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WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN
<br />AT Till CROMOAM COLEOr&51BIERpMANTill
<br />LAW
<br />Member
<br />slt@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 />• Administrative and Regulatory Law
<br />• Appellate Law
<br />• Code Enforcement
<br />• Municipal Government Law
<br />Bar Admissions
<br />• Florida, 1991
<br />• U.S. District Court, Southern District of
<br />Florida, 1993
<br />• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1997
<br />• U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2011
<br />• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
<br />Education
<br />• University of North Carolina School of Law
<br />JD, 1991
<br />• University of North Carolina
<br />MRP, 1991
<br />• Duke University
<br />AB Public Policy Studies, cum laude, 1986
<br />Susan L. Trevarthen, FAICP
<br />Susan handles land use, planning and zoning matters for governments and is a
<br />municipal attorney. Her work includes negotiating development agreements and
<br />approvals, drafting municipal codes and plans, advising municipal staffs,
<br />managers and attorneys, defending challenges to municipal regulations and
<br />decisions, handling public hearings and counseling elected officials, as well as
<br />advocating for municipalities on legislative issues in herfield. She serves as Town
<br />Attorney.She also serves as the Chair of our Public Land Use and Zoning Group,
<br />which handles all of the land use matters for the Cities of Cooper City, Weston,
<br />Miramar, Aventura, Medley, Doral, Marco Island, Indialantic and Homestead; the
<br />Towns of Cutler Bay and Lauderdale -By -The -Sea; and the Villages of Bal
<br />Harbour, Key Biscayne and Pinecrest. The Group also provides outside counsel
<br />services on planning, zoning and land use matters to additional South Florida
<br />cities on an as needed basis. In recent years, these cities have included Boca
<br />Raton, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, Wellington, Lauderhill, Juno Beach,
<br />Pompano Beach, Sunrise, Hallandale Beach, Parkland, Hollywood, Coconut
<br />Creek, Vero Beach, Plant City, Miami Beach, Dania Beach, Cape Coral, Coral
<br />Gables and Miami Springs.
<br />Susan's practice includes extensive constitutional law in her field, including
<br />regulatory taking cases and land use and zoning decisions raising First
<br />Amendment issues, including sign codes, adult use regulations, and regulation of
<br />religious uses, Harris Act claims, comprehensive plan challenges and petitions for
<br />certiorari.
<br />Susan also has extensive experience with school planning and facilities issues
<br />and mandatory school concurrency, and she has represented local governments
<br />and school boards across the state on these issues.
<br />Susan has held leadership positions In The Florida Bars Section for
<br />Environmental and an Use Law and Section for City, County antl Local
<br />Govemment Law. She is a member of the Board of Directors of 1000 Friends of
<br />Florida. She has been recognized as one of the top land use attorneys in the state
<br />in publications such as Florida Trend Magazine and SuperLawyers, and she has
<br />an AV rating (highest attainable) from Martindale Hubbell. A member of the
<br />College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners and Board
<br />Certified in City, County and Local Government Law by The Florida Bar, Susan
<br />speaks and publishes frequently on planning, zoning and land use issues. Susan
<br />grew up in Boca Raton, Florida.
<br />Significant Matters
<br />Regulation of First Amendment -protected land uses
<br />Signs
<br />• Representing the American Planning Association, co-author of the amicus
<br />brief addressing the interests of the American Planning Association, National
<br />League of Cities, International Municipal Lawyers Association, US
<br />Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, International
<br />City/County Management Association, and Scenic America, Inc., in the 2015
<br />U.S. Supreme Court case of Reed v. Town of Gilbert.
<br />• Updated and revised regulations of signs for City of Sunrise after it was
<br />challenged, and resulting regulations were upheld by the Eleventh Circuit.
<br />Advised the City on the implementation and interpretation of the sign code as
<br />it related to the Broward County Civic Arena and other developments.
<br />• Updated and revised regulation of signs for City of Miramar and, working with
<br />the Litigation Group, successfully defended the sign regulations in the
<br />Southern District of Florida.
<br />• Working with the Litigation Group, successfully defended the City of Boca
<br />Raton's sign regulations in the Southern District of Florida.
<br />• Updated and revised regulations of signs for Cities of Weston, Coconut
<br />Creek and Dania Beach, Town of Lauderdale -By -The -Sea, and Pasco
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