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Overview

Nicholas “Nick” Sanders focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal court. He also has experience in a wide-range of complex land use, permitting and entitlement issues, including his involvement in administrative actions before state and local governmental agencies.

Areas of Concentration:

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Business Torts
  • Contract Litigation
  • Real Property Disputes
  • Consumer Protections Defense

 Land Use & Property Rights Litigation

  • Comprehensive Plan Compliance & Consistency Challenges
  • Constitutional Property Rights Issues – Civil Rights, Due Process, Equal Protection & Vested Rights
  • Dispute Resolution & Florida Land Use and Environmental Dispute Resolution Act (FLUEDRA) Proceedings
  • Inverse Condemnation, Regulatory Takings & Eminent Domain
  • Defending Administrative Challenges to Environmental and Land Use Entitlement Authorizations

During law school, Nick served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Judge Charlene E. Honeywell at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Nick also clerked with the litigation and land development, zoning and environmental departments in the firm’s Tampa office.

Judicial Clerkships

  • Judicial Extern, Honorable Judge Charlene E. Honeywell, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Musician and Live Performer, 2016-Present
  • NAMI on Campus, Treasurer, Fall 2022- Spring 2023
  • Community Associates Program, Fall 2022-Winter 2022

Publications & Presentations

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Winter 2024
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|January 2024

Land Development News Update, Publications: What's Developing | Winter 2023
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|March 2023

Government Affairs News Update, Land Development News Update, Publications: Hillsborough County Proposes Significant Updates to Comprehensive Plan
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update|July 2022

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