Dennis Kerbel

Florida Land Use and Entitlements

Real Estate

Real Estate Litigation

Land Use and Development

Miami-Dade County, Assistant County Attorney, 2002-2024; Chief, Zoning, Land Use & Environment Section, 2015-2024

Florida International University College of Law, Adjunct Professor: Florida Constitutional Law, Summer 2024-2025; Land Use Law, Fall 2019-2022, Spring 2026; Local Government Law, Summer 2019

Florida International University College of Law, Co-Lecturer: Land Use Law, Spring 2012; Environmental Law, Fall 2013; Florida Constitutional Law, Spring 2017

St. Thomas University School of Law, Adjunct Professor: Land Use Law, Spring 2019-present; Florida Constitutional Law, Summer 2018 and Spring 2024

St. Thomas University School of Law, Legal Writing Instructor, 2003-2005

Florida Bar

New York Bar

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Miami-Dade County Charter Review Task Force, Chair, 2025-2026

FIU Law Review, Author, “Zoning and the Complicated Reliance on Restrictive Covenants,” 12 FIU L. Rev. 263, 2017

Florida Bar Journal, Author, “FLUEDRA: Flawed, but Fixable?” Craig H. Coller & Dennis A. Kerbel, June 2012

Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Board of Directors, Member

Harvard University

Bachelors

1991 - 1995

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Juris Doctor

1995 - 1998

Circle of Excellence: Environmental and Land Use

Miami-Dade Bar

2025

Best Lawyers - Florida Land Use and Zoning

Best Lawyers

2026

Legal 500 - Real Estate - Land Use/Zoning

Legal 500

2026

Lawyers in Real Estate Award - Florida & Gulf Coast Region

Connect CRE

2025

Joseph G. Goldstein Legislative Leadership Award

Builders Association of South Florida

2024