A former deputy general counsel of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (now DEP), Silvia Alderman is the chair of Akerman’s Water Task Force, a team of multidisciplinary legal professionals and consultants advising on the regulatory and environmental challenges facing our clients.…

Cameron Bertron focuses her practice on environmental law, advising clients on issues arising in transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters. She has experience managing and conducting significant environmental due diligence and preparing environmental provisions for real estate and corporate…

Bethany Blakeman focuses her practice on land use, water resources, environmental, and real estate law, counseling clients on compliance and regulatory issues related to the Clean Water Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, CERCLA, and other federal real estate laws. With a reputation for thorough…

Amy Errichiello focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, representing corporate and institutional clients in a range of business litigation matters, including mass tort claims, labor and employment, securities, finance, intellectual property, and construction litigation. She also has…

Jason Heep has litigated and resolved commercial disputes, complex insurance-coverage issues, and environmental-remediation matters across the country for more than 20 years. He uses his environmental-engineering background to assist with environmental-regulatory compliance and preventive measures…

Xakema Henderson focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation. She has experience litigating high-stakes matters in state and federal court and has litigated a wide range of issues, including insurance coverage and bad faith matters; data breach, privacy, and cybersecurity matters; and…

Michael Larson focuses his practice on environmental law, advising clients on a range of complex environmental law issues arising in regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters. He routinely assists clients with the cleanup, reuse, and redevelopment of Brownfields and other contaminated…

With a focus on land use, environmental law and litigation, Rick Leland has more than 45 years’ experience representing real estate developers, universities, non-profit organizations, and industrial companies on the environmental aspects of real estate transactions, development, and land use. Rick’s…

Jason S. Lichtstein serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Atlanta office. Jason focuses his practice on the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields and other contaminated sites in the Southeast U.S. His practice includes a broad range of environmental transactional, environmental regulatory…

Serving as Office Managing Partner of Akerman's Houston office, Scott Marrs is a formidable trial lawyer litigating high profile matters in state and federal courts as well as arbitrations in the United States, South America, the Middle East, and Europe. Scott focuses on legal issues in virtually…

Robyn Neely focuses her practice on environmental site contamination issues related to real estate and corporate sales and acquisitions, and leases, including pre-acquisition, pre-leasing and pre-foreclosure due diligence analysis. Her practice also includes managing the investigation and…

Ellen S. Robbins is Akerman's senior go-to trial lawyer on the West Coast, with extensive experience litigating disputes in both state and federal court on behalf of public and private companies all over the world. She focuses her practice on a wide variety of complex commercial disputes and…

Matt Schroeder serves as the Office Managing Partner of Akerman’s Dallas office and is a trusted advisor to major national and international insurance companies facing high-stakes litigation and complex coverage disputes. He advises insurance companies not only on related policy coverage issues and…

Sarah Campbell Smith focuses on a variety of environmental and energy law matters, with emphasis on the environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions. She represents real estate developers, corporations, private equity funds, and financial institutions in environmental site…

Jeff White focuses his practice on litigation, including complex insurance coverage litigation and bad faith disputes, representing both insurers and policyholders in high-stakes matters nationwide. He serves as national counsel for insurers in cases involving commercial general liability,…