Representative Experience
Mr. James represents developers, corporate clients and private property owners on various matters and processes relating to land development and entitlement, environmental compliance and permitting, and due dilligence investigation.

Legal counsel includes work on statewide, regional and local matters ranging from the most complicated Comprehensive Development Master Plan amendments to municipal representation involving zoning, Code variances, subdivision approvals, special taxing districts, vested rights, impact fees and concurrency determinations.

Mr. James also handles a variety of environmental issues involving industrial waste facilities, air sources, contamination assessment and remediation, and freshwater and coastal wetlands permitting and mitigation.

Prior Experience
Associate, Holland & Knight LLP, Miami, FL

Associate, Akerman Senterfitt, PA, Miami, FL

Associate, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Miami, FL

Criminal Investigator, Environmental Crime Unit (ECU), Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources, Miami, FL

Environmental Compliance Inspector, Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources, Miami, FL

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Florida Bar

District of Columbia Bar

Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL

• University of Miami Law Review
  
• Daniel B. Gaubatz Award
  
• Gerald Ehrich Merit Scholar
  
• Order of the Coif