Segundo J. Fernandez - Tallahassee, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1976
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, Associate Editor, 1975 - 1976
  • University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1977
    LL.M.
    Major: Ocean/Coastal Law

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Miami, 1973
    B.S.

Past Positions

• State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation, Assistant General Counsel, 1977 - 1980
• State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation, Deputy General Counsel, 1980 - 1983

Languages

• Spanish

Published Works

Articles

• Municipality's Growth Restriction Plan Found to be an Unconstitutional Burden Upon the Right to Travel, 5 Cumberland Law Review 543, 1975
  
• Choice of Law Considerations in Alabama, 7 Cumberland Law Review 89, 1976
  
• "Key Haven and Its Progeny: Uncertain Choices for Constitutional Challenges to Administrative Action", Co-Author, 58 Florida Bar Journal 381, June, 1984
  
• Stormwater Revisited: Department of Environmental Regulation New Rule for Regulation of Stormwater Discharges, 56 Florida Bar Journal 479, 1982
  
• State and Federal Regulation of Construction Activities in the Waters and Wetlands of Florida", Chapter 4, Environmental Regulation and Litigation in Florida, Co-Author, The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Publications, 1988
  
• State and Federal Regulation of Construction Activities in the Waters and Wetlands of Florida", Chapter 4, Environmental Regulation and Litigation in Florida, Co-Author, The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Publications, 1991
• "McDonald Revisited: Development of the Deference Doctrine in Florida Administrative Law", Vol. 66, No. 22, Florida Bar Journal 70, Dec., 1992
• Environmental Permitting Courses, Florida Chamber of Commerce, 2003

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1976
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1978
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1978
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Other Affiliations

• The Florida Bar, Environmental, Land Use, Administrative Law Sections (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Beta Beta Beta
• Delta Theta Phi