Our Environmental Policy and Regulatory Affairs Practice is built on a deep understanding of how environmental laws, public policy, and political processes intersect. We advise and advocate for clients before federal agencies, the Florida legislature, state agencies such as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), and local governments, including Miami-Dade County. Our work focuses on shaping, improving, and navigating laws and regulations that govern pollution control, clean air, natural resources, land use, and the operation of industrial facilities—including complex and highly scrutinized facilities such as waste-to-energy plants and incinerators.
Environmental law and policy are constantly evolving, influenced by scientific advances, public health concerns, economic pressures, and shifting political priorities. For businesses, local governments, utilities, waste management companies, and developers, the stakes are high: The decisions made in legislative chambers and regulatory agencies can determine what projects move forward, what technologies must be deployed, how facilities must be operated, and what long-term investments are necessary for compliance. Our firm helps clients anticipate these changes, respond effectively, and participate meaningfully in the policymaking process.
We provide clients with strategic guidance across the full spectrum of governmental relations, from monitoring emerging legislation and agency rulemaking to drafting statutory language, engaging with elected officials, preparing testimony, and negotiating regulatory outcomes. Whether representing a client before Congress, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Florida legislature, FDEP, or Miami-Dade County’s Board of County Commissioners, we bring informed advocacy and a practical understanding of environmental law, policy development, and political dynamics.
Our federal advocacy experience includes matters involving the Clean Air Act, CERCLA and Superfund reauthorization efforts, RCRA hazardous waste regulations, PFAS policy and rulemaking, and federal funding programs supporting cleanup, resilience, and environmental infrastructure. We help clients navigate Washington, D.C., by building relationships with congressional offices, committee staff, and federal agency leadership to ensure their interests are heard in rulemaking processes, legislative negotiations, and oversight activities. We assist clients in interpreting and influencing federal initiatives that affect permitting, emissions control requirements, waste management operations, cleanup standards, and the development of emerging contaminants policy.
In Florida, we represent clients before the legislature and executive agencies on matters involving the state’s robust environmental framework, including air permitting requirements, industrial emissions regulation, waste management, contaminated site cleanup, brownfields redevelopment, environmental-based economic incentives, and water quality programs. We assist clients in shaping legislation that affects how industrial facilities—including incinerators, materials recovery facilities, landfills, and energy-from-waste plants —are permitted, regulated, and monitored. Our firm works closely with stakeholders to ensure that Florida’s environmental laws are both protective of public health and practical for businesses and local governments responsible for implementing them. We anticipate legislative trends, develop advocacy strategies, and provide clients with real-time insight into key developments that can impact facility operations, capital planning, and long-term environmental obligations.
Our work at the local level is equally critical, especially in complex jurisdictions such as Miami-Dade County, where environmental policy plays a central role in public infrastructure, solid waste management, resilience planning, and community development. We represent clients before the County Commission, regulatory boards, and administrative agencies in matters involving industrial siting, air emissions and odor control, infrastructure expansion, waste-to-energy projects, environmental justice considerations, and climate resilience. Miami-Dade’s local ordinances and administrative rules often operate in parallel with state and federal requirements, creating a multilayered regulatory environment that requires sophisticated navigation. We help clients engage constructively with county leadership, educate policymakers, mitigate community concerns, and position projects for approval and long-term success.
Across all levels of government, our approach is grounded in credibility, clarity, and collaboration. We understand that effective lobbying in the environmental arena requires more than simply requesting legislative changes or presenting technical data. It requires understanding political priorities, anticipating stakeholder concerns, building coalitions, and crafting messages that resonate with decision-makers. Our firm is known for bridging the gap between complex environmental science and the practical realities faced by policymakers, ensuring that our clients’ interests are communicated clearly, responsibly, and persuasively.
Ultimately, our governmental relations and lobbying practice is dedicated to helping clients succeed in a regulatory landscape that is increasingly demanding, data-driven, and politically sensitive. Whether advocating for statutory reforms, opposing legislation that threatens operational viability, or guiding clients through agency rulemaking, we provide strategic, effective representation that protects client interests while advancing sound environmental policy. Through informed advocacy and deep subject-matter expertise, the Firm empowers clients to shape the policies that shape their future.