Areas of Practice
Education
- B.A., Yale University, 1967
- J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 1970
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Missouri
- Connecticut
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Memberships
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
- Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Legal Counsel and Officer of the Executive Committee;Sarasota County Bar Association
- Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence (SCOPE), founding member and member of Board of Directors
- Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, Citizen Advisory Committee Vice Chair
Suite 700
Sarasota, FL 34236
TEL: 941-316-7634
FAX: 941-316-7934
Mr. Gladding focuses on environmental counseling, permitting, enforcement defense and litigation. With more than 20 years of experience in 30-plus states and most EPA regions, he has been involved in major civil cases, high-profile criminal investigations, and complex regulatory and dispute resolution proceedings. Mr. Gladding also has been significantly involved in state legislative lobbying in ten states. He has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies, as well as smaller businesses and business owners in diverse environmental proceedings.
Mr. Gladding is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
For the past several years, Mr. Gladding has been representing retailers and property landowners and developers, both nationally and in Florida, with environmental permitting and compliance counseling and with environmental due diligence.
While in law school, he was Brief Editor of the Moot Court Executive Board, Note Editor of The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and recipient of the U.S. Law Week Award. After law school, he served four years in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, and for two years he was an instructor of military law and procedure at the U.S. Naval Justice School.