Amelia A. Savage

Amelia Savage’s practice focuses primarily on Environmental and Natural Resources law. Her clients and projects range from mining operations, to single-family docks, to energy facilities, to wetland mitigation banks, to large scale developments, to water supply matters and beyond.

Amelia helps clients obtain regulatory environmental permits from federal, state and local agencies, including consulting with supporting agencies on wildlife issues. She frequently guides clients through the permitting process with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida’s water management districts. She assists clients and agencies on issues related to threatened and endangered species as well as participates in rulemaking regarding imperiled species and other environmental rules.

Amelia also represents clients in obtaining proprietary authorizations to use lands owned by the state of Florida, both with regards to upland and submerged land parcels. She is highly skilled in defending environmental permits from challenges before federal and state courts as well as the Division of Administrative Hearings.  

Prior to joining the firm, Amelia worked at a boutique law firm in Tallahassee, Florida.  In addition to her experience in the environmental arena, she has also provided counsel on matters involving real estate, property taxation, health law, and adoptions.

Areas of Concentration

• Environmental resource permitting, compliance, enforcement and litigation
• Mining operations permitting, compliance, enforcement, and litigation
• Consumptive use permitting, compliance, enforcement and litigation
• Administrative law, permitting, registrations, rulemaking, and litigation
• Conservation Easements, Planning & Incentives
• Water quality/water supply
• Water use regulation and permitting
• Threatened, Endangered & Listed Species
• State-Owned & Sovereign Submerged Lands
• Utilities (wastewater, reuse, potable and irrigation water)
• Energy Facilities Siting & Licensing
• Public-Private Water Partnerships
• Wetlands & Mitigation Banking
• Agritourism