Background
Carnegie, R. Adam was born on May 5, 1957 in Savanna-Louisiana-March, Jamaica, West Indies.
Carnegie, R. Adam was born on May 5, 1957 in Savanna-Louisiana-March, Jamaica, West Indies.
Rutgers University (Masters in City and Regional Planning, 1982). Stetson University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1993).
Worked at Hearne Graziano & Nader, P.A. (Tampa, Florida) specializing in Environmental Law, Land Use. Zoning; Civil Trial Practice in State and Federal Courts and before Administrative Agencies. Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts.
Administrative Law.
And Mediation, including Disputes involving Environmental, Engineering and Technology. Admitted to the bar, 1994, Florida, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida and United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Recipient: Stetson"s Walter Mann Award for Outstanding Legal Scholarship. Eric Cartwright Award in State Constitutional Law.
Law I, Law II, and Law III Academic Scholarships. Author: Comment "Judicial Review of Takings Challenges to Environmental Surveillance Conducted by Government Under Statutory Authority: A Proposed Analytical Framework," Stetson Law Review, Volume XXII, Number.
3, Summer, 1993, pp. 1211-1272.
"Regulatory Takings: Other Remedies for Undue Interference With The Use of Land," National Business Institute, Incorporated., March, 1993. USF Environmental Law Seminar, 1996. Member: Hillsborough (Company-Chair, Environmental and Land Use Section, 1996-1997) and American (Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law.
Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar; American Institute of Certified Planners. The firm"s practice areas include: air, water and solid and hazardous waste permitting, compliance and defense permitting, including phosphate mining, industrial, manufacturing, residential and commercial activities.
Endangered species. Environmental damage, cost recovery and toxic tort litigation.
Environmental compliance. Superfund; underground and above ground storage tank regulation, remediation and reimbursement.
Vested rights. Wetlands. Zoning; environmental insurance.
Environmental site assessments and audits.
Representation of sellers, landowners, lenders in connection with the environmental issues involved in real estate and business transactions. Inverse condemnation. And environmental enforcement.
The firm founded a book award, "Hearne Graziano & Nader, P.A., Environmental Law Book Award," at Stetson University College of Law in 1995.
Member: Hillsborough (Company-Chair, Environmental and Land Use Section, 1996-1997) and American (Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law. Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; American Institute of Certified Planners.
