Kenneth G. Oertel founded the firm and is a 1966 graduate of New York University School of Law. Mr. Oertel has an undergraduate degree in Biology. His experience includes several years as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, General Counsel for the Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, and first Director of the Division of Administrative Hearings. He also served as General Counsel for the Department of Professional Regulation. He has been in private practice since 1978. He is the author of a book on the Administrative Procedure Act, Florida Administrative Practice . Much of his practice is in the area of regulatory, administrative, growth management, environmental, government contracting, licensing, and transportation law.
Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Governmental Law; Litigation.
Admitted: 1970, New York, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, U.S. Court of Claims
Law School: New York University, J.D., 1966.
College: New York University, B.A., 1963.
Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Environmental Committee, 1974-1976; Executive Committee, 1975-1978, Administrative Law Section).
Biography: Author, "Hearings Under Florida's New Administrative Procedure Act," The Florida Bar Journal, 1975; Florida Administrative Practice Forms, Harrison & Co., 1978; "Beach, Shore & Coastal Zone Regulation," in Environmental Land Use Manual, Florida Bar, 1993. U.S. Department of Justice, 1967-1972. General Counsel, State of Florida Board of Trustees, Internal Improvement Trust Fund, 1972-1974. Director, State of Florida, Division of Administrative Hearings, 1974-1978. General Counsel, Florida Department of Professional Regulation, 1979.
Born: New York, New York, February 27, 1943.
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