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David L. Powell

123 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850.222.7500

dpowell@hgslaw.com


Experience

• Represents private- and public-sector clients before local and state agencies, courts and elected bodies on land use and zoning, development entitlements, growth management and local government matters.
• Involved in all facets of state and local land use approvals, including comprehensive planning, Development of Regional Impact (DRI) review and approval, zoning, subdivision platting, impact fees, property rights, and annexation.
• Represents clients throughout Florida on residential, commercial, industrial and resort developments and master-planned communities in urban settings and greenfield sites.
• Assesses constraints on real property for "due diligence" in real estate transactions.
• Counsels clients on long-term strategies for land development activity, and "positioning" property for changing real estate markets.
• Member, Transportation and Land Use Study Committee, which recommended transportation concurrency laws enacted by the Legislature in 1999.
• Chairman, Public Schools Construction Study Commission, which recommended school concurrency laws enacted by the Legislature in 1998 and 2005.
• Executive Director, Environmental Land Management Study (ELMS III) Committee, which recommended state land use and growth management laws enacted by the Legislature in 1993.
• Reporter (New York, Miami, Tallahassee bureaus) and Bureau Chief (Tallahassee bureau), The Associated Press, 1975-1981. Reporter, St. Petersburg Times, 1981-1983, and Florida Times-Union (Tallahassee bureau), 1984.
• Adjunct Professor, Florida State University College of Law, teaching "Planned Communities" course.

Education

• Florida State University, J.D. with High Honors, 1986; Order of the Coif
• Editor-in-Chief, Florida State University Law Review, 1986
• Columbia University, M.S., 1975
• University of Texas at Austin, B.J., 1973

Bar and Court Admissions

• Florida Bar, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts

Professional Affiliations

• Florida Bar
• Urban Land Institute
• Congress for the New Urbanism

Community Involvement

• Leadership Florida, Chairman, 2001-2002
• Leadership Florida, Board of Regents, 1992-1993, 1994-2003
• Florida Chamber of Commerce, Board of Governors, 1996-2003
• Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium, Advisory Council, 1994-present
• Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2000-2005

Publications and Presentations

• "The Way We Live", 23 Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 135 (Fall 2007).
• "The Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972 - Developments of Regional Impact and Areas of Critical State Concern," Florida Environmental and Land Use Law, 2007 (co-author with Thomas G. Pelham)
• "Administrative and Judicial Review of Land Use Decisions," Florida Environmental and Land Use Law, 2006 (co-author with Vinette D. Godelia)
• "And Now...School Concurrency", Florida Bar Journal, November, 2005 (co-author with Michele Gazica)
• "Growth Management: Florida's Past As Prologue For The Future", Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, Winter 2001.
• "Back to Basics on School Concurrency," Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 26, No. 2, Winter 1999.
• "Recent Changes in Concurrency" for Environmental and Land Use Law in the Florida Bar Journal, November 1994.
• "A Flexible New Approach to DRI Aggregation" for Environmental and Land Use Law in the Florida Bar Journal, August 1989 (co-author).
• "Florida's New Law to Protect Private Property Rights" in the Florida Bar Journal, October 1995 (co-author).
• "Managing Florida's Growth: The Next Generation" in the Florida State Law Review, Fall 1993 (co-author).
• "A Measured Step to Protect Private Property Rights" in the Florida State Law Review, Fall 1995 (co-author).
• "Rights and Duties of Vendors and Government Agencies Under Florida's New Public Contracting Law" in the Florida State Law Review, Spring 1990.
• "Unfinished Business - Protecting Public Rights to State Lands From Being Lost Under Florida's Marketable Record Title Act" in the Florida State Law Review, Fall 1985.
• "An Introduction to Local Comprehensive Planning", Hopping Green & Sams, 2007
• "An Introduction to Agreements Used in Land Development", Hopping Green & Sams, 2007
• "An Introduction to Community Development Districts", Hopping Green & Sams, 2007
• "An Introduction to the DRI Program", Hopping Green & Sams, 2007

Awards and Recognition

• Listed in "Chamber USA, America's Leading Lawyers" for Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use, 2007.
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, for Real Estate Law and Land Use/Zoning Law, 2001-2008 Editions.
• Listed as one of the "Florida Super Lawyers", for Land Use/Zoning Law, in the annual publication of the Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2008 Editions.
• Listed in 2004-2007 Editions of Florida Trend Magazine's "Legal Elite" for Environmental and Land Use Law.
• Has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards.

David L. Powell Practices in: Business Expansion and Relocation, Due Diligence/Regulatory Compliance Counseling, Endangered and Threatened Species Protection, Energy Facilities Siting and Licensing, Land Use and Growth Management