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8 <br /> Craig H.Coller <br /> PAGE 2 <br /> PUBLICATIONS <br /> • FLUEDRA: Flawed, but Fixable? Craig H. Coller &Dennis A. Kerbel, 86 Fla B.J. 6(June 2012) <br /> ° Should the Narrowing Scope of Second-Tier Certiorari Mandate Findings of Fact in Local Government Quasi- <br /> Judicial Decisions?76 AUG Fla. B.J. 67 (July/August 2002) <br /> SELECT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS <br /> • City of Dora!, Village of Palmetto Bay, and Town of Miami Lakes v. Miami-Dade County. Successfully defended <br /> the County's right to 29 million in mitigation payments from three recently incorporated cites by having declared <br /> unconstitutional a Florida Statute that would have prevented such payments <br /> o Bystrom v. Valencia Center. Successfully argued before the Florida Supreme Court that a Florida Statute relating to <br /> valuation of property for ad valorem tax assessment purposes was unconstitutional <br /> • Metropolitan Dade County v. Fontainebleau Gas and Wash. Obtained opinion from the Third District Court of <br /> Appeal, holding that even though the County had erroneously issued a building permit for construction of a gas <br /> station that was 80 % complete,the County was not estopped from imposing a stop work order on the construction, <br /> as property owners are on notice of zoning restrictions <br /> • Metropolitan Dade County v. Blumenthal. Co-authored the brief for en banc proceedings before the Third District • <br /> Court of Appeals, which held that lay testimony from neighborhood residents constituted substantial competent <br /> evidence to support local zoning decisions <br /> • Metropolitan Dade County v. Fuller. Obtained decision from the Third District Court of Appeal, affirming the <br /> County Commission's grant of an "unusual use" zoning request, holding that the initial zoning decision is <br /> entrusted to the local authority and should not be disturbed unless there is an absence of any substantial competent <br /> evidence <br /> BAR ADMISSIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS <br /> State of Florida; State of Maryland (inactive); U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District <br /> Court, Southern District of Florida; Dade County Bar Association;American Bar Association <br /> EDUCATION <br /> University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1979 <br /> Washington and Lee University, B.S., 1976 <br /> { <br /> { <br /> { <br /> I { <br /> { <br /> { <br />