It’s not easy to challenge ”The Man” and emerge victorious, but Palm Beach Gardens attorney Barry S. Balmuth has a knack for finding a way.

Balmuth holds Florida’s record for the largest ever recovery in an inverse condemnation case. In it, he secured a $42 million settlement in exchange for 38 acres from landowners who’d already lost about 7 acres of their Dania Beach tree farm to the county, thanks to flooding and lack of access caused by nearby airport construction work.