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<br />Partner
<br />despino@wsh-law.com
<br />2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
<br />Suke 700
<br />Coral Gables, Florida 33134
<br />P:(305)854-0800
<br />F: (305) 854-2323
<br />Practice Areas
<br />• Local Counsel Representation
<br />•Local Government Division
<br />• Municipal Government Law
<br />• Land Use and Zoning (Public & Private)
<br />• Public Private Partnerships (P3)
<br />• Business Organization and Transactions
<br />Corporate Law
<br />• Government Affairs and Procurement
<br />• Affordable Housing
<br />• Not -for -Profit and Quasi -Governmental
<br />Entities
<br />Bar Admissions
<br />• Florida, 2008
<br />Education
<br />•University of Miami
<br />B.A., 2004
<br />• Nova Southeastern University
<br />J.D., 2008
<br />Government Clients
<br />• City of Doral
<br />• City of Miami Springs
<br />• Town of Medley
<br />•Village of Virginia Gardens
<br />• Town of Cutler Bay
<br />• Homestead Housing Authority
<br />• Village of Pinecrest
<br />• Town of Southwest Ranches
<br />Daniel A. Espino
<br />Daniel A. Espino, a Miami native of Cuban descent, is a government law attorney
<br />with the firm of Weiss Serota Holtman. Dan possesses unique insight into local
<br />government gained from having been an elected -official. Dan practices in the
<br />Firm's Local Government Division, Land Use and Zoning Group and Government
<br />Affairs and Procurement Group. Having served on the City Council for the City of
<br />Miami Springs and served as a City attorney for multiple municipalities, Dan has
<br />developed substantial knowledge and experience in issues related to local
<br />governments throughout south Florida. Amongst legal, elected, and appointed
<br />positions, Dan has amassed over 17 years of local government experience.
<br />Dan is the City Attorney for the City of Miami Springs and served as the City
<br />Attorney for the City of Doral for nearly five years. He also represents Virginia
<br />Gardens and Medley and has represented Cutler Bay, Pinecrest, and Southwest
<br />Ranches. As City Attorney, Dan serves as general counsel to municipalities
<br />handling everything from public contract, meetings and records to land -use,
<br />zoning, labor, and legislative matters. He has handled matters involving public
<br />sector procurement, zoning and code changes, interlocal and intergovernmental
<br />agreements, municipal annexations,. and various stages of affordable housing and
<br />other land development projects. He has also participated in such processes as
<br />comprehensive master plan amendments, bond issuances, public pension
<br />collective bargaining, municipal strategic planning, commercial redevelopment
<br />efforts and legislative initiatives. Dan has represented the Homestead Housing
<br />Authority on a variety of matters and has been involved in the topic of affordable
<br />housing throughout Miami -Dade County. His government practice also includes
<br />representing developers and other property owners before local governments for
<br />land -use and zoning matters, for such things as land -use map changes,
<br />rezonings, special exceptions and conditional uses, variances, and a myriad of
<br />other development related issues.
<br />Dan served on the City
<br />Council for the City of Miami Springs for two tenns, first
<br />elected in 2009—becoming the youngest elected official In city history and ane of
<br />the youngest in Miami -Dade County. Prior to that, he served on the city's Zoning
<br />and Planning Board, Board of Adjustment and Code Review board. While in office,
<br />he was a member of the Intergovernmental Relations Legislative Committee of the
<br />Florida League of Cities, chaired the Legislate Committee of the Miami -Dade
<br />League of Cities and participated on the host committee of the National
<br />Association of Latino Elected Official's Annual Conference.
<br />In February
<br />of 2011, Dan was named one of the "Top Young Leaders of Miami" by
<br />Latino Leaders Magazine, and, in November of 2011, he was named the "Elected
<br />Official of the Year' by the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In
<br />2015, he was named a Miami Fellow by the Miami Foundation and 2016 accepted
<br />into Leadership Florida's Connect Florida program. He has recently been named a
<br />Rising Star by the Daily Business Review, a Top 40 under 40 Lawyer by the South
<br />Florida Business Journal, and the Top Legal Up and Comer by South Florida
<br />Business and Wealth Magazine.
<br />Dan is heavily involved in the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as
<br />an Honorary Member of its Board of Directors, Co -Chair of its Government Affairs
<br />Committee and member of its Small Business Committee. In 2018, the Chamber
<br />awarded Dan the annual Sunshine Lawyer of the Year Award. An alumnus of the
<br />Miami Fellows program, he remains involved with the Miami Foundation,
<br />advancing various efforts and programs across the County. Dan has been
<br />involved with the American Cancer Society for many years, serving as Honorary
<br />Chair of the River Cities Relay for Life from 2011 to 2012 and an active participant
<br />before and after that period.
<br />Dan has been involved with the American Cancer Society for many years, serving
<br />as Honorary
<br />Chair of the River Cities Relay for Life from 2011 to 2012 and an
<br />active participant before and after that period. He also served on the Board of
<br />Directors of his high school alma mater, Monsignor Edward Pace High School, as
<br />well as President of Its Alumni Association. He is an active parishioner of his
<br />life-long church, Blessed Trinity Catholic Church.
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