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Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2026

November 6, 2025

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC is proud to announce we have once again been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®. The firm has successfully ranked in the top tier in Miami for Land Use & Zoning Law as well as in Real Estate Law as well as in the second tier nationally in Land Use & Zoning law. For the third year in a row, the firm has also been ranked[...]

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Chambers USA Gives Firm Highest Rank

June 9, 2017

CHAMBERS USA ONCE AGAIN AWARDS BERCOW RADELL FERNANDEZ & LARKIN TOP RANKING IN ZONING/LAND USE LAW IN FLORIDA Managing Partner Jeffrey Bercow Also Recognized on Individual Level (MIAMI) June 9, 2017 – Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world, has ranked Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Law – Florida, the highest recognition given by Chambers. Only five other firms in Florida placed at the top in[...]

Super Lawyers Names Shareholder “Rising Star”

June 6, 2017

SHAREHOLDER MELISSA TAPANES LLAHUES AGAIN SELECTED A ‘RISING STAR’ BY SUPER LAWYERS IN ITS 2017 EDITION MIAMI (June 6, 2017) – Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin, specializing in zoning, land use and environmental law, announced today that Shareholder Melissa Tapanes Llahues has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers-Rising Stars Edition 2017. Melissa has been selected a “Rising Star” every year since 2011. The Rising Stars edition is particularly selective, with 2.5 percent of the state’s under-40 lawyers represented. Once a year, Super Lawyers invites lawyers in each state to nominate the[...]

The Clay Hotel to undergo major renovation

May 22, 2017

The Clay Hotel in Miami Beach to undergo major renovation Project to include adding a roof deck, new stairwells, reconfiguring lobby UPDATED May 11, 11:30 p.m.: The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board this week approved an extensive renovation of the 92-year-old Clay Hotel that borders popular Espanola Way. Clay Hotel Partnership Ltd. and Infinity Real Estate submitted plans for a phased renovation of a cluster of retail and hotel buildings at 1435 Washington Avenue that are currently known as The Clay[...]

New retail projects proposed on Lincoln Road and at Miami Beach hotel

April 12, 2017

1657 Michigan Avenue/947 Lincoln Road Two retail projects have been proposed in Miami Beach, one on Lincoln Road and the other at the Continental Hotel. Both applications went before the city’s Historic Preservation Board on Monday and will possibly be voted on at the board’s June 12 meeting. The two-story building at 1657 Michigan Avenue, which has a corner fronting Lincoln Road, was built in 1925 and is currently 8,625 square feet of retail and residential in two stories. Owner[...]

Developer proposes 308 apartments in Miami-Dade

April 11, 2017

A company led by Delray Beach developer Anthony V. Pugliese III wants to build an apartment complex just east of U.S. 1 in Palmetto Bay. The city will hold a zoning hearing on April 17 to consider the application for Park View on the 3.14-acre site at 9420, 9450 and 9500 S.W. 174th Street. The property currently has two single-family homes and a daycare facility separately owned by Jorge L. Morales, Pedro and Linette Gonzalez, and Raggedy Ann and Andy’s Pre School. The application[...]