Jake Cremer

Jake Cremer will teach Legislation and Regulation this semester. He is an attorney at Stearns Weaver Miller, where he counsels clients in their interactions with local, state and federal governments on environmental, land use and land development issues. He has been lead counsel on a variety of complex permitting and economic development matters, including ad valorem tax exemptions and brownfield designations. Cremer routinely assists large agricultural landowners on long-term strategic planning for their holdings and in defense of their greenbelt classifications. He has extensive experience protecting environmental and land use permits against challenges, defending against government compliance and enforcement issues, and litigating property rights issues, including before the United States Supreme Court. Cremer began his law practice in Tallahassee, where he gained experience dealing with the legislative and regulatory process of state government.