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George Francis Gramling III

Environmental and natural resources Attorney at Tampa, FL

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  • Licensed for 39 years
    State FL
    Acquired 1984
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Extensive and specialized federal and Florida environmental, energy, regulatory and government law practice for approximately 26 years.  Well established relationship with federal and Florida environmental regulators in most major programs.   Recognized professionally as lead Florida lawyer on significant environmental legislative programs, cases, publications and CLE's.

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George Francis Gramling III
118 S Newport Ave
Tampa, FL, 336061944

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AVVO RATING 10.0 (Superb)

Work Experience

  • Certified Circuit Mediator in all Judicial Circuits of State
  • Gramling Environmental Law, P.A.
  • 2011 - Present
  • Phosphate Mining Hearing Master
  • Hillsborough County
  • 2002 - Present
  • Owner
  • Gramling Environmental Law, P.A.
  • 1992 - Present
  • Member, Flood Control Board
  • City of Tampa
  • 2003 - 2008
  • Registered Legislative Lobbyist
  • Florida Legislature
  • 2001 - 2002
  • Member, Code Enforcement Board
  • City of Tampa
  • 1998 - 2001
  • Associate Corporate Counsel
  • TECO Energy
  • 1988 - 1992
  • Associate Environmental Litigation Attorney
  • Peeples, Earl & Blank
  • 1986 - 1988
  • Associate Attorney
  • Frost & Jacobs
  • 1985 - 1986
  • Assistant Director, Legal Research and Writing Program
  • University of Florida College of Law
  • 1984 - 1985
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Education

  • University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law
  • Juris Doctor
  • 1983
  • Emory University
  • Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy
  • 1980

Legal Cases

  • United States v. David L. Rieker, Civil 8:03-CV-647-T-26MAP
  • Consent Decree under CERCLA
  • Florida Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program
  • Successful
  • Florida Sport Shooting and Training Range Environmental Liability Protection
  • Successful
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Associations

  • Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees
  • Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees
  • 2011 - Present
  • Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees
  • Chairman, Capital Campaign
  • 2009 - Present
  • Tampa Urban Debate League
  • Co-Founder
  • 2008 - Present
  • Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees
  • Board of Trustees
  • 2007 - Present
  • University of Tampa
  • Member of Board of Trustees
  • 2007 - Present
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association
  • Member
  • 1988 - Present
  • Florida Bar
  • Member
  • 1984 - Present
  • Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees
  • Secretary, Board of Trustees
  • 2009 - 2010
  • Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees
  • Annual Giving Chair
  • 2007 - 2008
  • Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees
  • Member of Annual Giving Committee
  • 2005 - 2005
  • Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees
  • Member of Land Development Sub-Committee
  • 2005 - 2005
  • Bay Area Legal Services
  • Chairman; Board of Directors
  • 2004 - 2007
  • Florida Bar, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Chairman
  • 2003 - 2004
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Co-Chair
  • 2003 - 2005
  • Bay Area Legal Services
  • Chairman, Annual Attorney Committee Campaign
  • 2001 - 2001
  • American Bar Association
  • Vice-Chair, Ethics Committee of Section of Environment, Energy
  • 1999 - 2002
  • Florida Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
  • Chairman
  • 1998 - 2004
  • Florida Bar, Grievance Committee (13 E) Hillsborough County
  • Chairman
  • 1995 - 1996
  • Legal Advisory Board, University of Florida, Center for TREEO
  • Member
  • 1993 - 1993
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Chairman
  • 1992 - 1993
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Co-Chair
  • 1990 - 1992
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association, Migrant Farm Worker Volunteer Lawyer Project
  • Founder & Chairman
  • 1989 - 1991
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Languages Spoken

  • German

Honors and Awards

  • Florida Super Lawyer
  • Florida Super Lawyers
  • 2011
  • The Best Lawyers in America
  • The Best Lawyers in America
  • 2011
  • Florida Super Lawyer
  • Florida Super Lawyers
  • 2010
  • The Best Lawyers in America
  • The Best Lawyers in America
  • 2010
  • Florida Super Lawyer
  • Florida Super Lawyers
  • 2009
  • Recognition
  • International Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers
  • 2009
  • Most Productive Young Lawyer
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association
  • 1991
  • "Bar Stars" Award
  • Florida Bar
  • 1991
  • AV Rating
  • Martindale-Hubbell
  • N/A
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Publications

  • Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental Land Use Law Section
  • Recent Developments in Institutional Controls - Subordination of liens, mortgages and encumbrances
  • 2011
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
  • New Notification Requirements for the Discovery of Contamination
  • 2005
  • Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise
  • “Liability and Defenses Under CERCLA”
  • 2003
  • Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise
  • Ethical Considerations in Representing Clients Before Administrative Agencies and Local Governments
  • 2003
  • Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise
  • Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • 2003
  • Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise
  • Liability and Defenses Under CERCLA
  • 2003
  • Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise
  • Pollution Issues Related to the Drycleaning Industry
  • 2003
  • Vol. I, Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise
  • Pollution Litigation: A Decade of CERCLA
  • 2003
  • Vol. 14, No. 3, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer
  • Environmental Enforcement: Parallel Criminal and Civil Proceedings
  • 2003
  • Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Federal & State Reporting Requirements: When are you ethically obligated to report?
  • 2001
  • Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Your business client is hit with a criminal search warrant; what to expect and how to represent your client
  • 1999
  • Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Defense Perspectives on Environmental Crime Investigations, Prosecutions and Parallel Proceedings
  • 1999
  • Southeastern Electric Exchange - E&O Conference Proceedings
  • Environmental Implications of Real Estate Transactions
  • 1997
  • Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Environmental Enforcement: Managing Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings
  • 1997
  • Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter
  • Federal Case Law Update
  • 1993
  • Vol. 3, No. 8, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer
  • Recent Developments in Environmental Law
  • 1993
  • Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Environmental Contractual Provisions in Real Estate Transactions
  • 1993
  • Vol. 2, No. 4, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer
  • Environmental Newspeak
  • 1992
  • Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter
  • Federal Case Law Update
  • 1991
  • Vol. I, Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise
  • Basic Permitting Considerations and Coordinated Environmental and Land Use Permitting
  • 1988
  • Stetson Law Review
  • Cleaning Up After Federal and State Pollution Programs: Local Government Hazardous Waste Regulation
  • 1988
  • Burdens of Environmental Regulation on Private Property Ownership and Business Transactions: Reasonable or Unreasonable?
  • Local Government Regulation of Hazardous Waste
  • 1987
  • Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter
  • Federal Case Law Update
  • 1987
  • Environmental LIabilities and Real Property Transactions: Ignorance is not Bliss
  • Florida Hazardous Substances Statutes and Ordinances Affecting the Transfer of Real Property
  • 1987
  • Annual Environmental and Land Use Law Update
  • 1987 Federal Hazardous Wastes and Substances Update
  • 1987
  • 8:2 Harvard Environmental Law Review 365
  • "Wetland Regulation and Wildlife Habitat Protection - Proposals for Florida,"
  • 1984
  • Vol. I, Oil and Gas Leasing in Florida Offshore Waters
  • Florida Local Governments and Oil and Gas Leasing of State Territorial Waters
  • 1984
  • Harvard Environmental Law Review
  • Wetland Regulation and Wildlife Habitat Protection - Proposals for Florida
  • 1984
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Speaking Engagements

  • Environmental Land Use Section Conference
  • Recent Developments in Institutional Controls – Subordination of liens, mortgages and encumbrances
  • 2011
  • Florida Brownfields Conference
  • Institutional and Engineering Controls: Subordination and Joinder Real Estate Issues and Problems
  • 2009
  • Florida Lead Compliance Seminar
  • Sport Shooting and Training Range Protection Act
  • 2005
  • Environmental Law Section Conference
  • New Notification Requirements for the Discovery of Contamination
  • 2005
  • Southeastern Electric Exchange
  • Environmental Implications of Real Estate Transactions
  • 1997
  • 16th Annual Arlie Conference on the Environment
  • Local Government Regulation of Hazardous Waste
  • 1987
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Environmental and natural resources Attorney | Aug 09
Relationship: Worked together on matter
"I endorse this lawyer. One of the most knowledgable lawyers in the state on hazardous waste/hazardous substances matters, particularly with respect to compliance and government enforcement."
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Tampa Environmental and natural resources Lawyer George Francis Gramling III
George Francis Gramling III
Environmental and natural resources Attorney
Tampa, FL
Licensed for 39 years