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Land Use & Zoning
Local Government Law
Administrative Law
Urban & Regional Planning
Community/Homeowners Association Law
Real Property Disputes
Civil Litigation and Appellate Advocacy
1989: J.D., Florida State University,
with High Honors
- Florida State Law Review, Associate Editor
- Order of the Coif
- Environmental Law Achievement Award
1989: M.S.P. (Master of Science in Planning), Florida
State University
- Edward E. McClure Award for Academic Achievement
- Joint Law & Planning Thesis: “Federal Reserved
Water Rights of the Seminole Tribe of Florida: Just
What Can the State Regulate?”
1985: B.S., Westfield State College, Massachusetts,
Major: Biology, cum laude
Florida, 1989
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
United States Supreme Court
The Florida Bar, Sections on Environmental
and Land Use Law, Administrative Law, and City, County
and Local Government Law
American Bar Association, Section on State and Local
Government Law
American Planning Association, Division of Intergovernmental
Affairs
American Planning Association – Florida Chapter
AV-rated – Martindale-Hubbell’s
highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards
Special Friend of Florida Award (1999) – 1000
Friends of Florida, Inc.
Charter Life Member of Florida Wildlife Federation
City of Destin Special Land Use
Counsel
Former Adjunct Professor at the Florida State University
Department of Urban and Regional Affairs, Graduate
Program
Apgar, Pelham, Pfeiffer & Theriaque, P.A., Partner
Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Susan H. Black,
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Moderator, "Climate Change at the Local Level," Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association's 8th Annual Public Policy Workshop, February 2010
Co-Authored with V. Gail Easley, FAICP, "Nonconformities" in Zoning Practice, American Planning Association, Issue No. 11, November 2009
Co-Authored with Leslie E. Bryson, "Takings & Eminent Domain Update," Florida Municipal Attorney's Association Annual Conference, July
2009
"Variances, Special Uses, & Board of Adjustment Operations," American Planning Association's National Annual Conference, April 2009
"Expert Witness Testimony in Quasi-Judicial Hearings," Emerald Coast Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association, March 2009
"Informed Land Use Decisions: A Guide to Gathering Facts & Evidence," American Planning Association - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, February 2009
"Local Government Quasi-Judicial Hearings from Public and Private Perspectives," Land Use Law Superconference, CLE International, September 2008
"Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls," Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association's Annual Conference, September 2008
"Florida's Growth Management Act -- Has It Made a Difference?," Florida Planning & Zoning Association's Annual Conference, June 2008
"Local Government Quasi-Judicial Hearings from Public and Private Perspectives," Land Use Law, CLE International, May 2008
"Variances, Special Uses, and the Board of Adjustment," American Planning Association's National Annual Conference, April 2008
"The Planner as Expert: How Far From Out of Town Do
You Need to Be?," Florida Planning & Zoning Association's Annual Conference, June 2007
"Variances, Special Uses, and the Board of Adjustment," American Planning Association's National Annual Conference, April 2007
"Procedural and Legal Issues," Pinellas Planning Council EAR-Based Amendment Forum, September 2006
"Variances, Special Uses, and Board of Adjustment Operations," American Planning Association's National Annual Conference, May 2006
Co-Authored with V. Gail Easley, FAICP, The Board of Adjustment, American Planning Association 2005
Co-Authored with S. Brent Spain,
"Development Exactions," Florida Municipal
Attorney’s Association Annual Conference, July
2005
"Testifying as an Expert Witness
– Tips & Tools," Florida Chapter of
the American Planning Association, 2004 Annual Conference
"Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls,"
Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association,
2004 Annual Conference
Co-authored with S. Brent Spain,
"What's the Point of Omnipoint? An Analysis of
Miami-Dade County v. Omnipoint Holdings, Inc.,"
Florida Municipal Attorney's Association Annual Conference,
July 2004
"The Constitutional and Legal
Framework of Planning," Florida Planning Officials
Training Program, July 2004
"Hands-On Training for Board
of Adjustment Members," 2002 APA Midwest Planning
Conference, September 2002
"Contextual Development Guidelines
for Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas," 2002 APA
Midwest Planning Conference, September 2002
"Group Homes & Community
Residences: A Local Government’s Regulatory
Perspective," Florida Municipal Attorney’s
Association Annual Conference, July 2002
"Preparing for Expert Testimony
and Depositions," American Planning Association’s
National Conference, April 2002
"Takings and Quasi-Judicial
Update," Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association
Annual Conference, July 2000
"Swearing in Planners, Commissioners,
Attorneys & Citizens in Quasi-Judicial Hearings,"
Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association,
1998 Annual Conference
"Quasi-Judicial Hearings,"
Nuts and Bolts Municipal Government Seminar, Panama
City, Florida, September 1998
Water Resources Planning,
Chapter Three, "Water Law" & Chapter Four, "Federal
and State Water Regulation," Rowman & Littlefield,
Second Edition 1996
"Takings, Temporary Takings
and Moratoria," Seventh Annual Growth Management
Short Course, Florida Chamber of Commerce, April 1996
"Making Snyder Work," Seventh
Annual Growth Management Short Course, Florida Chamber
of Commerce, April 1996
"Law Update," Florida Planning
and Zoning Association State Conference, October 1995
"What is a Taking?," Coastal
Management & Takings Workshop, Apalachee Regional
Planning Council, June 1995
"Making Snyder Work: Part II:
Mock Planning Commission Meeting," Sixth Annual
Growth Management Short Course, Florida Chamber of
Commerce, April 1995
"Emerging Trends & Issues:
Application of Lucas’ Common Law Test in Florida,"
Sixth Annual Growth Management Short Course,
Florida Chamber of Commerce, April 1995
"Growth Management, Advanced
Session for Elected Municipal Officials," Florida
Institute of Government, December 1994.
"Quasi-Judicial Zoning Workshop,"
Florida Planning and Zoning Association State Conference,
October 1994
"Takings, Temporary Takings
& Moratoria," Fifth Annual Growth Management
Short Course, Florida Chamber of Commerce, April 1994
"Application of Lucas’
Common Law Test in Florida," Fourth Annual Growth
Management Short Course, Florida Chamber of Commerce,
April 1993
"Contemporary Issues in Government,"
Florida Institute of Government, November 1992
"Permitting Process & Environmental
Liabilities and Growth Management & the Concept
of Concurrency," Conference on Advanced Real Estate
Law in Florida, National Business Institute, November
1992
"The Future of Zoning,"
Florida Planning and Zoning Association State Conference,
October 1992
"Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal
Council, Advanced Discussion on Takings Issue,"
Third Annual Growth Management Short Course, Florida
Chamber of Commerce, April 1992
Co-Authored with Richard Babcock,
"Landmarks Preservation Ordinances: Are the Religion
Clauses Violated by Their Application to Religious
Properties?," Journal of Land Use & Environmental
Law, Vol. 7, 1992
Water Resources Planning,
Chapter Three, "Water Law" & Chapter Four, "Federal
and State Legislation," Rowman & Littlefield 1990
Co-Authored with Steve Pfeiffer,
"Third Party Practice in Environmental Permitting
and Land Use Adjudicatory Practices," Annual Environmental
and Land Use Law Update, Florida Bar, August 1989
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