Meet Bonnie Miskel:
Bonnie Miskel is currently a Senior and Founding Partner with Miskel Backman LLP, and has been practicing in land use, zoning, and regulatory law for 32 years. She is qualified as a land use and zoning expert in quasi-judicial proceedings; she has represented public and private sector clients in connection with rezonings, comprehensive land use plans and developments of regional impact pursuant to Chapters 125, 166, 163 and 380, Florida Statutes. Ms. Miskel has also represented the private sector with variances, waivers, conditional use, and special exception applications. Additionally, she has represented clients with code enforcement matters throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties and prepared and processed text amendments to Land Development and Zoning Code Regulations. Ms. Miskel is well versed in other regulatory sections of State and Local laws appearing before other Boards and Agencies related to the use of land.
Born: Weymouth, MA June 5, 1959
Admitted to Florida Bar 1992
Practice Area: Land Use & Zoning, Government Relations, Environmental Law, Administrative Law
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS:
- Power Players Recognition – Boca Raton Observer, December 2023
- Recognized by Her Peers – The Best Lawyers in America since 2021
- Lawyers of Distinction 2024 – Recognizing Excellence in Environmental Law
- Lawyers of Distinction 2023 – Recognizing Excellence in Environmental Law
- Lawyers of Distinction 2022 – Recognizing Excellence in Environmental Law
- Lawyers of Distinction 2021 – Recognizing Excellence in Environmental Law
- Lawyers of Distinction 2020 – Recognizing Excellence in Environmental Law
- Delray Influencers – Government/Politics – Delray Magazine, March 2020
EDUCATION:
- Juris Doctorate – Cum Laude, 1992
Nova Southeastern University Law School
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Law Review
Member of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section of The Florida Bar - Bachelor of Arts – Cum Laude, 1981
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
EXPERIENCE:
- Miskel Backman LLP Managing Partner, March 2024 – Present
- Dunay, Miskel and Backman LLP Partner, January 2013 – February 2024
Practice Area: Land Use, Zoning, and Regulatory Law
- Partner, March 2007 – December 2012
Siegel, Lipman, Dunay, Shepard & Miskel, LLP
Practice Area: Land Use, Zoning, and Regulatory Law - Attorney and shareholder, September 1992 – February 2007
Ruden, McCloskey, Smith, Schuster & Russell
Practice Area: Land Use, Zoning, and Regulatory Law- Managing Partner in 2006 and 2007
MEMBERSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF AFFILIATION past and present:
- Broward County Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Broward and Palm Beach Planners Association
- Legacy Bank, Former Member of the Board of Directors
- The Florida Bar Land Use and Environmental Section
- The Florida Bar City, County and Local Governmental Law Section South Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers
BOARD POSITIONS:
- Board of Directors for Legacy Bank 2008 – 2012
- Board of Directors for City of Hope, Broward Section
