Tom Robertson Joins Firm as Senior Counsel

FORMER MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ATTORNEY THOMAS ROBERTSON JOINS BERCOW RADELL & FERNANDEZ AS SENIOR COUNSEL 

(MIAMI) June 18, 2015 – Bercow Radell & Fernandez is pleased to announce that it has hired former Miami-Dade County Attorney Tom Robertson as Senior Counsel. Robertson served the County for 30 years, practicing in the areas of Environmental Law, Zoning, Real Estate Finance and Liens, Personal Injury, Contracts, and general governmental law.

In each of these areas, he was active in litigation, including many jury and non-jury trials. He was the general counsel to the Solid Waste Department, Department of Environmental Resources Management and also served as the Section Chief for the Environmental and Zoning Enforcement Section. He handled cases in both the Federal and State Courts and also handled appeals in both the Federal and State appellate courts, including cases in the Florida Supreme Court.

Tom is an AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5-rated attorney by Martindale & Hubbell and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

He received his Juris Doctor, with Honors, in 1980 from the University of Miami School of Law, and his M.B.A., also from the University of Miami, in 1979. He has an undergraduate degree in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Tom has been active in the Boy Scouts of America since the early 1980s as an adult leader and has been a Scoutmaster, Assistant Scout Master and Chartered Organization Representative. Tom received the Silver Beaver Award for outstanding leadership to the local council as well as the St. George Award for service to his church and scouting.

Located in downtown Miami, Bercow Radell & Fernandez consistently ranks among the region’s top firms in its specialties. Since 1996, the firm has been at the forefront of Miami-Dade County’s phenomenal growth, guiding its clients on all aspects of local, state and federal real estate permitting and licensing, zoning approvals, amendments of local government comprehensive plans, developments of regional impacts (DRIs), due diligence reviews, growth management, concurrency and environmental matters.

The firm handles all aspects of local, state and federal real estate permitting and licensing, including zoning approvals, amendments of local government comprehensive plans, developments of regional impacts (DRIs), due diligence reviews, growth management, concurrency and environmental matters.

Clients include Lennar Homes, Landmark Companies, Turnberry Associates, Florida Power and Light Company, Leon Medical Centers and Public Storage.

Bercow Radell & Fernandez is located at 200 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 850, Miami. For more information, contact (305) 374-5300 or visit www.brzoninglaw.com.