Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2011

Florida Super Lawyer, Florida Super Lawyers

2011

The Best Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in America

2010

Florida Super Lawyer, Florida Super Lawyers

2010

The Best Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in America

2009

Florida Super Lawyer, Florida Super Lawyers

2009

Recognition, International Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers

1991

Most Productive Young Lawyer, Hillsborough County Bar Association

1991

"Bar Stars" Award, Florida Bar

N/A

AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

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Work Experience

2011 - Present

Certified Circuit Mediator in all Judicial Circuits of State, Gramling Environmental Law, P.A.

2002 - Present

Phosphate Mining Hearing Master, Hillsborough County

1992 - Present

Owner, Gramling Environmental Law, P.A.

2003 - 2008

Member, Flood Control Board, City of Tampa

2001 - 2002

Registered Legislative Lobbyist, Florida Legislature

1998 - 2001

Member, Code Enforcement Board, City of Tampa

1988 - 1992

Associate Corporate Counsel, TECO Energy

1986 - 1988

Associate Environmental Litigation Attorney, Peeples, Earl & Blank

1985 - 1986

Associate Attorney, Frost & Jacobs

1984 - 1985

Assistant Director, Legal Research and Writing Program, University of Florida College of Law

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Associations

2011 - Present

Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees

Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees

2009 - Present

Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees

Chairman, Capital Campaign

2008 - Present

Tampa Urban Debate League

Co-Founder

2007 - Present

Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

2007 - Present

University of Tampa

Member of Board of Trustees

1988 - Present

Hillsborough County Bar Association

Member

1984 - Present

Florida Bar

Member

2009 - 2010

Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees

Secretary, Board of Trustees

2007 - 2008

Berkeley Preparatory School Board of Trustees

Annual Giving Chair

2005 - 2005

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

2004 - 2007

Bay Area Legal Services

Chairman; Board of Directors

2003 - 2004

Florida Bar, Environmental and Land Use Law Section

Chairman

2003 - 2005

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Section

Co-Chair

2001 - 2001

Bay Area Legal Services

Chairman, Annual Attorney Committee Campaign

1999 - 2002

American Bar Association

Vice-Chair, Ethics Committee of Section of Environment, Energy

1998 - 2004

Florida Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

Chairman

1995 - 1996

Florida Bar, Grievance Committee (13 E) Hillsborough County

Chairman

1993 - 1993

Legal Advisory Board, University of Florida, Center for TREEO

Member

1992 - 1993

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Section

Chairman

1990 - 1992

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Section

Co-Chair

1989 - 1991

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Migrant Farm Worker Volunteer Lawyer Project

Founder & Chairman

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Sample of Legal Cases

United States v. David L. Rieker, Civil 8:03-CV-647-T-26MAP

Consent Decree under CERCLA

Hillsborough County, et al. v. A&E Road Oiling Service, Inc., 853 F.Supp. 1402 (M.D. Fla. 1994)

Florida Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program

Successful

Florida Sport Shooting and Training Range Environmental Liability Protection

Successful

Thomson v. Florida Power Corporation, 6:04-CV-1514-ORL-18DAB

CERCLA Superfund Proceedings - Peak Oil Site in Hillsborough County, FL

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Education

1983

University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law

Juris Doctor

1980

Emory University

Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy

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Speaking Engagements

2011

Environmental Land Use Section Conference

Recent Developments in Institutional Controls – Subordination of liens, mortgages and encumbrances

2009

Florida Brownfields Conference

Institutional and Engineering Controls: Subordination and Joinder Real Estate Issues and Problems

2005

Florida Lead Compliance Seminar

Sport Shooting and Training Range Protection Act

2005

Environmental Law Section Conference

New Notification Requirements for the Discovery of Contamination

1997

Southeastern Electric Exchange

Environmental Implications of Real Estate Transactions

1987

16th Annual Arlie Conference on the Environment

Local Government Regulation of Hazardous Waste

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Publications

2011

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental Land Use Law Section Recent Developments in Institutional Controls - Subordination of liens, mortgages and encumbrances

2005

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section New Notification Requirements for the Discovery of Contamination

2003

Vol. 14, No. 3, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Environmental Enforcement: Parallel Criminal and Civil Proceedings

2003

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

Vol. I, Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise Pollution Litigation: A Decade of CERCLA

2003

Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise Pollution Issues Related to the Drycleaning Industry

2003

Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise Liability and Defenses Under CERCLA

2003

Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

2001

Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section Federal & State Reporting Requirements: When are you ethically obligated to report?

1999

Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section Defense Perspectives on Environmental Crime Investigations, Prosecutions and Parallel Proceedings

1999

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

1997

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

1993

Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section Environmental Contractual Provisions in Real Estate Transactions

1993

Vol. 3, No. 8, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Recent Developments in Environmental Law

1993

Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter Federal Case Law Update

1992

Vol. 2, No. 4, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Environmental Newspeak

1991

Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter Federal Case Law Update

1988

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

1987

Annual Environmental and Land Use Law Update 1987 Federal Hazardous Wastes and Substances 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

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

1984

Vol. I, Oil and Gas Leasing in Florida Offshore Waters Florida Local Governments and Oil and Gas Leasing of State Territorial Waters

1984

8:2 Harvard Environmental Law Review 365 "Wetland Regulation and Wildlife Habitat Protection - Proposals for Florida,"

1984

Harvard Environmental Law Review Wetland Regulation and Wildlife Habitat Protection - Proposals for Florida

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Languages

German

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