Frederick L. Aschauer, Jr.Shareholder | Tallahassee
Chair of: Transportation and Infrastructure, Utilities
Shareholder | Tallahassee
Chair of: Transportation and Infrastructure, Utilities
Mr. Aschauer represents clients on matters related to litigation, environmental regulation, and agency enforcement of permit and regulatory criteria. His practice involves Federal matters governed by the Clean Water Act (CWA) and State matters involving environmental resource permits, coastal construction, coastal grant programs and water and wastewater. Mr. Aschauer serves as Chair of LLW’s Transportation and Infrastructure Industry Group and Vice Chair of the firm’s Business Development Committee.
Publications and Presentations
Frequent speaker on various environmental issues at the annual Florida Chamber Environmental Permitting Conference
Environmental Regulations: Audits and Permits, Guest Lecturer, Advanced Florida Real Estate Law Practice, Florida State University College of Law, February 2024
Water for Fighting, Podcast with Brett Cyphers, March 2023
Enforcement of State Environmental Laws, June 2022
Development in Florida: Overview of Federal and State Environmental Statutes, Real Property Certification Review Course, April 2022
Expert Witness in the Zoom Era, LLW Lunch & Learn, 2021
Enforcement of Environmental Laws, LLW Lunch & Learn, October 2020
State and Regional Water Management and Planning, Florida Water Laws Seminar, August 2020
Leveraging Community-Based Redevelopment Opportunities in Florida Opportunity Zones and Brownfield Areas, LLW Lunch & Learn, January 2020
Florida v. Georgia: Can the Supreme Court finally resolve this decades-long feud over the right to water in the ACF Basin?, The ELULS Reporter, 2019
Environmental Issues, The Florida Bar Advanced Real Property Certification Review, 2019
Dredging and Environmental Issues: A Panel Discussion of Environmental Issues and Impacts to Port Redevelopment, Deepening and Widening, and Dredging Issues Around the Country, AAPA Port Administration and Legal Issues Seminar, 2019
Environmental Litigation Update: Florida v. Georgia & Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative, Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar, 2018
How To Be An Effective Expert Witness, LLW Lunch & Learn, May 2018
Hearing Practice in Administrative Proceedings, Administrative Law Section of the Florida Bar, 2017
Drinking Water Program Update: 2016 Focus on Change, Florida Rural Water Association, 2016
FDEP Leadership Roundtable, Florida Section of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2016
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Agency Update, Florida Water Law and Policy Conference, 2015
Joined in Purpose: Changes at the Department of Environmental Protection affecting Florida’s Beach Management Program, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association Conference, 2015
Water Quality Credit Trading: An Idea Whose Time has Come, Vol. 34, No. 3 Florida Specifier, 2012
Water Quality Credit Trading; What It Is and How It Works, Annual Florida Water Law & Policy Conference, 2012
Case Study of Potential Impacts of Florida Nutrient Rule: Legal Considerations in Achieving Compliance with Proposed Nutrient Criteria, Impaired Waters Symposium, 2011
Compliance & Implementation, Florida Water Quality Regulation: EPA's Numeric Nutrient Standards from All Perspectives, 2010
Federal APA: Judicial Review of Agency Action, State & Federal Government & Administrative Practice (SFGAP) Certification Review Course, 2010
Water Quality Credit Trading, Florida Municipal Attorney's Association Seminar, 2009
Water Quality Credit Trading: It might save me how much?, 82 Quality Cities 4, 2008
Professional, Civic and Community Involvement
The Florida Bar, Member
Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar, Executive Council
Tallahassee Area Association of Environmental Professionals, President
Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, Member
Alzheimer’s Project, Past Board Member
Rotary Club International, Past Member
Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court
Admitted to all U.S. District Courts in Florida
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Previous Professional Experience
Department of Environmental Protection, Office of General Counsel, General Counsel, 2016-2017
Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Resource Management, Director, 2015-2016
Department of Environmental Protection, Deputy General Counsel, 2013-2015
Awards and Recognitions
Martindale Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America, Natural Resources Law, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation, Natural Resources Law, 2020-present
Florida Super Lawyers, Environmental Law, Administrative Law; Civil Litigation, 2022-present
Florida Trend Legal Elite, Environmental and Land Use Law, 2022 and 2019; Government and Non-Profit, 2017-2018
Practices
Industries
Education
J.D., Florida State University, Cum Laude, 2003
B.A., Florida State University, Magna Cum Laude, 2000