Deborah Getzoff

Senior Counsel, Lewis Longman & Walker, P.A., Tampa BayMs. Getzoff’s practice focuses on state and federal environmental regulatory matters for coastal projects, land development, wetlands and water facilities. She has over 30 years of experience in environmental and administrative law and policy in both the private and public sectors. From 1999-2011, Ms. Getzoff served as the Southwest District director for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. As the director of a 12-county regulatory office based in Tampa, she managed permitting and compliance for some of the most complicated and innovative projects in Florida during that time, including the then-largest seawater desalination plant in the United States, a 15 billion gallon water supply reservoir and the Gulfstream Natural Gas Interstate pipeline.