judicial Clerkships
- Law Clerk, Justice Raoul G. Cantero, III, Florida Supreme Court
Professional & Community Involvement
- KidSafe, Board of Directors, 2024-2025
- Florida Natural Gas Association
- Florida Chamber Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2015-2019
- The Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Law Section (ELULS)
- Executive Council, 2013-2016
- Energy Committee Co-Chair, 2011-2015
- First District Appellate American Inn of Court, Alumnus
Recognition
- Chambers USA, Energy & Natural Resources (Florida), Band 1, 2025-Present
- Best Lawyers in America®, 2001-Present
- Administrative Law, 2021-2024
- Energy, 2023-2024
- Lawyer of the Year, 2023
- Environmental, 2024