Robert Volpe is Partner with Holtzman Vogel and represents property owners and developers on land use and real estate development issues.  His practice focuses on disputes involving private property rights, complex real estate transactions, comprehensive planning, zoning, developments of regional impact, and other planned and large-scale developments.

Robert routinely presents on the legal aspects of land use and development including lectures at Florida State University in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and formerly served as Chair of the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Commission and Local Planning Agency.

Complementary to his legal practice, Robert is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser with experience in the valuation of commercial and agricultural properties.

  • The Florida Bar, Environmental and Land Use Section, Chair 2023
  • Urban Land Institute, North Florida Capital Region Board Member 2019-present
  • Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Commission, Chair 2019-2021, Member 2018-2019
  • Tallahassee-Leon County Local Planning Agency, Chair 2019-2021, Member 2018-2019
  • Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Citizens Advisory Committee, Member 2019-2021
  • Judy Florence Memorial Outstanding Service Award, Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section, 2018
  • Stephens/Register Leadership and Vision Award, Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section,2019
  • Best Lawyers – Up and Coming, 2023
  • Florida Super Lawyers - Rising Star, 2019 to present
  • Sector Plans, The Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise (May 2022), co-authored with Gary Hunter
  • Impact Fees in Florida, The Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Treatise (April 2022)
  • The Role of Advanced Cost Recovery in Nuclear Energy Policy, 15 SUSTAINABLE DEV. L. & POL’Y 28 (2015)
  • Affordable Housing Seminar, Environmental and Land Use Law Webcast (2023)
  • Florida Chamber Environmental Permitting School
    • Strategic Planning and Permitting for Development (2018-2023)
    • “Rights of Nature” (2022, 2023)
    • Comprehensive Planning and Growth Management Update (2022)
    • Concurrency, Impact Fees and Mobility Fees (2022)
  • “Exactions Toolbox: From Dedications to Development Fees, a Legal Primer,” Florida American Planning Association Annual Conference (2021)
  • Florida State University Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Frequent Lecturer on Land Use Law

Related Practice Areas
  • Florida State University, J.D., magna cum laude
    • Certificate in Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law
    • Article Selection Editor, Florida State University Law Review, Volume 42
  • Florida State University, B.S., Real Estate
  • The Florida Bar
  • All Florida Courts
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Robert Volpe