Ralf Brookes Attorney provides legal services to public interest organizations at a substantially reduced rate.
An initial consultation is always free of charge.
To present your best legal case and argument, your organization should have legal representation in public hearings before city, county and state agencies.
Obtain legal counsel early in the process to prepare your case, conduct cross examination, and present your best legal arguments.
Local and state approvals have become extremely complex and the applicable statutes and regulations are complicated and difficult to fully understand.
An attorney who specializes in this field can help you prepare and present your most effective case before local goverment boards, state agencies and the courts or administrative judges or hearing officer.
Ralf Brookes Attorney primarily takes cases for local governments and citizens involving City, County and Local Government Law including public hearings and litigation involving:
quasi-judicial hearings,
planning boards and commissions,
city councils and commissions,
county planning agencies,
boards of county commissioners,
re-zonings,
plan amendments,
major developments,
public hearings and judicial review,
environmental laws and regulations,
sunshine law,
public records,
code enforcement,
local & state regulatory agencies,
federal agencies and courts,
permitting,
enforcement,
land development codes,
variances,
conditional uses, special exceptions,
planned unit developments,
developments of regional impact (DRIs),
coastal development applications,
beach access and renourishment,
land use and zoning challenges,
height, intensity and density issues,
annexations,
local government charters and amendments,
special assessments and user fees,
comprehensive plan consistency challenges,
election issues,
referendums,
petition and initiative issues,
other federal, state, and local govt issues
Ralf Brookes has experience with public interest and city, county and governmental law cases throughout Florida:
-private citizens,
-local governments,
-homeowner's groups,
-historic preservation groups,
-public interest organizations
Ralf Brookes Attorney has represented public interest organizations in the following issues:
- public records
- sunshine law
- comprehensive plans and amendments
- rezonings
- neighborhood development issues
- permitting and enforcement issues
- pollution, water quality, habitat concerns
- rural agricultural protection areas
- prevention of urban sprawl issues
- mining and blasting issues
- water supply issues
- habitat protection issues
- Administrative Hearings
Proactive development projects including:
-traditional neighborhood development,
-urban re-development and new urbanism,
-special needs populations,
-religious uses,
-pedestrian-oriented projects,
-Florida's sense of place,
-organic farming,
-wise use / smart growth,
-green businesses
-alternative energy sources,
-biodiesel, wind, solar energy.
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