| Paul H. Amundsen and Julia E. Smith are members of the Appellate Practice
Section of the Florida Bar. The firm has represented
clients in Florida district courts of appeal, the Supreme Court of Florida,
and United States Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and
the District of Columbia Circuit.
Recent reported decisions wherein the firm served as lead appellate
counsel:
Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon, Inc. v. Agency for Health Care
Administration, 891 So. 2d 604 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). The court
reversed the Agency for Health Care Administration’s denial of an assisted
living facility’s extended congregate care license and awarded appellate
attorney’s fees, finding that the agency’s action that precipitated the
appeal was a “gross abuse of discretion.”
Bay Point Club, Inc. v. Bay County, 890 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 1st
DCA 2004), petition for review denied, Case No. SC05-0260 (May 11,
2005). The court affirmed, en banc, the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory
Commission’s finding that a developer’s non-regional changes to a development
of regional impact are inconsistent with the local government’s comprehensive
land use plan, thereby receding from the court’s recent prior decision
in Edgewater Beach Owners Association, Inc. v. Walton County, 833
So. 2d 215 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).
Bethesda Healthcare System v. Agency for Healthcare Administration,
829 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). Successfully defended Administrative
Law Judge’s Final Order upholding the validity of an agency rule.
Represented health care facility in trial below.
Seal v. Brown, 801 So. 2d 993 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). Successfully
obtained reversal of trial court’s summary judgment. Represented
plaintiff below in action to rescind sale of real estate.
Friends of Nassau County, Inc. v. Nassau County, 752 So. 2d 42
(Fla. 1st DCA 2000). Successfully obtained reversal of Administrative
Law Judge’s award of attorneys’ fees against petitioner and petitioner’s
counsel. Did not represent parties in proceedings below.
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