Samuel E. Poole III
FBCI Involvement
With over twenty-five years of public and private sector experience in federal, state and local planning, Mr. Poole serves clients with his unique skill to anticipate and resolve constraints on the use of land and water. He brings over fifteen years of experience addressing both conventional and new urbanist development issues. Mr. Poole is a leading planning and zoning expert in the development and redevelopment of Florida’s cities. He has prepared comprehensive plans, plan amendments, and land use codes that enable mixed use developments, new urbanist neighborhoods and buildings. He lectures frequently and has published numerous articles on form-based codes, urban redevelopment planning, zoning, water management, and environmental issues. His articles have appeared in Urban Land, The Urban Lawyer, Zoning and Planning Law Report, South Florida Business Journal, Palm Beach Post, and the Miami Herald. He was selected by the Daily Business Review as one of South Florida’s most effective lawyers.