Erin Girard

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Erin Girard is a real estate and land use lawyer with significant experience in securing approvals on a wide range of complex commercial, institutional and mixed-use projects.

She represents and advises clients in all aspects of land use law, including regulatory permitting and licensing, from planning through post-construction.

Her practice spans due diligence review, zoning entitlements, rezoning, variances, special exceptions / conditional uses, subdivision approvals, historic preservation, annexations, condemnation and abandonment, master plan development and implementation, and other land use issues. She also provides counsel on green development and post-construction issues, including tree protection, stormwater management and traffic mitigation.

Erin handles all aspects of the regulatory permitting and licensing processes, including administrative appeals. She represents clients before government authorities in Montgomery County and the jurisdictions of Rockville, Gaithersburg, Kensington and Takoma Park, in addition to Maryland state courts.

For nearly two decades, Erin has helped clients – including developers, commercial property owners, nonprofit organizations, religious and educational institutions, and individual landowners – navigate the complexities of land use matters. She works closely with her clients and the relevant government authorities to address a variety of legal and regulatory issues before they lead to costly delays.

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