Robert Angus Williams

Wetlands and The Right to Farm Act, Podcast with SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate, July 2023

To Solve Affordable Housing, Drop the "NIMBY" Attitude, July 2022

Florida's Agricultural Laws , June 2022

Local Code Enforcement and State Enforcement Procedures, Environmental and Land Use Law Section of The Florida Bar, January 2022

Affordable Housing as a Condition of Development Approval, January 2021

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

Cultivating Hemp - What could go wrong; What could go right?, The Florida Bar ELULS Reporter, October 2019

Guest lecturer at Stetson College of Law to the Environmental Law Society and Environmental Law Class, 2018

General Counsels’ Roundtable Discussion, Florida Bar Annual Convention, 2018

Since 2002, Mr. Williams has presented on topics related to land use and environmental law

Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court

The Florida Bar, Member

Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Mediator

Martindale Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, and Administrative/Regulatory Law, 2023-present

Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, Member

American Agricultural Law Association, Member

Florida 4-H Foundation, Member, Board of Directors, 2014-2022 and Past President

Association of Florida Community Developers, Environmental and Water Task Force, Co-Chair

Tallahassee Tiger Bay Club, Member, 2010-present

University of Florida, Alpha Gamma Rho, Alumni Coordination Chair, 2010-2020

Florida Southern College, Alpha Gamma Rho, Alumni Advisor, 2004-2008

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of the General Counsel, General Counsel, 2017-2019

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of the General Counsel, Chief Deputy General Counsel, 2015-2017

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Public Lands Section, Deputy General Counsel, 2014-2015

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Defense Section, Deputy General Counsel, 2014-2015

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of the General Counsel, Senior Attorney, Clemency Aide, 2011-2014

Sixth Circuit, Pinellas and Pasco Counties, Assistant State Attorney, 1995-1999

Pending: Florida v. Georgia, No. 142 Original (United States Supreme Court), Served as in-house counsel for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the lead agency in the dispute. Florida seeks a consumption cap on Georgia’s unreasonable consumption of water from the Flint River basin. The equitable apportionment of water is needed to restore adequate flows of water to Apalachicola River System and Bay to alleviate serious environmental harm caused by Georgia’s unreasonable use.

Zagame v. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, DOAH Case No. 12-1356, Drafted Final Order modifying in part the Administrative Law Judge’s Recommended Order in a case of first impression regarding the application of Section 373.406, Florida Statutes. Question presented: whether the agricultural exemption applied to the destruction of a wetland for the purpose of excavating a cattle-watering pond.

Citrus County v. Halls River Development, Inc., 8 So.3d 413 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009), review denied, 23 So.3d 712, (Fla. 2009). Defended Citrus County at trial in a case of first impression regarding the Bert Harris Act. Appellate case overturned an incorrect ruling by the Circuit Court resulting in a favorable outcome for the client.

Gills v. Hillsborough County, Case No: 01-CA-007350 (Circuit Court, 2001), Challenged the unlawful approval by Hillsborough County for the construction of a building on adjacent property.

State v. Boatwright, Misdemeanor Criminal, Pinellas County Court, The first successful prosecution for violations of Florida’s gill net ban imposed by Article X, Section 16 of the Florida Constitution.