West Palm Beach, Fla., April 12, 2018 – Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. Attorney Rachael B. Santana will graduate from the Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute on April 20, 2018.  To mark her graduation from the Institute, Rachael will give a presentation detailing her practicum project with the  Brevard County Sustainability Working Group.

The Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute is an eight-month professional development program hosted by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS).  Each year, 20 fellows from a broad range of natural resource professions and sectors are selected to join the leadership program.  To date the program has trained over 276  environmental professionals from over 102 organizations in Florida who share a passion for working together to shape Florida’s future.  LLW attorneys Kevin Hennessy is a member of the 2008-2009 Class, and Christopher Johns is a member of the 2009-2010 Class.

Rachael’s practice focuses on working closely with clients to listen, understand and execute their strategic objectives within the evolving and complex area of environmental and land use permitting and litigation. Rachael assists clients in obtaining local, state and federal environmental permits and is specialized in defending those permits in the courts. Rachael’s experience has involved defending sovereignty submerged land authorizations and successfully challenging the location of a new power plant, as well as the environmental compliance of an existing power plant under Florida’s Power Plant Siting Act. Rachael earned her Juris Doctor, with a certificate in Environmental and Land Use Law, from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.  Rachael can be reached at 561.640.0820 or at rsantana@llw-law.com.

For more than 20 years, the attorneys at LLW have helped the individuals, businesses and governments that have shaped Florida’s future. We offer solutions to issues associated with complex local, state, and federal laws and regulations. We focus on the specific, technical and seemingly ever-changing areas of Environmental, Land Use and Governmental Law. The LLW team is comprised of well-known and respected attorneys with the experience and skill to quickly resolve difficult legal challenges. We are committed to responding to clients’ needs promptly and economically and believe in building long-term attorney-client relationships based upon collaboration and solid performance. For more information, please visit www.llw-law.com.

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