Ronald L. Weaver is of counsel with Stearns Weaver Miller in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Weaver has extensive experience in advising landowners, development companies and occasionally local governments in environmental, land use and property rights law and real estate acquisition and financing. He has conducted land use, environmental, zoning, developments of regional impact (DRI), comprehensive plan, and concurrency due diligence for the acquisition and development of over $3 billion worth of Florida property in 30 different counties and 50 cities, including a $600 million due diligence of 12 properties for one acquisition/ financing. Mr. Weaver speaks regularly on land use issues and has written over 200 articles in national, local and regional publications, law journals and newsletters. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal on growth management, concurrency, property rights and takings cases. Mr. Weaver has published commentaries and articles in NAIOP’s Development magazine and the Urban Land Institute’s Urban Land magazine.