Michele McDaniel Rosenfeld

When dealing with land use and zoning laws, you typically have a lot of money at stake and not a lot of room for miss-steps. Without a doubt, Michele is responsible for our success in fighting the lackluster performance of county's permitting office. Michele knows the people involved and more impo...rtantly what types of arguments will work and which ones will fall of deaf ears. She also has demonstrated she can get things done on an emergency basis - with quick calls to get attention by the right people. In addition, I would have to say she is not only a careful listener and meticulous in her preparations (for hearings) but also able to pivot when opportunities present themselves (at the hearings). I cannot thank her enough. The permitting processes and the protesting of permits have specific requirements and specific deadlines. You will want Michele to navigate those for you.

I retained Michele Rosenfeld to research the rights of a developer who purchased at a tax auction a 0.535-acre landlocked parcel of land in the small forest behind my home. This developer claims the property brings with it a universal right of way easement for building a road to the property anywher...e in the forest he chooses, including directly behind our backyard fence. Michele referred me to a civil engineering firm to perform a comprehensive title history. Based upon the title history results and Michele's vast knowledge of, and experience with, land use law, Michele concluded that no easements of any kind accompany the landlocked property. I recommend Michele in the highest possible terms for any land use issues.

Our beautiful, tranquil, residential neighborhood of only 20 homes has been under “assault” for the past two years by an aggressive property purchasing group determined to turn our neighborhood into an addiction treatment “empire”. Their strategy has been to bully and frighten one neighbor after anot...her to sell their house to this group before their house - in the words of the group’s front man - plummets in value. But we have been fighting back, with Michele’s leadership and advocacy. We couldn’t ask for a more knowledgeable, determined and creative lawyer to be at our side and providing leadership.

As an attorney myself I would highly recommend Michele. Michele recently helped our neighborhood address an extraordinarily complex land use situation involving a large corporation and a public utility and in the face of a lot of political and other pressures negotiated a very favorable outcome for ...each one of the neighbors impacted. Michele is professional, knowledgeable and incredibly responsive. You can tell that Michele also really cares about her clients and spends a great deal of time getting to know the people she works with and develops a deep understanding of the situation to provide the very best outcome. She very carefully took the time to gain a full understanding of what we were facing and as this went along, we found that she gave us options to consider, not just a one size fits all. Her advice continues to be sound and practical. I can also tell that he is also very well respected by her colleagues in the DMV, has a vast network of people to consult with and years of experience in her field and this also helps her obtain the very best for her clients.

Michele helped our grass roots group wisely navigate the extremely challenging path to fight overdevelopment. With her accrued knowledge from other similar situations, we avoided pursuing expensive rabbit trails. She knew when to move forward and when to stay the course. Her accessibility was unrival...led. Her care and concern was evident in each phone call. I would even venture to say she was a 'friend' to us and our efforts. I could not think more highly of her than I do.