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R. Steven Lewis
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Areas of Practice

  • Represents clients before state and federal governmental bodies, agencies, courts and the Division of Administrative Hearings in matters concerning environmental and administrative issues.
  • Negotiates issuance of state and federal permits for large-scale developments involving impacts to wetlands, endangered and threatened species, water quality, coastal construction and use of sovereign lands.
  • Negotiated settlement of complex class action suit against the State of Florida involving over 3,500 plaintiffs resulting in the sale of property to the state for approximately $17 million dollars.
  • Negotiates issuance of state and federal permits for the expansion of major Florida ports and airports.
  • Won administrative rule challenge against St. Johns River Water Management District on water quality standards for Lake Apopka.

Prior Professional Experience

  • Director, Field Operations Division, Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, Director.
  • Division of Environmental Permitting, Department of Environmental Regulation, Deputy Director.
  • Chief of Staff to former United States Congressman Bill Nelson

Presentations and Publications

Professional, Civic and Community Involvement

  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating.
  • Florida Chamber of Commerce Environmental Permitting Short Course, Co-Author/Faculty.
  • Authored “Spot Zoning, Contract Zoning and Conditional Zoning” Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise, 1987.
  • The Florida Bar: Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Member.
  • The American Bar Association: Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Member
  • Technical Advisory Committee to the Department of Environmental Protection on rules pertaining to sovereign submerged lands, Member.
  • Listed in The International Who’s Who of Environment Lawyers, 2008 and 2010.
  • Listed as a Best Lawyers in America in the area of Environmental Law, 2006-2010.