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Julia L. Jennison
Attorney

Areas of Practice

  • Represents government entities and private sector clients on all aspects of state and federal environmental resource permitting, state water use and wastewater permitting, mitigation banking and endangered species matters. This representation includes advising clients through all phases of local, state and federal approval processes from the application through the defense and prosecution of any administrative, local or federal challenges that may ensue.
  • Represents public and private clients with matters before the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the various Florida water management districts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies.
  • Assists in strategy development and securing grant funding for projects and programs (over $3.8 million secured).
  • Represents special districts, municipalities, counties and private landowners on environmental, water resource, land use, growth management/comprehensive planning, climate change/energy, development, funding and environmental resource issues including implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and other restoration projects. 
  • Represents Tribal entities on various water resource, wetlands, and land use issues.
  • Represents public and private clients in all aspects of real estate, including special assets evaluation from an environmental permitting perspective.  Represents residential clients in real estate negotiations, transactions and related matters.

Prior Professional Experience

  • Ms. Jennison held the position of Senior Legal Research Assistant for the South Florida Water Management District for 13 years.

Professional, Civic and Community Involvement

  • The Florida Bar, Member, 2005
    • Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Member & Past CLE Co-Chair
    • Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section, Member
  • Leadership Palm Beach County, Class of 2008
  • The Palm Beach County Bar Association, Member
    • Environmental & Land Use Law Committee, Member
  • The American Lung Association of Florida, Board Member
  • The American Heart Association, Lawyers Have Heart Committee
  • Friends of the Environmental Academy, Forest Hill High School, Board member
  • Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches, Member
  • Florida and National Associations of Realtors, Member
  • Commercial Real Estate Women, Member

Publications and presentations

  • Endangered Species Act Implementation Issues:  News From the Southeast Region, presented at the CLE International Endangered Species Act Conference, November 18, 2005
  • Conflicts of Interest:  Real or Perceived, presented at the Environmental & Land Use Law Section Hot Topics Conference, April 25, 2008
  • Co-Authored EPA and Corps Wetland Mitigation Regulations, published in Florida Specifier, 2007
  • The Economic Stimulus Package and What it Means to Florida, presented at the Environmental & Land Use Law Section Hot Topics Conference, April 24, 2009
  • Co-Authored Two Tribes Embrace Green Development for Off-Reservation Projects, published in the American Bar Association Natural Resources and Environment, Fall 2009
  • Water Supply:  New Directions in Florida Law: presented at American Planning Association Florida Conference, September 16, 2009