Profile
Julie P. Kendig-Schrader represents clients in land use and environmental matters and administrative litigation. She works with clients to create public/private partnerships for infrastructure needs, particularly those related to transportation. With sustainability concerns and initiatives cutting across virtually all sectors of business today, Julie strives to keep her clients ahead of the curve to maximize opportunities and minimize unnecessary costs and risks.
Prior to joining the firm, Julie was with the South Florida Water Management District Office of Counsel.
Concentrations
- Complex land use and environmental authorizations, including comprehensive plan amendments, environmental permitting and land development regulation drafting and implementation
- Rural lands entitlement, sustainable development and conservation uses
- Public private partnerships and infrastructure provision
- Climate change, transit oriented development and green building issues
- Impact fees/concurrency issues
- Land use and environmental administrative and civil litigation and appeals
- Community development district (CDD) formation
- Wetlands, endangered species and environmental permitting
- Annexation issues
- Redevelopment and revitalization of commercial properties
- Agricultural classifications and other taxation issues, including appeals to the Value Adjustment Board
- Consumptive use permitting and issues
- Environmental regulatory regimes, including RCRA and CERCLA
- Carbon credits
- Green building & sustainable development
- Global energy & infrastructure
Capabilities
Experience
- Member of team that represented MAT Concessionaire, LLC and its sponsors, Meridiam Infrastructure Fund and Bouygues Travaux Publics, S.A., in the Port of Miami Tunnel project, one of the first greenfield public-private partnerships in the United States.
- Acted as counsel to owner for one of the first private toll roads in the state of Florida.
- Acted as land use, conservation and environmental counsel for approximately 200,000 acres of property throughout Central Florida.
- Acted as land use and environmental counsel for the redevelopment of multiple malls and shopping centers.
- Acted as land use and environmental counsel for multiple industrial warehouse projects.
- U.S. Green Building Council LEED® AP
- Experience with environmental regulation and filing requirements, including the Environmental Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
- Attorney, South Florida Water Management District
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, Lawdragon, “Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law,” Environmental & Land Use Law, 2023-2024
- Team Member, a Law360 "Environmental Practice Group of the Year," 2022
- Listed, Lawdragon 500, Leading U.S. Environmental & Energy Lawyers guide, 2021
- Listed,The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Real Estate Law, 2008-2024
- "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Orlando, 2016 and 2024
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2004-2018
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2019, 2021-2023
- Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers®, Best Law Firms Edition, "Law Firm of the Year," Environmental Law, 2016
- Listed, Orlando magazine, "The Best Lawyers in Orlando," 2010
- Listed, Orlando Business Journal
- Listed, "40 Under 40," 2005
- Listed, "Up & Comers," 2002
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Volume IV, Florida: Land Use & Zoning
- Member, City of Orlando Municipal Planning Board, 2023-Present
- Member, Board of Directors, Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce, 2019-2022
- Board Member, Osceola/Kissimmee Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2004-2021
- Member, Seminole County Chamber of Commerce
- Board Member, Development Advisory Board, 2002-2003
- Board Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2002
- Member, Leadership Orlando, 2000
- Member, Land Use and Environmental Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Member, Administrative Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Member, Volusia County Association for Responsible Development
- Member, National Association of Office and Industrial Properties, Central Florida Chapter
- Board Member, State and Central Florida Chapters, Board of Directors
- Chair, Central Florida Chapter, Public Affairs Committee, 2001-2003
- Co-Chair, State Chapter, Public Affairs, 2003
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law, 1992
- M.A., Political Science/Public Administration, University of Florida, 1991
- B.A., Political Science, University of Florida, 1989
Admissions
- Florida
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Languages
- German, Conversational