ABOUT
Angela Morrison is a Board Certified administrative law practitioner with thirty years of environmental law experience. Angela's practice has been devoted to assisting utility and industry clients with regulatory, permitting, and compliance matters. Recently, she was co-lead counsel in the siting of
a major new power plant. Over the last three decades, Angela has helped successfully permit several thousand megawatts worth of new power generation facilities in Florida.
Angela recently helped lead an industry effort that uncovered errors in data used to establish a federal air emission standard. Through the team's interactions with agency representatives, the client received relief in the form of an alternative standard at the state level, and the federal agency is currently in the process of revising its rules to make this alternative standard available nationwide.
BACKGROUND
Angela joined Hopping Green & Sams, one of Florida's leading environmental law firms, as an associate in 1990 and became an
equity partner in 1997. Because of the timing of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and the need for the firm's clients to understand the many potential implications of the new legislation, Angela quickly became an authority on the CAA through her representation of trade association, utility, and industry clients. Angela played a large role in all of the major
air-related rulemakings in Florida for the next decade as well as the initial authorizing legislation, and she continues to be one of the leaders in this field. During those rulemakings, Angela represented various trade organizations as well as a multi-industry coalition and led successful negotiations on their behalf with the agency. Angela continued to gain knowledge and experience in all of the various substantive areas of environmental law through her representation of utility clients siting dozens of new generating units under the Power Plant Siting Act. Over the years, the scope of her practice grew to include broader environmental representation on behalf of a wide variety of industry, manufacturing, developer, trade association, and government clients. With the momentum of a long and successful law firm career, Angela established a solo practice five years ago, where she has continued to represent industry, utility, developer, and individual clients with environmental matters. Angela's clients include Fortune 100 companies, established electric utilities, global manufacturing companies, and new entrepreneurial startup companies.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Florida Bar
Administrative Law Section; CLE Committee and State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice Certification Committee
Environmental and Land Use Law Section; Executive Council, CLE Committee, and Co-Author of Chapter in ELULS Treatise
Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Prior Member and Current Liaison
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Section Chair's Award for Outstanding Contribution 2017–2018
Council Member 2015–2018
Editor in Chief and Editorial Board, Trends Newsletter 2009–2015
Chair, Co-Chair, Vice Chair, Air Quality Committee 2005–2012
Fall Meeting Planning Committee Chair and Co-Chair, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2014
Co-Author, Clean Air Act Handbook 2012, 2016
Air and Waste Management Association
Florida Section Director 2012–2013; Co-Chair, Annual Conference 2013
Northeast Chapter Annual Conference Chair 2014
Coastal Plains and Big Bend Chapters 1991–present
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Environmental Law Institute
Florida Association of Environmental Professionals
Florida Association of Women Lawyers
Florida Brownfields Association
Florida Municipal Electric Association
Tallahassee Bar Association
Tallahassee Women Lawyers
The Fellows of the American Bar, Life Fellow
The Florida Bar Foundation Fellows
EDUCATION
Oklahoma City University, J.D. (with High Distinction), Hatton W. Sumners Scholar, Managing Editor of Law Review, 1990
Northeastern State University (Oklahoma), B.A. (summa cum laude), 1987
BAR ADMISSIONS
The Florida Bar, 1990
U.S. District Courts for Northern, Southern, and Middle Districts of Florida
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
State and Federal Government and
Administrative Practice—The Florida Bar
AWARDS
Outstanding Alumnus Award, Oklahoma City University Law School's Law Review
Gold Star Speaker's Award, The Air & Waste Management Association Coastal Plains Chapter
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Cherokee Nation, Tribal Citizen
Leadership Tallahassee, Class XIX
Kids Voting Leon County, Past Chair
Tallahassee Film Society, Volunteer Attorney
Equality Florida, 2017–2018 Gala Committees
Advocate for civil rights and anti-discrimination laws for education and public accommodations, including those based on disabilities, sexual orientation, gender and perform related services on a pro bono basis
Pro bono work for victims of discrimination and individuals with disabilities under Section 504, the ADA, the Fair Housing Act, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act