Richard P. Green

Senior Attorney | St. Petersburg

Mr. Green has extensive litigation experience in a variety of areas such as real property, commercial, and environmental matters. Regarding environmental litigation, Mr. Green has represented several government and private clients in issues involving the Clean Water Act, environmental waste contamination, beach renourishment, and coastal construction control line permitting and environmental resource permitting challenges.

Mr. Green has also represented public and private clients in construction disputes and contract disputes related to environmental issues such as water main replacement and sanitary sewer reconstruction.

Areas of Practice

Construction Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Administrative Litigation
Professional License Investigations
Riparian Rights
Environmental Permitting matters

Publications and Presentations

Black History Month: Take Stock in How Far We Have Come, Pledge to Do Better, Sun-Sentinel, February 2023
Riparian Rights in Florida – 2021 Update, LLW Lunch & Learn, April 2021
Riparian Rights in Florida – 2020 Update, LLW Lunch & Learn, November 2020
Get It In Writing… They Said: Contracting For Non-Lawyers, March 2020
Recent Developments in Riparian Rights, LLW Lunch & Learn, June 2019
What is the “Seller Multiple Counter Offer”?, November 2018
To Represent or Not, Minority Trial Lawyer, ABA Section of Litigation, September 2017
What to do if new regulation limits your vacation rental value, co-authored with Nicole Poot, August 2016

Professional, Civic and Community Involvement

Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
Manatee County Bar Association, Member 2016-present, Manatee County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board Member, 2017-2018
St. Petersburg Bar Association, Member 2018-present
Florida Gulf Coast Commercial Association of Realtors, Member
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER) Member; Membership Diversity Enhancement Program Recipient, 2016-2017; Leadership Development Program 2022; Litigation Committee, Co-Chair
The Florida Bar, Member: City, County, and Local Government Law Section, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Trial Lawyers Section
The Kentucky Bar Association, Member 2010
Blackstone Legal Fellow, 2008
Harrison Ranch CDD Supervisor, 2016-2020, Chairman of the Board 2019-2020
Leadership Manatee Class of 2017-2018
REALTOR
Member – Manatee/Sarasota My Florida Regional MLS

Practices

Industries

Education

J.D., Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, 2010
B.S., University of Louisville, 2007