Tara Widholm Duhy

Areas of Practice: Land Use and Real Estate, Natural Resources, Water Resources, Government, Civil Litigation & Appeals

Tara W. Duhy chairs Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.'s Land Use Law Practice Area. As part of her state-wide land use, natural resource and water law practice, Ms. Duhy advises clients through every stage of permitting, government coordination and enforcement related to development including:

• Comprehensive land use planning;
• Zoning, site planning and other local development orders;
• Transportation planning and concurrency, including coordination with the Florida Department of Transportation and regional metropolitan planning organizations;
• Development of regional impact (“DRI”) review, including coordination with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and regional planning councils;
• Environmental resource permitting (“ERP”) and water use permitting through the various Florida water management districts;
• Coastal construction and environmental wetland permitting through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
• Federal wetland and coastal construction permitting through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
• Endangered Species Act coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
• Federal NEPA compliance; and
• Related administrative and civil litigation, including appeals.

Ms. Duhy is an active member of the Florida Association of Community Developers and the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce amd serves on the Board of Directors of Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County.  She was listed as a Rising Star by Florida Super Lawyers in 2015, 2013 and 2009, a peer designation awarded to only 2.5% of Florida lawyers. In 2013, she was selected as a Rising Star by the Daily Business Review, a program recognizing the region’s 40 most promising lawyers under the age of 40.

Ms. Duhy earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1997 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado School of law in 2004.