Icard Merrill

David M. Levin

Shareholder   ||   At Icard Merrill Since 1987

David M. Levin is a shareholder with the firm and limits his practice to environmental, real estate (with particular emphasis on waterfront property closings and due diligence), land use and governmental law. Mr. Levin is the City Attorney for the City of Punta Gorda, Florida.

Mr. Levin has also been involved in administrative rulemaking and rule challenges, and has represented both public and private clients in litigation before federal, state, and administrative tribunals. Mr. Levin has represented both private and public clients concerning legal matters including, but not limited to: Coastal Construction; Real Property Transactions and Closings; Federal, State and Local dredge and fill permitting; riparian rights; residential and commercial dock, seawall and marina permitting; mangrove alteration; storm-water discharges; wastewater collection and treatment; landfill permitting; groundwater contamination; environmental audits and state submerged lands.

Prior to joining Icard Merrill in 1987, Mr. Levin was Assistant General Counsel to the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Environmental Prosecutor for the State Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit (Sarasota, Manatee and Desoto Counties), and Assistant Director of the Sarasota County Legal Department.

Mr. Levin has authored several published articles on environmental, coastal construction and real estate topics and is a frequent lecturer on these subjects.

After receiving a B.S. degree in Biology from Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut in 1975 and serving as a biologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mr. Levin earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama in 1979. To further his training in environmental and waterfront property law, Mr. Levin attended the University of Miami School of Law, Miami, Florida, and earned the prestigious Master of Law (L.L.M.) Degree in Ocean and Coastal Law in 1980.

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