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Nelson Mullins Partner Jack Smith to Keynote Environmental Symposium

TALLAHASSEE (Jan. 27, 2010) -- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner N. Jack Smith will be the featured speaker on Monday at the Institute for Energy Systems, Economics and Sustainability's Florida Symposium on Offshore Energy-Part II: The Inshore Challenges of Offshore Energy Prospects. The symposium will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the FSU Turnbull Conference Center in Tallahassee.

Mr. Smith will discuss Management Challenges for Energy Development and Ecosystem Sustainability in the Gulf. Based in the coastal city of Charleston, S.C., Mr. Smith has extensive knowledge of environmental policy and regulations stemming from his prior work for state and federal government agencies and more than 20 years in private practice. He has held positions with the S.C. Office of Coastal Resources Management, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, the S.C. Coastal Council, and the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, National Oceans Policy Study. Mr. Smith was appointed alternate delegate for the State of South Carolina to the Coastal States Organization, 1982-89.

The symposium will consider how to manage the special ecological, spatial, and legal issues of energy development in the coastal zone of Florida, with an emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico. Two expert panels will present the environmental and legal framework of the issues, particularly spatial aspects such as defining lease areas and identifying ecologically sensitive zones. A wrap-up session will identify key knowledge resources and data gaps.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 400 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing from offices in Atlanta, Boston, Tallahassee, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and throughout the Carolinas. For more information on the Firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com, or call 803.255.9794.

For more information on the symposium, visit the Web site at http://www.ieses.fsu.edu.

 

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