Shutts & Bowen is welcoming Susan K. Spurgeon as a new partner in its Tampa office. Spurgeon is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation practice group. This group focuses on:
- Real property litigation and environmental law
- Title and boundary disputes
- Eminent domain
- Agricultural law
- Environmental permitting
- Cleanup and closure of contaminated sites
- Defending environmental enforcement actions
More about Susan K. Spurgeon
Spurgeon has more than 35 years of experience representing businesses and individuals from a wide range of industries in real property litigation, including disputes involving easements, right of access, quiet title, survey retracement, adverse possession, partition and ejectment. Her environmental experience includes representing clients in Superfund litigation, wetland impact permitting, dock permitting and riparian rights disputes, and contamination cleanup and closure.
Her breadth of experience is key in growing the law firm’s practice in and around the Tampa Bay area. R. Alan Higbee, the Managing Partner of the Shutts & Bowen Tampa office said:
“Susan’s extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, specifically with regard to real property, is a huge asset to the Tampa office and to our clients around the country. We look forward to her leadership and unique insight as we continue to grow our Business Litigation practice group.”
Community involvement
Spurgeon is a member of The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. She serves on its Executive Council and as Vice Chair of the Problems Study Committee, in addition to being a member of the Eminent Domain Committee. Spurgeon is also an active member of the Tampa community. She represents on the Hillsborough County Bar Association, as well as the Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa Theatre, South Seminole Heights Community Association, and the Seminole Heights Bike Club.
“The depth and breadth of expertise at Shutts & Bowen, not only in the Tampa office but across the state, was certainly a contributing factor to my joining the firm,” said Spurgeon. “I’ve had a great deal of respect for many of these attorneys for several years and I look forward to now practicing with them.”
Spurgeon received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of St. Francis. She received her law degree from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Florida and Illinois as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; and the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is Shutts & Bowen LLP
Shutts & Bowen, established in 1910, is a full-service business law firm with approximately 300 lawyers in offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. Learn more here.
