Environmental Attorney Stacy Watson May Joins Holland & Knight in Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Fla. (December 9, 2013) – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that environmental attorney Stacy Watson May has joined the firm as of counsel in the Jacksonville office.

Ms. Watson May counsels a variety of industrial and commercial clients such as manufacturers, facility owners and developers with environmental compliance and enforcement actions across multiple states as well as at the federal and local levels. For these clients, she regularly negotiates reduced penalties with government agencies.

For property owners and investors, Ms. Watson May handles litigation and transactions involving the purchase, sale and redevelopment of environmentally impacted properties. She pilots clients through the environmental due diligence of real estate and manufacturing operations in large mergers and acquisitions at the state, multistate and multinational levels. Additionally, Ms. Watson May is a state certified Circuit Civil Mediator in all Florida judicial circuits.

Her experience includes practicing environmental law with CSX Transportation and, most recently, at her own private practice.

Ms. Watson May currently serves as chair of the Jacksonville Bar Association's Practicing with Professionalism Section. She has served as a guest lecturer at the Florida Coastal School of Law and is a previous chair and committee member of the Mentor Program of the Fourth Judicial Circuit in Jacksonville.