EXPERIENCE:

Alison is an AV Rated Board Certified Local Government Attorney specializing in land use, zoning, annexation, and land development matters in Central Florida and around the state. She has over 35 years of experience. Prior to starting her law firm, Alison was a Partner in a large Orlando based law firm and also served as an Assistant County Attorney for Orange County, Florida from 1989 to 1995.

BACKGROUND:

Alison was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. She graduated from Orange County Public School and went on to obtain her B.A. in Government from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 where she was a Notre Dame Scholar. In 1988, she graduated cum laude at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Florida where she was a land use Research Assistant for Professor James Jay Brown and an Articles Editor for the Stetson Law Review.

PROFESSIONAL:

AV Rated Board Certified – City, County, and Local Government Law (since 2000)
Member, Florida Bar (1988 – Present)
Orange County Bar Association, Chairman of Land Use and Environmental Law Subcommittee (1996)
Orange County Assistant County Attorney (1989 – 1995)
Orange County Value Adjustment Board Hearing Officer (2003 – 2005)
Orange County Charter Review General Counsel (2003 Election Cycle)
Seminole County Charter Review General Counsel (2006 Election Cycle)
City of Apopka Code Enforcement Hearing Officer (1999 – Present)

CIVIC:

City of Winter Park Utilities Advisory Board (2022 - present)
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum Trustee (2012 - 2018)
Orange Blossom Trail Advisory Board (1998 – 2007)
Junior League (1993 – 1997)
Citrus Civitan Club (1989 – 1997)
Leadership Orlando (1994 – 1995)
Guardian Ad Litem (1990 – 1999)
Volunteer – Coalition for the Homeless (1993 – 1997)

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