Practice Areas & Industries: Akerman Senterfitt

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Representing both the private and the public sectors, the attorneys of Akerman Senterfitt's Environmental Law Practice have substantial experience in dealing with nearly all issues of environmental law and related litigation. As shown in the outline below, within the general practice area of environmental law, there are numerous more specific areas in which our attorneys practice, some of which overlap with land use law or administrative law practice. We represent a wide variety of businesses, governmental entities, and other organizations in those specific areas, in such matters as federal, state, and local regulatory compliance and permitting, managing environmental risks and conducting due diligence investigations, managing the assessment and remediation of contaminated property, defending enforcement actions, and prosecuting or defending civil actions to recover cleanup costs or environmental damages to property.

Services Available

Among the various industry sectors or client categories served by the Environmental Law Practice, are the following:

• Aerospace
• Agriculture
• Developers
• Financial Institutions
• Food and Beverage Industries
• Leisure Industry
• Local Governments, Agencies, and Authorities
• Manufacturing and Agrichemical Industries
• Petroleum Industry
• Pharmaceutical
• Property Management
• Religious Institutions
• Telecommunications
• Transportation
• Utilities

We have made efficiency in obtaining favorable results a hallmark of our practice. To that end, we have emphasized the careful selection of expert consultants and we work closely with them to manage and reduce costs whenever possible. We also emphasize the importance of avoiding or minimizing unnecessary risks, achieving and maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements, negotiating or challenging unreasonable requirements, settling litigation as early as possible whenever that helps the client, and vigorously litigating with the aim of a favorable settlement or victory in court when litigation is appropriate. Finally, as part of the efficiency that a client needs, we make a point of prompt responses to client requests.

• Challenges to proposed permits
• Defenses to permit challenges
• Rule challenges
• Variance petitions
• Administrative appeals to the Florida Land and Water
• Adjudicatory Commission (the Governor and the Cabinet, sitting as FLAWAC

Clients:
Autonation, Inc., Kellogg Properties, Inc, Dean Foods/McArthur Dairy, Inc., Space Access, Inc., The St. Joe Company, Arvida Company, Terrabrook, DeLuca Homes, Inc., St. Lucie West Development, Inc., Miller Brewing Co., BP Oil Co. - Underground storage tanks sites, Conoco Oil Co. - CERCLA site dispute, Montenay Power Corp. - Waste to energy facility, Funeral & Cemetery Alliance