Disaster Law and Consulting (DLC) was formed for the purpose of providing the highest level of consulting assistance to Counties, Cities and certain non-profits as they prepare for and recover from disasters. DLC is operated and staffed by experienced disaster professionals that will help lead entities out of the chaos caused by a major event. Our primary service is FEMA disaster grant management. Our staff has decades of experience in the area and has developed hundreds of millions of dollars of Public Assistance projects across the country. Indeed, we are known for tackling some of the most difficult project issues, whether it be in grant development, appeal, and/or closeout.
Our services also include the development of FEMA appeals. Since the firm is owned by an attorney that is admitted to many federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, DLC will aggressively challenge FEMA determinations to ensure that our clients receive their maximum federal reimbursement from every disaster. Indeed, DLC has filed more than 500 FEMA First and Second Appeals for clients, with many successes.
DLC’s primary goals are to assist their clients be prepared for disasters, to ensure that their FEMA disaster grant management process maximizes federal reimbursement, to challenge any adverse decisions from FEMA, and advocate for the expeditious dispatch of recovery funds to our clients.
Anthony J. Ettore
CEO and Principal Attorney
Anthony J. Ettore is an attorney with over 34 years of experience, which includes serving as the General Counsel for the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM). During his time with FDEM he was the Division's attorney on operational, contract, and personnel matters, and also acted as counsel for the State Emergency Response Team. In this role, Tony worked to assist the State of Florida through the 120-day activation precipitated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Mr. Ettore is knowledgeable and familiar with all aspects of the Stafford Act and its implementing policies. He provided legal counsel to the Recovery Section of FDEM on the specific interpretation of the rules and regulations governing the Public Assistance program and also served the Bureau of Mitigation extensively and is well versed with the 406 program. While at FDEM, Tony was also responsible for the review and approval of all draft first and second appeals filed with FEMA.
For the last fourteen years Tony has been working daily with the FEMA Public Assistance programs rules and regulations and he has gained extensive experience with the application of both state and federal procurement regulations and issues. Further, Tony has performed QAQC on over 1,250 FEMA projects and drafted more than 500 FEMA First and Second Appeals so he is intimately familiar with the details of the processes that lead to FEMA appeals and the appeals process itself.
Tony is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District Courts of both Florida and Georgia, and the Florida and Georgia Bars. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan (1990), his Masters of Arts Degree from the Florida State University (1987), and his Bachelor of Science Degree from Florida State University (1986), Summa Cum Laude.