Katherine L. HuppAttorney | West Palm Beach
Attorney | West Palm Beach
Publications and Presentations
Feds and Florida Face Off on 404 in Diverging Appeals, September 2024
Cross-Appeals Commence in Florida 404 Case, June 18, 2024
Got your Fill? The Section 404 Permit Confusion in Florida, June 1, 2024
Florida's 404 Program Denied Again, May 24, 2024
Florida Files Motion with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to Revive the State 404 Program, April 30, 2024
Fate of Florida's 404 Program Heads to Appeals Court, April 18, 2024
Federal Judge Indicates He Will Confer with Parties on April 4th Before Deciding the Parameters of the Stay of Florida’s 404 Program, March 15, 2024
Florida Files Request for Limited Stay to Resume 404 Permit Program; Feds Counter That the Clean Water Act Does Not Allow for a Partial Program, February 27, 2024
Federal Judge Vacates Florida’s Assumption of EPA’s 404 Permitting Program based on Potential for Impacts to Listed Species, February 19, 2024
WOTUS Rule Update, October 2023
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: NOAA's Assertion of Jurisdiction Over Aquaculture Faces Continuing Challenges, Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal, Co-Author, 2021
Minimizing Indirect Point Source Pollution Under the CWA: A Case for a De Minimis Transformation Standard, Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law (analyzing and improving on the U.S. Supreme Court's proposed test for functional equivalence set forth in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund) 2021
Professional, Civic and Community Involvement
The Florida Bar, Member: Administrative Law Section, Appellate Practice Section, Environmental & Land Use Law Section, Young Lawyers Division
Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Law Section, Executive Council Co-Chair, Social Media, Website & Technology Committee, 2022-Present
ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources, Oceans and Coasts Committee, Co-Chair, 2024-Present; Vice-Chair, 2021-2024
Previous Professional Experience
St. Johns River Water Management District, Assistant General Counsel, 2022-2023
Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., Law Clerk, Spring 2022
The National Sea Grant Law Center, Oxford, MS, Research Associate, Summer 2021
Florida Division of Administrative Hearings - Environmental Section, Extern Law Clerk, Spring 2021
The Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida, Inc., Legal Intern, Summer 2020
Awards and Recognitions
The Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Law Section, Stephens/Register Memorial Award, 2024
Florida State University College of Law, Book Award, Coastal & Ocean Law, Spring 2021; Book Award, Water Law & Policy, Spring 2022; Law Review, Article Editor; Moot Court Team, Competition Chair; Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Staff Editor
Practices
Education
J.D., Florida State University College of Law, magna cum laude, Environmental Law Certificate, with Highest Honors, 2022
M.A. in Public Administration, Concentration in Environmental Policy, Management, and Law, University of Colorado, 2018
B.A. in Political Science, University of North Florida, 2016