Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman announced that Andrew Maurodis and Jeffrey Siniawsky have joined the firm. Maurodis will be resident in the Boca Raton location while Siniawsky will work out of the Broward office.
“The addition of Andy and Jeff is a major move, as their experience representing local governments will be a tremendous benefit to the firm,” said Jamie Cole, managing director. Maurodis has served as City Attorney for the City of Parkland since 1988 and for the City of Deerfield Beach since 1980. Maurodis will continue to serve in that capacity as he moves to Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, bringing the firm’s total to six cities for which it serves as City Attorney in Broward County.
Maurodis has also served as general counsel for the Broward County Planning Council since 1996.
Maurodis is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, and has been recognized as one of the top governmental lawyers by the South Florida Legal Guide. In 2008, he was recognized as one of the top government attorneys by Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, and he has lectured on the subjects of land use, zoning and Sunshine Law at the FAU Institute of Government.
Maurodis graduated from the University of Miami Law School and was appointed a Graduate Fellow at Columbia University where he received a Master’s Degree in Public Law and Government.
Jeffrey Siniawsky has worked with Maurodis for the past four years. Prior to that, Siniawsky ran his own firm, representing public and private sector clients in numerous areas, including land use, zoning and development, as well as real estate acquisition, leasing and sales.
Siniawsky previously worked at the Broward County Attorney’s Office, representing the Board of County Commissioners in all legal matters. He is the past chair of the City of Plantation Planning & Zoning Board and spent 19 years as general counsel to the Greater Plantation Chamber of Commerce. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Siniawsky is committed to the community and has held such leadership positions as director of Broward Homebound, a community care program for disabled adults, chair of the Fort Lauderdale/Broward County EMS Advisory Council, a group created to facilitate and promote the best emergency medical care to residents and visitors in Florida, and president of Temple Beth Israel. He is also involved with the Anti-Defamation League.
Siniawsky earned his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana.
About Weiss Serota Helfman Cole &Bierman, P.L.:
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L. is a prominent South Florida law firm serving corporate, governmental and individual clients with an integrated array of professional services including commercial litigation, land-use and real estate law, construction law, communications and cable law, labor and employment law, government law and governmental relations. The firm has offices in Coral Gables, Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton. For more information, visit www.wsh-law.com.
