Nicole J. Poot

Assists local governments in matters concerning public records, Sunshine Law, quasi-judicial hearings, procurement procedures, and contract management.

Assists public and private clients in matters concerning land use and environmental issues.

Assists local governments in drafting ordinances, resolutions, and land development regulations.

Represents public and private clients in civil litigation, appellate, and administrative litigation matters.

Provides general and special counsel representation to local governments.

What Do You Mean I'm Not Zoned "Greenbelt"?, August 2023

Enforcement of Environmental Laws, LLW Lunch & Learn, October 2020

Local Government: An “Agency” No Longer Entitled to Deference? A Review of Evans Rowing Club, LLC v. City of Jacksonville, October 2020

State and Regional Water Management and Planning, Florida Water Laws Seminar, August 2020

Moving Toward Reopening Government, LLW Lunch & Learn, June 2020

COVID-19 and Its Impact on Special Districts, LLW Virtual Lunch & Learn, April 2020

Let's Talk about Stress Management, St. Petersburg Bar Association Paraclete, March 2020

Law Day 2019 – Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society, St. Petersburg Bar Association Paraclete, May 2019

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

A Fond Farewell As We Honor Judge Shames and Judge Schaefer, St. Petersburg Bar Association Paraclete, January 2018

What to do if new regulation limits your vacation rental value, co-authored with Richard Green, August 2016

The Public Records Act - When Good Faith Compliance Is Not Enough!, co-authored with Jennifer Cowan, April 2016

Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

The Florida Bar, City, County, and Local Government Law Section Member

St. Petersburg Bar Association, Government Law Section Vice Chair; Member of the Editorial Committee for the Bar's publication, Paraclete

St. Petersburg Bar Foundation, Board Member, 2020-2023

Clearwater Bar Association, Member

Stetson University previous experience: President and Treasurer of the Environmental Law Society; Recipient of the William F. Blews Pro Bono Service Award; Treasurer of Phi Alpha Delta; Center Fellow of the International Programs Office; and Student Editor of the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy

City of St. Petersburg, City Attorney’s Office, Legal Intern, Jan. 2015 – May 2015

Pinellas County, County Attorney’s Office, Certified Legal Intern, Aug. 2014 – Dec. 2014

Center for Biological Diversity, Legal Intern, Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2012, Summer 2013

Ramsar Convention, Legal Extern, Summer 2012

Tampa Magazine Top Lawyers List, Environmental Law and Water Law, 2024

Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Environmental Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, and Environmental Litigation, 2024

Florida Rising Stars, Environmental Law, and Administrative Law, 2022-2024

William F. Blews Pro Bono Service Award, Stetson University, 2015