Town Attorney, Lynn M. Dannheisser

Ms. Dannheisser is an experienced municipal attorney who has worked in both the private and public sectors specializing in all areas of municipal, land use, and real estate law. She has served as counsel for several private-public joint ventures in South Florida. Having assisted in its incorporation (as well as the formation of two other cities in Miami-Dade County), Lynn served for eight years as city attorney for the City of Sunny Isles Beach, FL, where she drafted some of the most progressive and innovative municipal regulations in the State.  Lynn also served as city attorney for the Village of Pinecrest and the City of South Miami. She is also recognized for her specialized work in the drafting of charters for several municipalities. Most recently, she was appointed and served as a member of the Miami-Dade County Charter Review Task Force.  Ms. Dannheisser has more than twenty-five years of private and public sector legal experience. She has been named one of the top women in commercial real estate by the South Florida Business Journal and she is a published author.

Lynn is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and University of California, A.B., with honors. She is also the proud mother of two grown children, Matthew, a musician and high school teacher, and Samantha, a college student, both of whom live in South Florida.

Professional Associations, Memberships, Teaching Positions
The Florida Bar, Local Government Law Section
American Bar Association
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th District
New York Bar, (retired status)
Washington, DC Bar, (retired status)
The Art of Negotiation, University of Miami, adjunct professor,
Occasional Lecturer, the Florida Planning Association and the Florida Municipal Lawyers Association

Articles and Publications
“Diary of a Hurricane Survivor,” Redbook, Aug. 1993
“Grape Jelly Fingerprints on Your Career,” Florida Bar Journal, Nov. 1984
Miami Herald, guest columnist
What’s Wrong with Me? Frustrated Patient’s Guide to Self-Diagnosis, McGraw-Hill, May 2005