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Background: Sid is a Jacksonville native. He practices principally in administrative land use and environmental law. He holds an LL.M. in Agricultural Law from the University of Arkansas. Sid practiced in the Division of State Lands for the Florida Department of Natural Resources, working on such purchases as Guana River, Kingsley Plantation, Ft. Clinch, the Truman Little White House in Key West, and the Big Bend. In private practice, Sid has a wide ranging administrative, environmental and land use practice. He also helped write the environmental lending policy manuals for multiple statewide banks Education: University of Florida, B.A. (1981) Hamline University, J.D. (1985) University of Arkansas, LL.M. (1989) Professional: ? Florida Bar (1986) ? U. S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (1988) ? United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1994) ? Martindale-Hubbell - AV Rating. ? Florida Bar Judy Florence Outstanding Service Award - 1992, 2000. ? Who's Who in American Law. ? Listed in Leading Florida Attorneys: Real Estate and Environmental Law (Top 1% of specialty). ? Florida Trend. Twice selected among Florida's Legal Elite (top 1.7% of Florida lawyers). ?The Florida Bar, Chair, Environmental and Land Use Law Section (2001-2002) ? The Florida Bar, Member of Environmental and Land Use Law Section Executive Council (1993-Present) ? The Florida Bar, Member of Council of Sections (2000-2002) ? The Jacksonville Bar, Chair, Environmental and Land Use Law Section (1993-1995) ? Managing Editor of Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise (2001 - present) ? Scoring Judge, 2006 Florida High School Mock Trial Competition ? Presiding and Scoring Judge, 2006 International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition Civic: ? Member, St. Johns County Weed and Seed Committee ? Counsel, West Augustine Community Redevelopment Agency (2002 - 2007) ? General Counsel to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind Publications: Author or Co-Author of the following Florida Bar Journal Articles: ? "The Delicate Tax Ramifications of Donating Environmentally Sensitive Lands" ? "Local Government Riparian Rights and Authority" ? "What Is a Bad Faith Administrative Petition" ? "The Evolution of Declaratory Statements" ? "What's a Local Government Got to Do to Get Reviewed Around Here? -- Review of Local Administrative Action by Common Law Certiorari after Pleasures II v. City of Sarasota"? "We Thought We Were Safe: Federal Court Holds RCRA Preempts State Petroleum Cleanup Bar Statute" ? Published in the Stetson Law Review, Hamline Journal of Public Policy, and the Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law.
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