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Six Hopping Green & Sams lawyers were recently honored by Who's Who Legal of Florida in the area of environmental law. Six of the firm's lawyers were included in a total list of 36 environmental lawyers in Florida - the firm has the most individual attorneys of any environmental firm in Florida.

Florida's First District Court of Appeal recently issued a decision in the case of Save Our Beaches, Inc., et al. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, et al., ruling in favor of beachfront property owners represented by Hopping Green & Sams.

Hopping Green & Sams is assisting a Fort Lauderdale developer in protecting his property rights in a dispute with the City of Fort Lauderdale. The property owner and developer proposed a hotel-marina-retail project known as The Sails, which was recently rejected by the City Commission.

Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., was present during Governor Charlie Crist's two-day summit in Miami Florida to focus on the issues and effects of climate change and steps that Florida can take to dramatically reduce the states emissions of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

Best Lawyers in America has informed the firm that its 2007 Edition lists the following lawyers from Hopping Green & Sams: James S. Alves, Peter C. Cunningham, Ralph A. DeMeo, William H. Green, Wade L. Hopping, Frank E. Matthews, Eric T. Olsen, Gary V. Perko, David L. Powell, Michael P. Petrovich, Gary P. Sams, Dan R. Stengle and Victoria L. Weber.

The 2006 growth management issue of ìQuality Citiesî, the magazine of the Florida League of Cities, includes an article by Hopping Green & Samsí David Powell concerning the crisis in affordable housing around the state.

Chambers and Partners, publisher of an annual guide listing the leading business lawyers and law firms throughout the U.S., has again ranked the firm's environmental, land use, and tax law practices among the best in Florida. Chambers and Partners selects and ranks attorneys based on the results of over 14,000 interviews with practicing lawyers and clients.

Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., is pleased to announce the appointment of shareholder Angela Morrison Uhland as Co-Chair of the Air Quality Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER). Mrs. Uhland will assume this role at the upcoming August 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco. Mrs. Uhland's appointment caps off several years of service to the ABA, including serving in leadership roles throughout the Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, such as the Membership Vice-Chair of the Air Quality Committee and of the Energy Facilities and Siting Committee, and a contributing author for the Air Quality Committee newsletter.

Continuing a pattern of statewide awards and recognition, Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., is pleased to announce that more than half of the firm's shareholders have been named Florida Super Lawyers for 2007, a total of 14 Super Lawyers in the firm.