SHAREHOLDER
Sidney C. Bigham III
Mr. Bigham is a shareholder of the firm. He has about 15 years of experience practicing in the areas of environmental law, land use zoning, entitlements, boundaries and permitting, property rights and boundaries, water rights, eminent domain/condemnation, professional licensure, public procurements and bid disputes, administrative law, and general civil litigation and related appeals. Mr. Bigham has represented a variety of public and private clients in civil cases involving contract disputes, business torts. environmental permitting, remediation, and regulatory enforcement proceedings, agency rulemaking, and public procurements.
Prior to joining the firm he was a partner at Berger Singerman from 2021-2024, and a litigation attorney for Oertel, Fernandez, Bryant & Atkinson, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Ausley McMullen. Mr. Bigham is a graduate of Tulane University with majors in both English and Philosophy, and graduated from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law, in 2009.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Civil/Business Litigation
- Administrative Law
- Environmental Law (Permitting, Remediation, and Enforcement)\
- Local, Regional, State, and Federal Permitting and Licensure
- Water Law
- Public Procurement Disputes
- Land Use Planning, Zoning, Entitlements, and Boundary Disputes
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- The University of Florida, Levin College of Law, J.D., 2009
- Tulane University, B.A. in English and B.A. in Philosophy, 2006
- Florida, 2010
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida
- Member, Tallahassee Bar Association Board of Directors (President, 2024)
- Member by judicial appointment, Second Circuit Pro Bono Committee
- Member, Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Member, City, County, and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Leadership Tallahassee, Class 31 (2014)
- Past Member, Legal Aid Association of the Tallahassee Bar (President, 2013-2014)
- Past Member, Goodwood Museum and Gardens Board of Directors
- Linking Disaster Mitigation and Recovery with Climate Resiliency, annual presentation for the Florida Chamber of Commerce Environmental Permitting Summer School, 2019-2024
- Administrative Adjudication: Decisions Affecting Substantial Interests, Chapter Author for Florida Environmental and Land Use Law Section Treatise, May, 2021
- Burden Shifting in Third Party Challenges to Environmental Regulatory Authorizations, Article for the Florida Administrative Law News, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, January, 2016
- Expert Testimony in Administrative Proceedings, presentation for the Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Section CLE, October, 2015