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Hopping Green & Sams attorney Angela Morrison Uhland will be moderating a panel discussion on air quality hot topics at the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Annual Fall Meeting being held in New Orleans from September 29 - October 1st.

Carl Eldred was selected as a member of the upcoming Leadership Tallahassee Class 28 and Brian Crumbaker was elected as Secretary to the Leadership Tallahassee Board of Directors.

The Oklahoma City University School of Law honored Angela Morrison Uhland, a 1990 graduate, at its annual Law Review Banquet as an Outstanding Law Review Alumna for 2010.

HGS successfully defended an appeal of a Final Order of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP” ) in the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland. The Department’s order approved Mosaic’s application for state permits to expand its South Fort Meade mine into Hardee County.

HGS attorney Kent Safriet was quoted in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, explaining that a victory for landowners in a recent U.S. Supreme Court case will not be the end of beach renourishment.

Gary Hunter, one of the firm's shareholders and a leader in land use and growth management legal and legislative issues, was quoted in a recent article in the St. Petersburg Times regarding the status of growth management issues in the legislative session in Tallahassee this spring.

One of the firm’s founding members, the late Wade Hopping, was recently honored with an article in The Journal of The James Madison Institute (Winter 2010 edition) which hails Wade Hopping as a champion of freedom.

Hopping Green & Sams attorneys recently published an article in the American Bar Association's Trends newsletter regarding Aquatic Resources of National Importance, or ARNIs.

HGS successfully defended a Final Order of the Governor and Cabinet (sitting as the Florida Electrical Transmission Line Siting Board) at the Second District Court of Appeal.

Today’s Washington Post features an article discussing the United States Supreme Court’s case that will be argued on December 2, 2009, by HGS attorneys representing Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc.

HGS attorneys Richard Brightman and Kent Safriet will represent Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc., before the United States Supreme Court in the Supreme Court’s only land-use related case this term. Oral argument is scheduled for 10 am on December 2, 2009.

Jonathan T. Johnson has been asked to speak in a number of venues regarding community development district bonds and related matters. He spoke recently at the ULI Tampa’s seminar “Surviving the Cycle” and ULI North Florida’s “Art of the Deal”.

On August 11, 2009, Florida Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet, sitting as the state’s Siting Board, voted unanimously to approve Progress Energy Florida's application for certification for the construction and operation of a two-unit 2200 MW nuclear-powered electrical generating facility to be located on a “greenfield” site in Levy County, Florida, along with other associated facilities.

Gary Hunter was the only Florida attorney quoted in the story which focused on the state of Florida's real estate and development market.

Despite overwhelming odds, HGS attorneys Richard Brightman and Kent Safriet and their client, Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc., persuaded the United States Supreme Court to grant certiorari to review a September 2008 Florida Supreme Court opinion that eliminated private property rights.