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�1 WEISS <br />COLER& BIERMAN AN <br />AT me CROSSROADS or BI SINUS& GOV[RNAtntT & nit LAW <br />Partner <br />rmeyers@wsh-law.com <br />200 E. Broward Blvd. <br />Suite 1900 <br />Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 <br />P:(954)763-4242 <br />F: (954) 764 7770 <br />Practice Areas <br />Is <br />Administrative and Regulatory Law <br />• Election Law <br />• Ethics Law <br />• <br />Governmental Litigation <br />• Local Government Division <br />• Not -for -Profit and Quasi -Governmental <br />Entities <br />• Special Counsel to Local Government <br />Bar Admissions <br />• Florida, 1991 <br />Education <br />niversity <br />Uof Miami School of Law, 1984 <br />Florida International University, MPA, 1981 <br />University of Florida, BA, 1979 <br />Robert Meyers <br />Robert practices in the areas of ethics and governance, and is the immediate past <br />Executive Director of the Miami -Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust. As <br />the Ethics Commission's chief executive officer for the last thirteen years, Robert <br />oversaw all operations, including enforcement, advice -giving and <br />training/education. While heading the Ethics Commission, he drafted hundreds of <br />ethics opinions., while analyzing State, county and municipal ethics codes. <br />Moreover, Robert assisted in the drafting of model ethics codes and amendments <br />to existing ethics codes in Miami -Dade County and across the State of Florida. <br />Under his watch, the Ethics Commission was identified as one of the model local <br />ethics commissions in the country, and received many accolades for its innovative <br />programming and outreach activities, from such organizations as Transparency <br />International, the National Association of Counties, and the National League of <br />Cities. <br />Robert frequently lectures on the topics of ethics, governance and leadership, and <br />has published several articles and treatises. He has been a panelist at many local, <br />state and national conferences sponsored by the National League of Cities, the <br />Florida League of Cities, the American Bar Association, the Florida Municipal <br />Attomays Association, the National Institute of Government Purchasers and <br />COGEL. <br />Prior to his appointment as the Ethics Commission's Executive Director, he was a <br />professor at Florida International University and the University of Tennessee, <br />where he taught courses in law, ethics and government. Before joining the Ethics <br />Commission, Robert practiced at a Fort Lauderdale firm where he concentrated in <br />or and employment and administrative law. <br />Professional Associations <br />• American Bar Association <br />• COGEL <br />• American Society for Public Administration <br />