Eleftheria Zachariades
- Primary Office
- 450 East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite 1400 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
33301-4206 - P: (800) 330-1980
(954) 462-2000 - F: (954) 523-1722
- ezachariades@gunster.com
Associate
Practice Group(s): Business Litigation
Eleftheria Zachariades is an associate who joined the firm in 2010. Ms. Zachariades is an urban planner and planning lawyer with a diverse educational and professional background in both the public and private arena of land use and planning.
- Practice Areas[ - ]
- Business Litigation
- Education[ - ]
- University of Florida, Levin College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2003
- University of Florida, College of Architecture, Masters of Urban and Regional Planning, honors, 2003
- Florida Atlantic University, B.A., Sociology, high honors, 1999
- Honors[ - ]
Book Award: Trial Practice
- Languages Spoken[ - ]
- Fluent in Greek
- Bar Admissions[ - ]
- The Florida Bar, 2004 – Environmental & Land Use Section, City, County & Local Government Law Section
- Prior Professional Experience[ - ]
Siemon & Larsen, planning lawyer
- Representative Matters[ - ]
- Provided due diligence studies, strategic land planning, development approvals and entitlements and assisted clients in understanding local zoning codes and comprehensive plans
- Advised clients on the environmental, planning, political and legal context of their properties and developed a strategic plan of action to most effectively secure favorable action
- Guided clients through the process of obtaining or protecting their development entitlements, including large scale projects and DRI’s
- Frequently represented clients in obtaining a wide range of approvals before municipal zoning boards, such as rezonings, variances, comprehensive plan amendments, plats, and site plan approvals
- Represented clients in the negotiation and execution of development agreements with local governments and the Department of Community Affairs
- Worked closely with local governments in creating land development regulations that reflected community values and implemented development objectives
- Represented public and private sector clients in comprehensive plan consistency cases and certiorari review of local government land use decisions
