Kent Safriet
Work in Holtzman Vogel, PLLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Litigation, Appellate, Environment
2300 N Street NW, Suite 643A, Washington, DC 20037
About Kent Safriet
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Appellate
- Environment
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1999J.D.
- Law Review: South Carolina Law Review, Publications Editor
- Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 1995B.S.
- Major: Wildlife Biology
- Major: Aquaculture
- Major: Fisheries
- Honors: cum laude
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Representative Cases
- “Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Fla. Department of Environmental Protection”, No. 08-1151 (argued December 2, 2009)
- Miguel Collazo, III and D. Kent Safriet, “When Fire Breaks Out” Recognizing the Inherently Dangerous Activity of Prescribed Burning in Florida,” University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol 26, No. 1 (April 2015)
- Returning to Pre-Hurricane Status: What Does the United States Supreme Court’s Ruling in Stop the Beach Forecast for Litigants Seeking to Protect Private Property Rights?, 61 Syracuse L. Rev. 261, 2011 (co-author)
- Takings and Ecosystem Restoration: How do Judges Judge an Ecosystem Restoration’s Public Uses?, A.B.A Section of Environmental, Energy & Resources Course Materials (38th Annual Conference on Environmental Law), March 2010 (co-author)
- Administrative Law and Agency chapters of the South Carolina Environmental Handbook, 2nd Ed., Government Institutes (Author)
- US: Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection, 130 S. Ct. 2592 (2010)
- 4th Cir: American Whitewater v. Tidwell, 70 F. 3d 1108 (2014)
- D.C: Charter Operators of Alaska v. Blank, 844 F. Supp 2d 122 (2012)
- N.D. Fla: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comm. v. Detzner, 347 F. Supp 3d 1033 (2018)
- M.D. Fla: Grand Palisades Loan Holdings LLC v. Lake Austin Props. I, Ltd, 2014 US Dist LEXIS 192520
- S.D. Fla: St. Andrews Park, Inc. v. US Dept of the Army Corps of Engineers, 314 F. Supp 2d. 1238 (2004)
- S.D. Fla: St. Andrews Park, Inc. v. US Dept of the Army Corps of Engineers, 299 F. Supp. 2d. 1264 (2003)
- Fla: Hardee Cnty v. FINR II, Inc., 221 So 3d 1162 (2017)
- Fla: Bainter v. League of Women Voters of Fla, 150 So. 3d 1115 (2014)
- Fla: League of Women Voters of Fla. v. Data Targeting, Inc., 140 So. 3d 510 (2014)
- Fla: Donovan v. Okaloosa county, 82 So. 3d 801 (2012)
- Fla: Walton County v. Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc., 998 So. 2d 1102 (2008)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Nat’l Ctr for Constr. Educ & Research, Ltd v. Crapo, 248 So 3d. 1256 (2018)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Crapo v. Nat’l Ctr. For Constr. Educ. & Research, 169 So. 3d 1293 (2015)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Non-Parties v. League of Women Voters of Fla., 150 So. 3d 221 (2014)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Department of Agric & Consumer Servs., Forestry Div. v. Shuler, 139 So. 3d 914 (2014)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Boardwalk & Baseball, Inv. v. City Center Bonds, LLC, 161 So. 3d 402 (2014)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund v. Walton County, 121 So. 3d 1166 (2013)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Arnold v. Woodlands of Gainesville, LLC, 95 So. 3d 216 (2012)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Jetty E. Condo Ass’n v. United States Army Corps of Eng’rs, 45 So. 3d 465 (2010)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Crapps v. City of Lake City, 987 So. 2d 82 (2008)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Cherry v. City of Destin, 956 So 2d 459 (2007)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Save Our Beaches, Inc. v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection, 27 So. 3d 48 (2006)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Dept of Bus & Prof Regulation v. Henry, 903 So 2d 938 (2005)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Sansoucy v. Univ. of South Fla. Bd. Of Trustee, 898 So. 2d 943 (2005)
- Fla. 1st DCA: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Comm. v. McGill, 823 So. 2d 236 (2002)
- Fla. 2d DCA: SKRS Mgmt LLC v. Dept of Bus. & Prof. Regulation, Div of Alcoholic Bevs & Tobacco, 304 So. 3d 311 (2019)
- Fla. 2d DCA: City Center Community Dev. Dist. v. City Center Bonds, LLC, 127 So. 3d 510 (2013)
- Fla. 2d DCA: Rehill v. Manatee County, 49 So. 3d 759 (2010)
- Fla. 2d DCA: Collier County Board of County Comms v. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Comm., 993 So. 2d 69 (2008)
- Fla. 3d DCA: Royal World Metropolitan, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach, 863 So. 2d 320 (2003)
- Fla. 4th DCA: Eldon v. Perrin, 78 So. 3d 737 (2012)
- Fla. 4th DCA: Palm Beach County Envt’l Coalition v. S. Fla. Water Mgmt Dist., 902 So. 2d 812 (2005)
- Fla. 5th DCA: Pantry, Inc. v. Mijax Manager, LLC, 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 18678
- Fla. 5th DCA: Louis De Favero Orchids, Inc. v. Fla. Dept. of Health, 290 So. 3d 464 (2020)
- Fla. 5th DCA: M&I Reg’l Props, LLC v. East Park Community Dev. Dist., 100 So. 3d 712 (2012)
- Fla. 5th DCA: McGill v. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Comm, 842 So. 2d 190 (2003)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
- Florida, 1999
- District of Columbia, 2000
- South Carolina, 2000
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Other Affiliations
- Florida Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association (Environmental and Land Use Law Section)
- William H. Stafford Inn of Courts
Articles
Published Works
- Administrative Law and Agency chapters of the South Carolina Environmental Handbook, 2nd Ed., Government Institutes
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