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Amy Taylor Petrick

Shareholder | West Palm Beach

Chair of: Administrative, Civil and Appellate Litigation

561-640-0820 | apetrick@llw-law.com | Untitled-2

Ms. Petrick is Florida Bar board certified as a specialist in City, County and Local Government Law. Her practice focuses on litigation. She has experience with both bench and jury trial work in federal and state court, and before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, and handling state and federal appeals. She also provides pre-suit legal advice on a broad range of matters, including zoning and comprehensive planning issues, environmental, aviation and utility matters. She represents clients on a wide variety of land use, administrative, regulatory, construction and contractual matters in state and federal court and administrative forums.

Publications and Presentations

  • Federal Takings: New Developments and the Effects in Florida, Florida Land Use Law CLE, 2025

  • Expert Witness in the Zoom Era, LLW Lunch & Learn, 2021

  • Public Records and Private Consultants: Obligations and Opportunities in Section 119.0701, Florida Statutes, LLW Lunch & Learn, 2018

  • Introduction to Special Districts, January 2017

  • Liability of County and Public Officials, Florida County of Government Guide, Florida Association of Counties, 2010

  • Fourth District Court of Appeals Rules Monetary Damages Cannot be Awarded as Supplemental Relief in Sunshine Law Actions, The Florida Bar Government Lawyer Section Newsletter, 2008

  • Comment, Constitutional Law, Decency Requirements in Arts Fundraising, NEA v. Finley, 118 S. Ct. 2168, 1998 & FLA. J.L. & PUB POL’Y 423, 1999

  • Journal of Law & Public Policy, Notes Editor, 1999-2000

Professional, Civic and Community Involvement

  • U.S. Supreme Court Bar, Member

  • Board certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in City, County and Local Government Law

  • The Florida Bar, Administrative Law; City, County and Local Government Law; Government Lawyer Section, Member

  • Admitted to the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal

  • Florida Association of County Attorneys, Growth Management Committee Chair, 2012-2016

Previous Professional Experience

  • Martin County Attorney's Office, Senior Assistant County Attorney, 2015-2016

  • Palm Beach County Attorney's Office, Senior Assistant County Attorney, 2001-2015

  • Florida Atlantic University, Adjunct Graduate Professor, taught Administrative Law to candidates in the Masters of Public Administration Program

  • Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal, Law Clerk for the Honorable Robert M. Gross, 2000-2001

Representative Court Decisions

  • Mizner Trail Golf Club Ltd. v. Palm Beach County, 16 So. 3d 331 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), Ms. Petrick successfully defended Palm Beach County against a $65 million inverse condemnation claim relating to a golf course conversion application at trial and on appeal.

  • Flagler Center Properties, LLP v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 49 So. 3d 1280 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), Ms. Petrick successfully defended Palm Beach County's environmental resource permit for the South Cove environmental restoration project, at hearing and on appeal.

  • Dascott v. Palm Beach County, 988 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), Ms. Petrick successfully argued that no claims for monetary damages can be maintained for Sunshine Law violations.

  • Westgate Tabernacle, Inc., v. Palm Beach County, 14 So.3d 1027 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009), Ms. Petrick obtained a defense jury verdict for the County, which was later affirmed in the cited appellate case, in a religious land use case brought against the County under the Religious Freed Restoration Act ("RFRA") and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalize Persons Act ("RLUIPA").

Awards and Recognitions

  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Environmental Litigation, 2023-present

  • Top Lawyer in Administrative/Regulatory Law, Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine, 2021-present

  • Florida Association of County Attorneys, President’s Award, 2012; Writing Award, 2011

  • Book Awards: Trust & Estates, Family Law, White Collar Crime

  • Order of the Coif

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Education

  • J.D., University of Florida, High Honors, 2000

  • B.A., University of Florida, Honors, 1994