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| | Address | | 301 South Bronough Street, Fifth Floor | | Tallahassee, Florida 32301 | | (Leon Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1110, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-1110 | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Oertel, Fernandez, Cole
& Bryant, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil, Administrative, and Appellate Practice and Litigation; Environmental, Land Use and Growth Management Law; Governmental Law; Health Care Law; Labor and Employment Law; Mediation and Arbitration Services; Lobbying and Governmental Affairs; Eminent Domain. | Firm Profile:
Oertel, Fernandez, Cole & Bryant, P.A., is a Tallahassee law firm representing clients from throughout Florida and the nation, before local, state and federal agencies and legislative bodies, as well as state and federal courts and administrative tribunals. Its offices are located in the new Florida League of Cities Building across from the Capital, Supreme Court and First District Court of Appeal. A substantial amount of the firm's practice is concentrated in the fields of administrative, regulatory and governmental law and general civil litigation. Within those fields, the firm's practice includes all areas of environmental and land use law, health care law, local government law, and the regulation of professions. Other significant areas of activity include competitive bidding matters, legislative affairs and labor and employment relations cases, including arbitration and mediation. | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
American Importers, Inc.; Bethesda Memorial Hospital; Buckeye Technologies, Inc.; City of Ft. Pierce; City of Naples; Flagler Hospital; Florida Design Communities; Florida East Coast Railway Company; Florida Fruit & Vegetable Assn.; Florida Hospital Assn.; Florida Pulp & Paper Assn.; Florida Rock Industries, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Indian River Memorial Hospital, Inc.; International Recovery Corp.; Lee County; Osceola County; Palm Island Resort; Pelican Landing Communities, Inc.; Pinellas County; Rayonier, Inc.; Sanctuary Residential Properties Ltd.; Santa Rosa County; Smurfit Stone Container Corporation; South Seas Plantation; The Mariner Group; Village of Bal Harbour; Whataburger, Inc.; Willowbrook Farms; W.R. Grace & Co.; Florida Coast Paper Company, LLP; WCI Communities, L.P.; Premier Services Corp.; Tarpon Springs General Hospital D.B.A.; Helen Ellis Hospital; Lehigh; Rollins; Noble House Hotels and Resorts; Roberts Development; NALP; Saturn Retail Enterprises, Inc.; A. Duda & Sons; Destin Water Users, Inc.; The Viera Company; MeriStar Hotels and Resorts, Inc.; The CED Companies; US Sugar Company; International Paper Company; Palm Beach County; Ameriacan Farm Bureau Federation; Conoco Phillips; Florida Farm Bureau; A Duda & Sons; International Paper; General Electric; Florida Chamber of Commerce. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | Kenneth G. Oertel (Member) born New York, New York, February 27, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, New York, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, U.S. Court of Claims. Education: New York University (B.A., 1963; J.D., 1966). Author, "Hearings Under Florida's New Administrative Procedure Act," The Florida Bar Journal, 1975; Florida Administrative Practice Forms, Harrison & Co., 1978; "Beach, Shore & Coastal Zone Regulation," in Environmental Land Use Manual, Florida Bar, 1993. U.S. Department of Justice, 1967-1972. General Counsel, State of Florida Board of Trustees, Internal Improvement Trust Fund, 1972-1974. Director, State of Florida, Division of Administrative Hearings, 1974-1978. General Counsel, Florida Department of Professional Regulation, 1979. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Environmental Committee, 1974-1976; Executive Committee, 1975-1978, Administrative Law Section). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Land Use; Governmental Law; Litigation. Email: Kenneth G. Oertel | | Segundo J. Fernandez (Member) born Havana, Cuba, December 31, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Florida; 1978, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Miami (B.S., 1973); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1976); University of Miami (LL.M., Ocean and Coastal Law, 1977). Beta Beta Beta, Delta Theta Phi. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: Note, "Municipality's Growth Restriction Plan Found to be an Unconstitutional Burden Upon the Right to Travel," 5 Cumberland Law Review 543, 1975; Comment, "Choice of Law Considerations in Alabama," 7 Cumberland Law Review 89, 1976. Co-Author: "Key Haven and Its Progeny: Uncertain Choices for Constitutional Challenges to Administrative Action," 58 Florida Bar Journal 381, June, 1984. Author: "Stormwater Revisited: Department of Environmental Regulation New Rule for Regulation of Stormwater Discharges," 56 Florida Bar Journal 479, 1982. Co-Author: Chapter 4, Environmental Regulation and Litigation in Florida; "State and Federal Regulation of Construction Activities in the Waters and Wetlands of Florida," The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Publications, 1988, 1991; "McDonald Revisited: Development of the Deference Doctrine in Florida Administrative Law," Vol. 66, No. 22, Florida Bar Journal 70, Dec. 1992. Author and Lecturer: Environmental Permitting Courses, Florida Chamber of Commerce, 1995-2005. Assistant General Counsel, 1977-1980 and Deputy General Counsel, 1980-1983, State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Environmental and Land Use; Administrative Law). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Governmental Law; Administrative Law; Litigation. Email: Segundo J. Fernandez | | Terry Cole (Member) born Johnson City, Tennessee, July 26, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Florida, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970). Delta Theta Phi. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America; Florida Trend's Legal Elite - Environmental and Land Use; Chamber USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Author: Chapter 6, "State and Federal Regulation of Construction Activities in the Waters and Wetlands of Florida," Florida Environmental and Land Use Law, The Florida Bar, 1986, 1988, 1991; "Practice before Environmental Licensing Agencies," 2d Ed., Florida Administrative Practice, 1981 and 1989, and "Water Quality Discharge Permitting," 1997; "Groundwater and Practice Regulation"; "Total Maximum Daily Loads in Florida," 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004; "NPDES Permitting,"; "Florida Environmental Law Treatise," 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005. Enforcement Administrator, 1974-1977, Deputy General Counsel, 1977-1979, General Counsel, 1979-1981 and Assistant Secretary, 1981-1985, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Environmental and Land Use Law; Administrative and Governmental Law; Natural Resources); Leon County Water Resources Committee (Vice-Chairman; Chairman, Board of Emergency Care Help Organization). [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1970-1971]. Special Agencies: Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Florida Water Management Districts; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Reported Cases: Keyhaven Associated Enterprises v. State of Florida; South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Florida (U.S. Supreme Court, 2004); Rite Research Improves the Environment v. Fl. Department of Environmental Regulation, et al. Transactions: Numerous sales or purchases of individual sites: St. Joe Paper Co.; Smurfit Stone Container Corp. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Governmental Administrative Law; Litigation. Email: Terry Cole | | M. Christopher Bryant (Member) born Tallahassee, Florida, February 27, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: "McDonald Revisited: Development of the Deference Doctrine in Florida Administrative Law," Vol. 66, No. 11, Florida Bar Journal 70, Dec. 1992. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Appellate Practice and Advocacy; Administrative Law). Practice Areas: Governmental Law; Administrative Law; Health Care Law; Environmental; Land Use Law; Appellate Practice. Email: M. Christopher Bryant | | C. Anthony Cleveland (Member) born Lakeland, Florida, February 21, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Florida; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1979, District of Columbia; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Notes and Comments Editor, Florida State University Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: Note, "Can the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Adequately Solve Administrative Conflicts," 4 Florida State University Law review 350, 1976; Comment, Niles v. Niles, 299 So 2d 163, 3 Florida State University Law Review 290, 1975. General Counsel, Florida Education Association/United, 1981-1983. Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 1985-1987. Member: The Florida Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. Special Agencies: Florida Department of Environmental Protections; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Health Care Law; Governmental Law; Administrative Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: C. Anthony Cleveland | | Timothy P. Atkinson (Member) born Jacksonville, Florida, June 30, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 1990; J.D., with honors, 1993). Editor and Author, Florida Environmental Compliance, 1999-2001. Author and Lecturer, Environmental Permitting Courses, Florida Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2005. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Appellate Practice and Advocacy; Environmental and Land Use Law; Administrative Law); Florida Air and Waste Management Association. Reported Cases: Stroemel v. Columbia County, 930, So.2d 742 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006); Yeoman v. Construction Industry Licensing Board, 917 So.2d 199 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Land Use Law; Administrative Law; Governmental Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Timothy P. Atkinson | | Jeffrey Brown (Member) born Tachikawa, Japan, September 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle, Southern and Northern Districts of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1986; J.D., with honors, 1989). Associate Editor, University of Florida Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Land Use Law; Administrative Law. Email: Jeffrey Brown | | —————————— | | Scott W. Foltz (Associate) born Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, June 1, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Florida; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1984; J.D., with honors, 1990). Assistant Attorney General, 1994-1999. Member: The Florida Bar. Reported Cases: Weaver Oil Co. v. City of Tallahassee, 647 So. 2nd 819 (Fla. 1994); Crocker v. Diland Corp., 593 So. 2nd 1096 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Scott W. Foltz | | Gavin D. Burgess (Associate) born DeLand, Florida, August 6, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., Journalism, 2001); Florida State University (J.D., 2005). Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law; City, County and Local Government Law; Young Lawyers Division). Email: Gavin D. Burgess | | Timothy Perry (Associate) born Miami, Florida, October 7, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Florida; 2006, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (B.A., 1998); Florida State University (J.D., 2001). Formerly with: McWhirter Reeves & Davidson, P.A. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Section on Administrative Law). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Litigation; Health Care; Public Utility Law. Email: Timothy Perry | | OF COUNSEL | | Patricia A. Renovitch (Of Counsel) born Huntington, New York, August 10, 1942; admitted to bar, 1975, Florida; 1976, U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1977, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., 1964); Syracuse University (M.S., 1968); Florida State University (J.D., with high honors, 1974). Member, Florida State College of Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: "Dispute Resolution in Florida's Public Sector," Vol. 18, No. 3, Journal of Collective Negotiations, Fall, 1989.; "Alternative Dispute Resolution in Florida," Ch. 6, Vol. I (Florida Bar CLE Manual 1989, revised 1995). Member of Faculty, National Judicial College, 1985-1987. General Counsel, 1981-1992, Commissioner, 1982-1983 and Chairman, 1984-1987, Florida Public Employees Relations Commission. Certified Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, 1988. Certified Mediator, Florida, 1993. Member. NASD Board of Arbitrators, 1996. Member: The Florida Bar (Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1982). Reported Cases: South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Florida (U.S. Supreme Court, 2004). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Health Care Law; Labor and Employment Law. Email: Patricia A. Renovitch |
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