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Kevin S. Hennessy
Areas of Practice
Environmental and Land Use Law, Civil Litigation & Appeals- Has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in the negotiation and litigation of environmental permitting and enforcement issues, land development, coastal construction matters, water rights, hazardous waste, wetland issues, property rights and eminent domain.
- Represents clients before all courts in Florida, including the Florida Supreme Court, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the federal district courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Professional, Civic and Community Involvement
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating.
- Frequent lecturer on topics including coastal construction, water law, endangered species, administrative law and environmental litigation.
- American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Member.
- The Florida Bar, Environmental and Land Use Section.
- Manatee County Bar Association, former Director.
- Manatee County School Board Budget Task Force, Member.
- Manatee County Chamber of Commerce, Member, Environmental Committee, “Green” Task Force.
- Natural Resource Leadership Institute Fellow.
Publications & Presentations
- “What You Gonna Do when the Well Runs Dry: Protection of Rights to ASR Water”, ABA Water Resources Committee Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 2, by Kevin S. Hennessy, Esq. and R. David Jackson, Esq., January 2010.
- “Florida Coastal Construction Permitting”, by Kevin S. Hennessy, Esq., updated by R. David Jackson, Esq., 2009.
- “Coastal Construction Below the Mean High-Water Line”, The Florida Bar, February 2001.
- “Thirty-Year Erosion Zone”, Florida Environmental and Land Use Law, by Kevin S. Hennessy, Esq., February 2001.
- “Aquifer Storage and Recovery”, Vail Water Law Conference, 2010.
- Greenwashing: A Guide to the Ethical Advertising of Green Products”, by Kevin S. Hennessy, Esq. and Michelle Diffenderfer, Esq., Manatee Chamber, 2009.
- “Extreme Environmental People Skills: An Introduction to Participatory Approaches to Natural Resource Dispute Resolution”, Florida Chamber, Environmental Permitting Summer School, 2009.
- “The Lower St. John’s River Basin Management Action Plan: Assessing Agricultural, Local Government and Environmental Perspectives”, by Tatiana Borisova, Laila Racevskis, Jennison Kipp, Debra Butler, Diana Ferguson, and Kevin Hennessy, NRLI Practicum Presentation, 2009.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of Miami, 1986.
- B.A., Wake Forest University, 1983.
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