Balch & Bingham LLP

Real Estate

Patrick W. Krechowski has over 25 years of experience in real estate, land use, environmental, governmental, administrative litigation, appeals and title insurance law. Patrick is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in City, County and Local Government Law. His practice focuses on all aspects of zoning and land use law, real estate due diligence, environmental permitting (including sovereign submerged lands and riparian rights), environmental remediation, water use permitting and planning, beach nourishment projects, coastal construction and due diligence before local governments and federal/state agencies, including associated administrative and civil litigation.

Patrick has represented various state agency boards and local governments, including serving as the City Attorney for Neptune Beach, Florida and as Port Attorney for the Ocean Highway & Port Authority, Nassau County, Florida. This experience not only allows him to assist local governments with virtually any aspect of their operations, it also gives Patrick a unique insight into how best to navigate challenges that his private clients often encounter in seeking local and state approvals for their real estate projects.

Patrick has extensive public speaking and teaching experience and is a published contributing author to a book focused on international climate change.

The Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Section Executive Council Secretary, 2017-2018 Treasurer, 2016-2017, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Chair 2016-2017 Administrative Law Section Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) The Florida Bar City, County and Local Government Section Board Certified, 2018 Urban Land Institute, Technical Advisory Panel Committee Co-Chair Urban Land Institute North Florida District Council, Chair Northeast Florida Builders Association, Government Affairs Committee Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Trustee Florida Brownfields Association, Former Board Member Legislative Committee Membership Committee JAX Alliance, Industry Affairs Committee Georgia Environmental Conference, Steering Committee, 2019-2020 Jacksonville Urban Core Economic Development Forum, Member Rail Yard District Business Council

Florida State University, B.S., 1995

Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, J.D., 1998