Primary Office

450 East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite 1400

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
33301-4206

P: (800) 330-1980
(954) 462-2000

F: (954) 523-1722

lphillips@gunster.com

Luna Phillips is a Florida Bar Board Certified Shareholder who practices in the area of environmental, administrative and governmental law.  Prior to joining Gunster, Ms. Phillips was a Senior Attorney for the South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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Practice Areas[ - ]

• Environmental Law
• Administrative & Governmental Law

Education[ - ]

• Mercer University School of Law, J.D., 1995
• University of Florida, B.S., 1992

Honors[ - ]

• Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star
• Florida Trend, Legal Elite, Environmental Law
• Recipient of the Winburn E. Stewart Tuition Scholarship

Professional Designations[ - ]

LEED AP – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional by the U.S. Green Building Council

Seminars & Presentations[ - ]

• “EPA’s Numeric Nutrient Criteria:  The Latest on Water Quality Regulations in Florida,” American Planning Association Florida Annual Conference, September 2011
• “EPA’s Numeric Nutrient Criteria – Rules and Regulations,” South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society, August 2011
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Florida Section Meeting Chair, July 2011
• “The ERP Permit:  The Essentials on Obtaining an Environmental Resource Permit,” Florida Chamber, 25th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School 2011, July 2011
• “Permit Challenges – Everything a Consultant Needs to Know,” Broward Chapter of the American Society of Engineers, Keynote Speaker, March 2011
• “Planning for Sustainability 101,” Florida Chamber Conference on Growth, Sustainability and Energy, February 2011, Orlando
• “Florida’s Water Resources,” Senior Executive Orientation, Broward Leadership Foundation, February 2011
• Water Choices I & II Forums, Florida Earth Foundation, Chair, October 2010, February 2011
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Florida Section Meeting Chair, September 2010
• “The ERP Permit: The Essentials on Obtaining an Environmental Resource Permit,” Florida Chamber, Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2010
• “Practice Before the D.O.A.H.”: The Florida Bar Conference, Administrative & Environmental & Land Use Law Sections, October 30, 2009
• “WMD Planning, Regulatory and Alternative Water Supply Update,” Florida Chamber, Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2009
• “Florida’s Environmental Challenges,” Florida Power & Light, June 2009
• “Water Quality Rules and New Development,” Florida Bar’s Hot Topics in Environmental and Land Use Law, April 2009
• “Everglades: Current Obstacles and Opportunities Facing the River of Grass,” CLE International, Program Co-chair and Guest Speaker, October 30-31, 2008
• “Recent Developments and Issues in the ERP Permitting Program,” Florida Bar’s Hot Topics in Environmental and Land Use Law, April 2008
• “Administrative Practice before the Division of Administrative Hearings, An ERP Permit Challenge,” Florida Bar, Program Co-chair and Guest Speaker, November 2007
• “Northern and Southern Everglades,” CLE International Florida Wetlands Seminar, November 2007
• “Everglades Restoration and Development: ERP Developments within Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program Footprints,” Florida Bar’s Environmental Hot Topics Conference, March 2006
• “Environmental Resource Permits and Everglades Restoration,” CLE International Mitigation Banking and Wetlands Conference, November 2005
• FAU Guest Lecturer, Administrative Law Class, Administrative Adjudication, March 2004
• “Environmental Resource Permitting Update,” Florida Bar’s Annual Environmental Law and Land Use Conference, August 2003
• “Overview of the South Florida Water Management District’s Environmental Resource Permitting Program,” Palm Beach Bar CLE Environmental Permitting, January 2002
• “Water Management District Enforcement,” Florida Chamber, Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 1998

Publications[ - ]

• Phillips, L., Administrative Adjudication: Decisions Affecting Substantial Interest, Treatise on Environmental and Land Use Law, Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar
• Phillips, L., Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act: Protections on Private Property, Treatise on Environmental and Land Use Law, Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar

Languages Spoken[ - ]

Spanish

Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]

• Florida Association of Environmental Professionals South Chapter
• Florida Earth Foundation, Board Member, May 2011
• Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Ecosystems Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section on Environment, Energy and Resource Law
• Women in the Environment
• United States Green Building Council, South Florida Chapter
• American Water Resource Association
• Greater-Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce

Bar Admissions[ - ]

• The Florida Bar, 1995 – Florida Board Certified, State and Federal, Government and Administrative Law, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Administrative Law Section, Governmental Law Section
• The State Bar of Georgia, 1995

Court Admissions[ - ]

• United States District Court for Southern District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Prior Professional Experience[ - ]

• South Florida Water Management District, Senior Attorney, 1997-2007
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 1995-1997