Luna E. Phillips

• Chambers & Partners, “Leaders in Their Field,” Environment, 2014-24
• Leader of Gunster's environmental law practice ranked "Band 1" by Chambers USA, 2017-21
• South Florida Legal Guide, “Top Lawyer,” 2013
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Environmental Law, 2013-25
• Chambers & Partners, “Up and Coming,” Environment, 2012
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2021
  • “Rising Star”, 2009
• Florida Trend, “Legal Elite,” Environmental Law, 2006, 2019
• Fort Lauderdale Magazine, “Top Lawyers,” Environmental Law, 2021-22
• Recipient of the Winburn E. Stewart Tuition Scholarship

• “LOSOM: Lake Okeechobee’s New Regulation Schedule – A Scheduled Based on Operational Flexibility,” author, Florida Specifier, September 2024
• "Lake Okeechobee & the Estuaries: A Water Management Balancing Act (Parts 1 & 2)," moderator, 36th annual Environmental Permitting Summer School, Florida Chamber Foundation, July 2022
• "The Essentials of Obtaining an Environmental Resource Permit: The Nuts and Bolts of ERP Permitting (Parts 1 & 2)," 36th annual Environmental Permitting Summer School, Florida Chamber Foundation, July 2022
• AWRA Florida - 2021 Annual Water Management District Update, moderator, December 17, 2021
• Latest Developments in Water Resources Management in Florida, AWRA Florida annual meeting, meeting chair, August 2019
• "Essentials of Obtaining an Environmental Resource Permit: The Nuts and Bolts of ERP Permitting," Florida Chamber Foundation's 33rd Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2019
• "Lake Okeechobee and the Estuaries: A Water Management Balancing Act," Florida Chamber Foundation's 33rd Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2019
• "Florida business community: Water issues to watch in 2019," co-author, Daily Business Review, March 27, 2019
• “Advanced ERP topics: EPermitting and ESSA, Mitigation and UMAM, Alternative and Cumulative Impacts Analysis, Direct and Secondary Impacts,” co-presenter, Florida Engineering Society Winter Water Seminar, Feb. 25, 2019
• "Legislative updates and emerging issues," co-presenter, 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference, Jan. 25, 2019
• "Florida's water future: Where is it going? Where will it come from?," contributor, Florida Trend, Nov. 28, 2018
• "The changing landscape of water: How to save on hotel water demands and expenses," co-author, Hotel Executive, Nov. 25, 2018
• "River of Grass: A Confluence of Law, Policy, and Environmental Science in the Everglades," panelist, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources' 47th Spring Conference, April 19, 2018
• "Public-Private Partnerships Can 'Bridge the Gap' to Resource Sustainability," The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 92, No. 2, February 2018
• South Florida U.S. Army Corps update, AWRA Florida annual meeting, August 2017
• "Lake Okeechobee and the estuaries: A water management balancing act," and "The essentials of obtaining an environmental resource permit: The nuts and bolts of ERP permitting," Florida Environmental Network's Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2017
• "Lake Okeechobee and the Estuaries: A Water Management Balancing Act - Latest Developments & Near Term Predictions," moderator, 30th annual Environmental Permitting School, Florida Chamber Foundation, July 2016
• "Wetlands Permitting and Mitigation: The Essentials of Obtaining an Environmental Resource Permit - The Nuts & Bolts of ERP Permitting," 30th annual Environmental Permitting School, Florida Chamber Foundation, July 2016
• "Update on Rules and Regulations," South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society, June 30, 2016
• "Water Management in South Florida," American Water Resources Association (AWRA), Florida Section, Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE), May 15, 2015
• “The Essentials of Obtaining an Environmental Resource Permit (ERP),” 26th Annual Environmental Permitting School, Florida Chapter, July 2011-14
• "Northern Everglades and Lake Okeechobee" panel discussion- 26th Annual Environmental Permitting School, Florida Chamber, July 2014
• “Implementing Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria,” 26th Annual Environmental Permitting School, Florida Chamber, July 2012
• “Planning for Sustainability 101,” 26th Annual Environmental Permitting School, Florida Chamber, July 2012, February 2011
• “Permit Challenges — Everything a Consultant Needs to Know,” Broward Chapter of the American Society of Engineers, Keynote Speaker, March 2011
• “Florida’s Water Resources,” Senior Executive Orientation, Broward Leadership Foundation, February 2011
• Water Choices I & II Forums, Florida Earth Foundation, Chair, October 2010, February 2011
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Florida Section meeting chair, September 2010
• “Practice Before the D.O.A.H.,” The Florida Bar Conference, Administrative & Environmental & Land Use Law Sections, October 30, 2009
• “WMD Planning, Regulatory and Alternative Water Supply Update,” Florida Chamber, Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2009
• “Florida's Environmental Challenges,” Florida Power & Light, June 2009
• “Water Quality Rules and New Development,” Florida Bar’s Hot Topics in Environmental and Land Use Law, April 2009
• “Everglades: Current Obstacles and Opportunities Facing the River of Grass,” CLE International, Program co-chair and guest speaker, October 30-31, 2008
• “Recent Developments and Issues in the ERP Permitting Program,” Florida Bar’s Hot Topics in Environmental and Land Use Law, April 2008
• “Administrative Practice before the Division of Administrative Hearings, An ERP Permit Challenge,” Florida Bar, program co-chair and guest speaker, November 2007
• “Northern and Southern Everglades,” CLE International Florida Wetlands Seminar, November 2007
• “Everglades Restoration and Development: ERP Developments within Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program Footprints,” Florida Bar’s Environmental Hot Topics Conference, March 2006
• “Environmental Resource Permits and Everglades Restoration,” CLE International Mitigation Banking and Wetlands Conference, November 2005
• FAU Guest Lecturer, Administrative Law Class, Administrative Adjudication, March 2004
• “Environmental Resource Permitting Update,” Florida Bar’s Annual Environmental Law and Land Use Conference, August 2003
• “Overview of the South Florida Water Management District’s Environmental Resource Permitting Program,” Palm Beach Bar CLE Environmental Permitting, January 2002
• “Water Management District Enforcement,” Florida Chamber, Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 1998
• Phillips, L., “Administrative Adjudication: Decisions Affecting Substantial Interest,” Treatise on Environmental and Land Use Law, Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar
• Phillips, L., “Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act: Protections on Private Property,” Treatise on Environmental and Land Use Law, Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar

Professional Associations & Memberships

• LEED AP, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional by the U.S. Green Building Council
• Florida Bar
  • Environmental and Land Use Law Section
  • Administrative Law Section
  • Governmental Law Section
  • Environmental and Land Use Law Section Executive Council, 2012
• Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, South Chapter
• Florida Earth Foundation
  • Vice President, 2024
  • Secretary, 2012
  • Board Member, 2011-16
• Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Ecosystems Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section on Environment, Energy and Resource Law
• American Water Resources Association, Florida Section
  • Vice President, 2024
  • Board of Directors, 2010-present
  • Secretary, 2023
• Women in the Environment
• United States Green Building Council, South Florida Chapter
• Greater-Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce

Civic & Community Service

• Leadership Florida
  • Regional Council, Gold Coast Region, 2020
  • Cornerstone Class 38