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Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes Offices
200 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 300
Miami, FL 33131
FLORDIA
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Graham Penn
Work Department
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Position
Partner
Career
Graham has a broad range of land use and zoning law experience, particularly in Miami-Dade County, Miami Beach, Opa-locka, North Bay Village, Hollywood, Palmetto Bay, Cutler Bay, Hallandale Beach, and Pompano Beach. Additionally, he handles appellate litigation matters before the Eleventh Judicial Circuit’s Appellate Division and the Third District Court of Appeal. His work has been broad, including complex Land Use Plan amendments, Development Agreements, and Development of Regional Impact applications. He served for nine years on the Hollywood Sustainability Advisory Committee, helping to guide the City’s policies related to sustainable development.
Following graduation from law school, Graham clerked for the Honorable Emmett Ripley Cox of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Mobile, Alabama.
He graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey (B.A. 1993) and the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (J.D., High Honors, 2000) in Gainesville.
Recognized for his legal writing, Graham was the Notes and Comments Editor of the University of Florida Law Review, was elected as a member of the Order of the Coif, and was awarded the George W. Milam Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarly Legal Writing. He also received the Gertrude Brick Law Review Prize for Best Note.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Florida Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Judicial Circuit
Education
- J.D., University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, with honors, 2000
- B.A., Rutgers College, 1993
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is a boutique land use, zoning and environmental law firm operating out of Miami. Complex and legislative quasi-judicial matters, often also politically sensitive, form a core pillar of the group’s work in the space, including the full-life cycle of projects from initial due diligence, through to construction, re-zoning, site planning and permitting matters, among others. Four attorneys jointly chair the department – esteemed practitioner and co-founding partner Jeffrey Bercow
is vastly experienced on federal real estate permitting and licensing matters, including zoning and approvals, developments of regional impacts and environmental matters, among many others. He is joined by Ben Fernandez , who focuses his practice on representing landowners, institutional clients and developers on the full-suite land use and zoning matter. Melissa Tapanes Llahues seeks licensing and regulatory approvals from governmental bodies and agencies on behalf of landowners, institutional clients and developers. Michael Larkin rounds out the management team, and is a key name in Miami-Dade county, where he regularly appears before governmental departments and commissions. Graham Penn is also a key figure, offering broad land use and zoning experience and handling appellate litigation matters.