Background
Fernandez, Segundo J. was born on December 31, 1950 in Havana, Cuba.
Fernandez, Segundo J. was born on December 31, 1950 in Havana, Cuba.
University of Miami (Bachelor of Science, 1973). Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976). University of Miami (Master of Laws, Ocean and Coastal Law, 1977).
Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Oertel, Hoffman, Fernandez & Cole, P.A. (Tallahassee, Florida) specializing in General Civil, Administrative, and Appellate Practice and Litigation. Environmental, Land Use and Growth Management Law. Governmental Law; Health Care Law.
Labor and Employment Law.
Mediation and Arbitration Services. Lobbying and Governmental Affairs.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Florida. 1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
1981, United States. Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Beta Beta Beta, Delta Theta Phi.
Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: Note, "Municipality"s Growth Restriction Plan Foundation to be an Unconstitutional Burden Upon the Right to Travel," 5 Cumberland Law Review 543, 1975. Comment, "Choice of Law Considerations in Alabama," 7 Cumberland Law Review 89, 1976.
Company-Author: "Key Haven and Its Progeny: Uncertain Choices for Constitutional Challenges to Administrative Action," 58 Florida Bar Journal 381, June, 1984.
Author: "Stormwater Revisited: Department of Environmental Regulation New Rule for Regulation of Stormwater Discharges," 56 Florida Bar Journal 479, 1982. Company-Author: Chapter 4, Environmental Regulation and Litigation in Florida.
"State and Federal Regulation of Construction Activities in the Waters and Wetlands of Florida," The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Publications, 1988, 1991. "McDonald Revisited: Development of the Deference Doctrine in Florida Administrative Law," Volume 66, Number.
22, Florida Bar Journal 70, December 1992.
Assistant General Counsel, 1977-1980 and Deputy General Counsel, 1980-1983, State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation. Member: American Bar Association. The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Environmental and Land Use.
Administrative Law).
Oertel, Hoffman, Fernandez & Cole, P.A., is a Tallahassee law firm representing clients from throughout Florida and the nation, before local, state and federal agencies and legislative bodies, as well as state and federal courts, and administrative tribunals.
Member: American Bar Association. The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Environmental and Land Use. Administrative Law).