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Areas of Practice
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Representative Experience
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Speaking Engagements
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Bar Admissions
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Education
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Additional Information
Areas of Practice
Mr. Birch focuses his practice on land use and zoning issues, as well as municipal law. He represents developers and property owners in a variety of land use matters, including wetlands permitting, rezoning, special use permitting and historic preservation and variance proceedings.
Mr. Birch is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP), a distinction he earned through the Green Building Certification Institute. As a LEED-AP, he has demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles, as well as the LEED Rating System.
Representative Experience
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Obtained variance from Board of Adjustment to permit residential dwelling units immediately adjacent to the public right-of-way for a mixed use student housing project.
- Assisted in successfully rezoning an 18 acre assemblage to permit over 700 residential dwelling units, over 800,000 square feet of office and a hotel.
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Assisted in successfully rezoning a 24 acre assemblage to permit over 300 dwelling units and over 50,000 square feet of commercial space
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Performed entitlement due diligence for proposed mid-rise residential development in Miami, Florida.
Professional/Civic Activities
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North Carolina Bar Association
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Development Services Advisory Committee
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Triangle Community Coalition
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Executive Committee, Secretary/Treasurer
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Issues Advocacy Committee, Member
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American Planning Association
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Planning and Law Division, Member
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Urban Land Institute
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Wake County Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee, Member
Speaking Engagements
- "Inclusionary Zoning: Legal Obstacles and Alternatives," co-presentation with Collin W. Brown, North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association Annual Planning Conference, October 2009
- "Green Building Risk for Design Professionals," co-presentation with Eric M. Braun, Kimley-Horn & Associates, August 2009
- "Public Infrastructure: New Tools, New Opportunities," co-presentation with Eric M. Braun and Mack A. Paul, IV, John R. McAdams Co., May 2009
Bar Admissions
Education
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J.D.,
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
(2007)
(Cumberland Law Review, Writing Editor)
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M.P.A.,
University of Alabama
(2007)
(Outstanding Student of the Year)
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B.A.,
Hampden-Sydney College
(2004)
(Phi Beta Kappa)
Additional Information
Publications
- "Lawmakers sweeten public-private deals," co-authored with Eric M. Braun and Mack A. Paul, IV, Triangle Business Journal, August, 2009
- "State has new tool for financing critical infrastructure needs," co-authored with Eric M. Braun, Greater Wilmington Business Journal, October, 2008
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