Practice Areas

Administrative Law
Air Quality Regulation
Appellate Practice
Business Expansion and Relocation
Climate Change
Coastal Regulation
Due Diligence / Regulatory Compliance Counseling
Endangered and Threatened Species Protection
Energy Facilities Siting and Licensing
Everglades Restoration
Groundwater Regulation / Real Property Contamination
Land Use and Growth Management
Legislative
Litigation
Local Government and Community Development Districts
Oil and Gas
Public Procurement and Bid Protests
Real Estate
Solid and Hazardous Waste
State and Local Government Taxation
Submerged Lands
Water and Wastewater Utility Regulation
Water Resources
Water Use / Consumptive Use Permitting
Wetland Regulation and Mitigation Banking

Submerged Lands

The State of Florida requires the issuance of a lease, easement, or other form of proprietary consent for all private uses of lands submerged beneath navigable waters. These requirements can dramatically alter the design and the economics of many types of private enterprises, ranging from ports to marinas to residential developments which include docking facilities or bridges, to the installation of utilities and pipelines for the transportation of electricity, telecommunications or energy.

Our firm has decades of experience determining when and what type of proprietary approval may be required for particular activities, and in negotiating and securing these approvals for private property owners, developers, utilities, and governmental entities.  This experience includes regular appearances before the Governor and Cabinet to secure approvals.  Over the years, our firm's experience in this area has resulted in the issuance of all types of proprietary authorizations in a cost-effective and timely manner.


Practicing Attorneys: Richard S. Brightman, David W. Childs, Miguel Collazo III, Frank E. Matthews, Eric T. Olsen and D. Kent Safriet.