JUNE

Susan Motley concentrates her practice in the areas of governmental approvals including zoning, land use and environmental law.

Ms. Motley has represented many developers, national retailers, banks and pension funds in seeking development approvals. She has represented clients before governmental bodies on both the state and local levels. She also assists our real estate lawyers on major transactional matters with primary responsibility for the due diligence review of the status of development approvals.

Ms. Motley’s background and experience in commercial litigation, including zoning and land use litigation, brings added knowledge to her work. She has represented developers in obtaining approvals for many developments of regional impact; working on these projects from their inception through approval and subsequent modifications. She also has been involved in the annexation of various properties into municipalities and the preparation of the appropriate annexation agreements to ensure the desired development of the property. Ms. Motley’s practice ranges from obtaining approvals for large residential and commercial projects, vested rights determinations, sign approvals, variances, special exceptions as well as code enforcement matters.

Ms. Motley is a member of The Florida Bar and its Land Use and Environmental Law Section as well as various community service boards. She is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

AUGUST

Charlotte Mather-Taylor is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she earned her BA in Political Science. She later received her MBA from Nova Southeastern University and graduated as a 2008 National Association of Public Hospitals Fellow.

Charlotte joined Broward Health over 15 years ago and serves as the Vice President for Government Relations, and Community Affairs. She presently serves on the Statewide Low Income Pool council which is responsible for reviewing and recommending the allocation of one billion dollars to hospitals and health centers throughout Florida.

She has earned the reputation as an outstanding legislative advocate resulting from the skills honed from her early days at the University of Florida as the first female student body President through her current position at Broward Health. She uses those skills in her full time job to advocate on the state and federal level on health care policy. In addition, throughout the years she has volunteered her time to help other organizations as well as Broward Health. She recently served as the Junior League State Political Affairs Committee analyst advocating for issues such as foster care and booster seats and in fact received an honorary award from the department of health as their “unofficial lobbyist”. She also recently served as the co-chair of the Diabetes Walk for two years in a row and is the upcoming Walk Chair for the 2011 March of Dimes Walk.

She serves on the Boards of March of Dimes, Broward House, the Diabetes Association, Women in Distress of Broward County, the Children’s Home Society, the University of Florida Broward County Board, Leukemia Lymphoma Light the Night Executive Committee and serves as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Coordinating Council and Vice President of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society Board.