Member of the trial team representing the owner of an 820 acre citrus grove located just west of Wellington in Palm Beach County in 2000. The property was condemned by the federal government for construction of Stormwater Treatment Area 1-East for everglades restoration. The government’s initial offer to the property owner was approximately $6,065,000. After a three-week trial in federal court , the jury rendered a verdict in the amount of $ 22,700,000.