Greg Munson is a shareholder with the Gunster firm and represents regulated industries in the industrial, agricultural, mining, and utility sectors in all areas of state and federal environmental law. He represents clients before Florida’s executive branch agencies, the state’s water management districts, the Division of Administrative Hearings, the Florida governor and cabinet, EPA, and the Florida Legislature.
He twice held senior positions at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Beginning in 2011, Greg was the deputy secretary for water policy and ecosystem restoration. In this capacity, he supervised the department’s activities related to Everglades restoration and the state’s water management districts. From 2004 to 2006, Greg was general counsel at DEP, and oversaw all legal matters in the department.
He also served in the private sector, as general counsel for WRScompass, now Northstar, a national company providing environmental remediation, civil construction and consulting services to commercial, federal and state clients.
Before law school, after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Greg served in the U.S. Air Force on the RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft. In that service, he deployed around the globe and flew nearly 100 operational missions, attaining the rank of Captain and serving as the aircraft’s Mission Commander.