{"id":152845,"date":"2026-02-12T10:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152845\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:56:08","slug":"adams-reese-adds-top-environmental-attorney-ralph-demeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152845\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams & Reese adds top environmental attorney Ralph DeMeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Ralph helps position Adams & Reese as the go-to firm when clients face particularly challenging environmental issues in Florida.’<\/p>\n

Adams & Reese<\/a> is adding environmental attorney Ralph DeMeo to its Tallahassee office as Counsel to the Intersection of Business and Government Group.<\/p>\n

DeMeo\u2019s practice focuses on environmental and land use law. He represents businesses, landowners, individuals and local governments in state and federal courts, before regulatory agencies, and in legislative matters.<\/p>\n

His work spans environmental permitting and enforcement, administrative proceedings and civil litigation, as well as issues involving wastewater and solid waste releases, toxic torts and brownfields.<\/p>\n

\u201cRalph brings a rare depth of experience in environmental and land use matters and will significantly expand our growing environmental practice,\u201d said Herschel Vinyard, a Partner in Charge of the firm\u2019s Jacksonville office.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur clients across the firm\u2019s footprint, but especially across the Sunshine State, who are pursuing critical projects and sustainable growth will immediately benefit from his knowledge. Ralph helps position Adams & Reese as the go-to firm when clients face particularly challenging environmental issues in Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

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IBG Practice Group Leader Brad Lampley added, \u201cRalph\u2019s knowledge and legal practice is well-known in Florida, and he will be a significant addition in our quest to build one of the leading environmental law practices in the Sunshine State.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeMeo is also experienced in real estate due diligence, condemnation, construction defects, energy and utility law, transportation law and animal law, with an emphasis on civil and administrative litigation.<\/p>\n

An FSU law grad, DeMeo also serves as an adjunct professor at his alma mater as well as Stetson Law, Tallahassee State College and Florida A&M University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Ralph helps position Adams & Reese as the go-to firm when clients face particularly challenging environmental issues in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73750,73751,28,30,29,73752,4870,73753],"class_list":{"0":"post-152845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-adams-reese","9":"tag-brad-lampley","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-herschel-vinyard","14":"tag-personnel-note","15":"tag-ralph-demeo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}