In 1974, the Miami firm of Myers, Kenin, Levinson, Frank & Richards, opened a Tallahassee office to meet the growing needs of its clients in the State capital. Robert M.C. Rose, formerly the deputy director and chief attorney for the Florida Public Service Commission’s Water and Sewer Regulatory Department, became the resident partner.

Over the years the firm’s utility practice grew to include representation of governmental as well as privately owned utilities. Areas of concentration included utility mergers and acquisitions, rate cases, tax-exempt and conventional financing, territorial rights, permitting and special district creation and structuring. In addition, a larger commercial, administrative and environmental law practice was developed with the growth of the firm.

In 1987, as part of a firm reorganization, the Tallahassee office formed the law firm of Rose, Sundstrom & Bentley. Since that time, the firm has grown, not for the sake of growth, but to compliment its public utility, environmental and administrative law practice. Today, Rose, Sundstrom & Bentley, LLP is a 14 attorney firm with experience in areas such as complex environmental litigation, water rights, commercial litigation, corporate and not-for-profit companies, health care, and public finance and real estate.