First Admitted: 1984, Florida

Professional Webpage: https://www.gramlinglaw.com/george-f-gramling-iii

Bar / Professional Activity:

Member, Florida Bar
Chairman, Grievance Committee (13 E), Hillsborough County, Florida Bar, 1995-1996
Member, Florida Brownfield Association, 2010
Vice Chair, Ethics Committee, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, American Bar Association, 1999-2002
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Chairman, Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1992-1993
Member, Code Enforcement Board, City Of Tampa, 1998-2001
Amitted to U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court
Chairman, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Florida Bar, 2003-2004
Founder and Co-Chairman, Environmental Law Section, Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2003-2005
Member, Hillsborough County Bar

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results):

http://gramlinglaw.com/George_Gramling-Notable-Cases.aspU.S. EPA v Tampa Bay Downs, Inc;, , 2018

Transactions:

Key Investments

Pro bono / Community Service:

Chair, Annual Giving, Berkeley Preparatory School, 2007-2008
Trustee, University of Tampa
Certified Mediaitor, Florida
Chairman, Annual Attorney Committee Campaign, Bay Area Legal Services
Florida's Dry Cleaning Solvent Cleanup program (DSCP)
Chairman, Migrant Farm Worker Volunteer Lawyer Project, Hillsborough County Bar Association
Co-Founder, Tampa Urban Debate League, 2008 - Present
Sport Shooting Range Program
Chairman, Board of Directors, Bay Area Legal Services, 2004 - 2007
Chairman, Planned Giving Campaign, Bay Area Legal Services, 2001
Phosphate Mining Hearing Master, Phosphate Mining Ordinance, Hillsborough County, 2002 - present
Member, Board of Trustees, University Of Tampa, 2007-present
Member, Board of Directors, Berkeley Preparatory School
Member, Annual Giving Committee, Berkeley Preparatory School, 2005
Member, Land Development Sub-Committee, Berkeley Preparatory School, 2005
Member, Flood Control Board, City Of Tampa
Chair, Major Gifts Committee, Berkeley Preparatory School
Member, Board of Trustees, Berkeley Preparatory School, 2007-Present

Honors:

"AV Rating" by Martindale Hubbell
"Bar Stars" Award, Florida Bar, 1991
Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1991

Educational Background:

Emory University, Bachelor of Arts, English and Philosophy, June, 1980

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Author, "Environmental Contractual Provisions in Real Estate Transactions", Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, October, 1993
Author, "Environmental Enforcement: Managing Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings", Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, August, 1997
Author, "Your business client is hit with a criminal search warrant; what to expect and how to represent your client", Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, January, 1999
Author, "Defense Perspectives on Environmental Crime Investigations, Prosecutions and Parallel Proceedings", Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, August, 1999
Author, "Federal & State Reporting Requirements: When are you ethically obligated to report?", Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, August, 2001
Author, "Federal & State Reporting Requirements: When are you ethically obligated to report?", Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, August, 2001
Author, "New Notification Requirements for the Discovery of Contamination" (Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, February, 2005
Author, "Sport Shooting and Training Range Protection Act," Chapter 790.333, Florida Statutes - Understanding the Law", Florida Lead Compliance Seminar, National Rifle Association, July 16, 2005
Lecturer, Legal Research and Writing Program, University of Florida
Author, "Wetland Regulation and Wildlife Habitat Protection - Proposals for Florida," 8:2 Harvard Environmental Law Review 365, 1984
Author, "Cleaning Up After Federal and State Pollution Programs: Local Government Hazardous Waste Regulation," 17:3 Stetson Law Review 639, 1988
Co-author with W. Earl, "Basic Permitting Considerations and Coordinated Environmental and Land Use Permitting," Volume I, Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise, The Florida Bar, 1988
Author, "Florida Local Governments and Oil and Gas Leasing of State Territorial Waters," Volume I, Oil and Gas Leasing in Florida Offshore Waters, Florida Institute of Oceanography (1984) 104 pages
Author, Federal Case Law Update column, Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter, 1987-1991
Author, Federal Case Law Update Column, Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Section Reporter, 1993
Author, "Local Government Regulation of Hazardous Waste," Burdens of Environmental Regulation on Private Property Ownership and Business Transactions: Reasonable or Unreasonable?, 16th Annual Arlie Conference on the Environment, ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law, May, 1987
Author, "Environmental Newspeak", Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer, Vol. 2 No. 4, January 1992
Author, "Recent Developments in Environmental Law" in the Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer, Vol. 3 No. 8, May 1993
Author, "Pollution Litigation: A Decade of CERCLA," Volume I, Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise, The Florida Bar, 2003
Author, "Environmental Implications of Real Estate Transactions" (Southeastern Electric Exchange - E&O Conference Proceedings, August 1997)
Author, "Pollution issues related to the DryCleaning Industry", Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise, August, 2003
Author, "Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act", Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise, August, 2003
Author, "Liability and Defenses Under CERCLA", Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise, August, 2003
Author, "Ethical Considerations in Representing Clients Before Administrative Agencies and Local Governments", Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise, August, 2003
Author, "Environmental Enforcement: Parallel Criminal and Civil Proceedings" in Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer, Vol 14 No 3, November, 2003
Author, "Florida Hazardous Substances Statutes and Ordinances Affecting the Transfer of Real Property," in Environmental Liabilities and Real Property Transactions: Ignorance is not Bliss Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, June, 1987
Author, "1987 Federal Hazardous Wastes and Substances Update," Annual Environmental and Land Use Law Update, Fla. Bar CLE, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, August, 1987

Industry Groups:

Agricultural
Banking
Developer
Electric Utility
Energy
Finance
Government
Landowner
Manufacturing
Public And Private Education
Real Estate
Retail

George F. Gramling, III