About

Provided by Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

Throughout Florida and the Southeast, our group represents clients with diverse environmental issues at all levels of government. These include wetlands, sovereign submerged lands, coastal development and resilience, protected species, water quality and water use, as well as property contamination, brownfields, waste management, natural resource extraction, wastewater/stormwater management, and beach nourishment.

Our team of environmental and land use attorneys, land use planners, GIS analysts and property appraisers is able to help clients throughout the entire lifecycle of virtually any environmental project. From due diligence prior to acquisition, land development to facilities siting and operation, we collaborate with clients to help secure permits and other authorizations for projects and defend them through administrative and judicial challenges and appeals, if needed.

Our clients span a wide range of industries and we understand the complexities of the environmental laws and regulations governing their operations. Our team is regularly involved in state and federal rulemaking and is positioned to counsel clients on regulatory compliance, as well as defend clients in regulatory investigations, enforcement actions, environmental class actions, and toxic torts claims.

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What the Team is Known For

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. is a respected environment and land-use group with statewide presence. It represents both public and private sector clients across a wide breadth of environmental legal matters. The firm's expertise covers brownfield redevelopments, environmental permitting and toxic tort litigation.

Work Highlights

  • Stearns Weaver assisted Seminole Electric Cooperative with the evaluation of several historical waste management units and advised them on hazardous waste regulatory compliance strategies, including issues associated with emerging contaminants.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Carl Eldred
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Carl Eldred
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Carl Eldred is noted for his experience in counseling clients on solid and hazardous waste management and compliance, waste cleanup, hazardous substance and pollutant releases and alternative fuel work.

Carl is an outstanding resource for our Florida Area. He's extremely responsive, knowledgeable, and well connected with Florida Department of Environmental Protection representatives.

Carl doesn't just answer legal questions, he provides project management and strategic counsel for every issue and project presented.

He has always been my go-to attorney for any environmental or land use needs.

Reggie L Bouthillier
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Reggie L Bouthillier
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Reggie Bouthillier combines his knowledge of land use with an environmental regulatory practice, which sees him advise on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters.

Reggie is very responsive and has tremendous experience both in the region and the subject area of environment and land use.

Reggie is versatile, expert and professional - but easy to work with.

Amelia Savage
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Amelia Savage
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Amelia Savage is recognised for her particular strengths in wetlands, water use, endangered species and regulated regulatory issues.

Her research skills and ability to distill and convey complex topics to individuals with various levels of understanding is critical and much appreciated.

She possesses a high degree of knowledge and competency in land use matters.

Amelia has provided sophisticated analyses of the applicability of regulations to our clients' objectives.

Jeffrey A. Collier
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Jeffrey A. Collier
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Jeffrey Collier is an experienced attorney with expertise in a range of environmental issues, including remediation, brownfield development and resource permitting.

Jeffrey's excellent strategic and tactical judgment enable him to very effectively communicate and scenario-plan.

He is a long-term professional well-known throughout the environmental industry for his knowledge, responsiveness, professionalism and ability to problem solve.

Jeffrey is an outstanding resource for our Florida area. He's extremely responsive, knowledgeable and well connected with Florida Department of Environmental Protection representatives.

Susan Stephens
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Susan Stephens
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Susan Stephens is noted for her expertise in a range of environmental matters, with a particular focus on waste management, permitting and regulatory navigation.

She has an in-depth understanding of multiple levels of complex regulations and is able to leverage that understanding to streamline the permitting process.

Susan has many years of experience in the mining industry and therefore offers clients an unsurpassed level of sophistication when it comes to federal and state regulations governing the industry.

Susan is an outstanding resource for our Florida area.

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Carl Eldred
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Carl Eldred
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Reggie L Bouthillier
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Reggie L Bouthillier
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Amelia Savage
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Amelia Savage
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Band 3
Jeffrey A. Collier
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Jeffrey A. Collier
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Susan Stephens
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Susan Stephens
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Members

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Amelia Savage

Carl Eldred

Reggie L Bouthillier

Reggie L Bouthillier

Head of Department

Susan Stephens