Jacksonville, Fla., March 7, 2018 – Lewis, Longman & Walker Shareholder Brenna Durden was recently named an “Ultimate Attorney” by the Jacksonville Business Journal.   The Journal honors attorneys who have elevated the legal profession and have helped shape Jacksonville’s business community. Honorees are selected with the help of members of the local legal community, from a pool of attorneys suggested by their peers.

Brenna has been practicing law in Jacksonville since 1985. Her practice focuses on governmental, land use, environmental and administrative law. She serves as City Attorney to Atlantic Beach, Florida, and is a Board Member of the Downtown Investment Authority for the City of Jacksonville. Ms. Durden also serves as President of the Florida Redevelopment Association.  Her clients include landowners, developers, local governments, banks, manufacturers, industrial and educational facilities in matters related to land development, community redevelopment, real estate transactions, hazardous materials, brownfields, contamination and remedial actions, solid waste and air quality regulation. Ms. Durden has experience in transactional due diligence, administrative, environmental and land use litigation.

Ms. Durden has been recognized as AV® Preeminent by the Lexus Nexis peer review rating service Martindale-Hubbell. The AV rating indicates the highest level of ethical standards and professional ability.  Legal ability ratings are based upon performance in five key areas: legal knowledge, analytical capacity, judgment, communication ability, and legal experience. Ms. Durden has also been listed in the Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Law and Real Estate Litigation since 2006, and Land Use and Zoning Law since 2009. She can be reached at bdurden@llw-law.com or by calling (904) 353-6410.

For more than 20 years, the attorneys at LLW have helped the individuals, businesses and governments that have shaped Florida’s future. We offer solutions to issues associated with complex local, state, and federal laws and regulations. We focus on the specific, technical and seemingly ever-changing areas of Environmental, Land Use, Legislative and Governmental Law. At LLW, we don’t believe that winning solutions for our clients means that someone else has to lose. We see things differently. Our offices are in Bradenton, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and West Palm Beach. Wherever you are, we’re nearby.