Alicia Lewis is a member of the Land Use and Zoning practice group at Greenspoon Marder. Ms. Lewis focuses her practice on land use, zoning, environmental and governmental law. Ms. Lewis successfully represents the most prominent real estate developers in the country before federal, state, regional, and local government agencies to obtain comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings, site plan approvals, platting, conditional use approvals, variances, Development of Regional Impact (DRI) amendments, and environmental permitting. In 2016, she was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the
Daily Business Review for her work as a land use attorney.
Prior to joining Greenspoon Marder, Ms. Lewis practiced with a prominent local government and public finance firm. She advised public officials and private companies on federal, state, and local government matters and served as special counsel to several cities, counties, and non-profit organizations. Additionally, she traveled across the United States and Canada as a top business consultant for one of the largest consulting firms in North America.
Ms. Lewis is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and also has a master's degree in public administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she was nominated for the prestigious Rhodes-Marshall scholarship. While in law school, Ms. Lewis was a Senior Editor for the Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review, a summer associate for two national law firms, and clerked for the Alabama Attorney General and Chief Administrative Law Judge.
Experience
Speaking Engagements
•Panelist, “Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning, Environmental & Water Rights Issues, ” Legal Learning Series Cannabis Law and Business Conference, November 4, 2016
Awards
•Daily Business Review, “Rising Star, ” 2016
•Presidential Daily Point of Light #3410
•Miss America Community Service Award, Finalist
•Congressional Community Service Award, Nominee
•Rhodes-Marshall Scholarship, Nominee
Publications
In the News
•Quoted, “Toyota Dealership Plans $25M Redevelopment, Expansion, ” South Florida Business Journal, August 30, 2016
News
•Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Dariel Abrahamy and Alicia Lewis Selected as 2016 Rising Stars
•Greenspoon Marder Law to Host the T.J. Reddick Bar Association's CLE
•Alicia Lewis joins Greenspoon Marder's Land Use & Zoning Law Practice Group
•Greenspoon Marder Law's Downtown Fort Lauderdale Office Welcomes Associate Alicia Lewis
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