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Dawn M. Meyers is the Manager of the Firm’s Government and Regulatory Team, concentrating her practice in the areas of government contracting, airport and port regulations, environmental and land use law, administrative law, and general governmental regulation.  Her regulatory experience has included representation of clients in a variety of diverse industries including aviation, port/marine, large manufacturers, solid waste transportation and disposal, detention facilities, beverage producers and distributors, large venue management, land developers, banks, construction, hotels, restaurants and hospitals.  Dawn routinely represents clients before municipal, county, state and federal agencies and governing bodies.  She enjoys the unique distinction of being the first female lawyer to be named shareholder at Berger Singerman, an achievement attained in 1996.

Representative Experience

  • Spearheaded a successful lobbying effort to open the news and gifts concession at the Fort Lauderdale/ Hollywood International Airport to competitive bidding for the first time in two decades
  • Legal Counsel to the Boca Raton Airport Authority, 2006 to present
  • Environmental Counsel in golf course conversions in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties
  • Counsel to large solid waste company in defense of multi-party governmental contract dispute
  • Defended and challenged numerous governmental bid awards

Professional & Community Involvement

  • The Florida Bar, Administrative Law, Environmental Land Use Law and City, County and Local Government Law Sections
  • Broward County Bar Association, Government Law Section
  • Florida Bar's Grievance Committee "17H," in and for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Member 2002-03, Vice Chair 2003-04
  • Leadership Fort Lauderdale, Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, Class X Graduate and Class XIV Curriculum Chairperson

Awards & Recognition

  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • South Florida Legal Guide "Top Lawyer" (2011-2012)
  • Finalist, Daily Business Review’s Most Effective Lawyers (2006)
  • Florida Trend Magazine's "Legal Elite" (2007, 2009, 2011)

Articles & Presentations

Articles

  • To Report or Not to Report: That is the Environmental Question, The Florida Bar Journal, November 1993

Prior Affiliations

  • Chief Hearing Officer and Administrator for the State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation