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Maggie D. Mooney-Portale
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Areas of Practice

  • Represents local governments and special taxing districts as general and special counsel.
  • Represents private and government clients before all courts in Florida, including all Florida federal district courts.
  • Represents clients in matters concerning agency enforcement, permitting, water rights, hazardous waste, wetlands, coastal construction, and property rights.

Prior Professional Experience

  • Prior to joining the firm, worked for the Tampa office of a national firm defending clients in matters relating to professional malpractice, casualty, construction defects, toxic mold, fair debt, condominium law, homeowners associations, discrimination, indemnity and subrogation claims.
  • During law school, worked as an intern at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection researching issues relating to permitting and administrative law.

Professional, Civic and Community Involvement

  • The Florida Bar, Member
  • Florida Board Certified, City, County and Local Government Law
  • Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts
  • Manatee County Bar Association, Member
  • Sarasota County Bar Association, Member
  • Manasota Legal Aid, Past-President
  • Leadership Manatee, 2007-2008 class
  • Manatee County Young Lawyers Division, Board Member and Past-President.
  • Named one of Biz941 Magazine’s 2009 “Top 25 People to Watch”
  • The Florida Bar’s Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors for the 12th Judicial Circuit
  • Selected as a 2011 & 2012 Florida Rising Stars in the area of Government/Cities/Municipalities by Super Lawyers Magazine
  • Member of the Florida Bar, City, County and Local Government Law Section Executive Council
  • Publication of article in the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar (January 2012), “Pro Bono and the Young Lawyer”
  • Publication of article in The Florida Bar Journal (June 2011), “The Government in your FaceBook: An Examination of Social Networking Sites and Florida’s Public Records Law”