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BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPLICATION FOR
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Pursuant to City Code section 2-22(4)a and b: Members of agencies, boards, and committees shall be affiliated with the city;this
requirement shall be fulfilled in the following ways: a) an individual shall have been a resident of the city for a minimum of six
months; or b)an individual shall demonstrate ownership/interest for a minimum of six months in a business established in the city.
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• I am applying for an appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge, experience. Please list below:
Please list your preferences in order of ranking [1]first choice[2]second choice, and [3]third choice. Please note that only three(3)
choices will be observed by the City Clerk's Office.(Regular Boards of City)
❑Affordable Housing Advisory Committee ❑Health Facilities Authority Board
❑Art in Public Places Committee ❑Hispanic Affairs Committee
❑Beach Preservation Board ❑Historic Preservation Board*
❑Beautification Committee ❑Housing Authority*
Board of Adjustment* ❑Loan Review Committee*
❑Budget Advisory Committee ❑Marine Authority*
❑Capital Improvements oversight ❑Miami Beach Commission for Women
❑Committee on Homeless ❑ Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council
❑Committee for Quality Education in MB ❑Miami Beach Florida Sister Cities
❑Community Development Advisory* 0 Normandy Shores Local Gov't Neigh. Improvement
❑Community Relations Board ❑Parks and Recreation Facilities Board
❑Convention Center Advisory Board 0 Personnel Board*
❑Cultural Arts Neighborhood District Overlay CANDO ❑ Planning Board
❑Debarment Committee ❑Police Citizens Relations Committee
❑Design Review Board* ❑ Production Industry Council
❑ Disability Access Committee ❑Public Safety Advisory Committee
0 Fine Arts Board ❑Safety Committee
❑Gay Business Development d, c ❑Transparency Reliability&Accountability Committee"TRAC
❑Golf Advisory Committee y J ` =' ` ':I.. �;� I I ❑Transportation and Parking Committee
❑Green Ad Hoc Committeeb ❑Visitor and Convention Authority*
❑Health Advisory Committee — 7 ❑Youth Center Advisory Board
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Michael I. Bernstein
5660 Collins Avenue Unit 9D
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
Michael Bernstein currently works and lives in Miami Beach. As a concerned citizen
with ties to the entire neighborhood, he would like to have the opportunity to serve on a
board and become an integral part of the Miami Beach Community. As a practicing
attorney for over 12 years, he would gladly give of his time in order to use his skills to
continue to make Miami Beach one of the best places to live.
Mr. Bernstein has grown his practice substantially, at his Meridian Avenue location. His
legal practice area focuses on Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Commercial
Collections, Litigation, Construction law ,Commercial Leasing and General Business law
issues, M&A, and SEC Law.
While originally from New York, Michael moved to Miami Beach and became a full
time resident with his wife in late 2004. He has remained loyal to the area not only
purchasing a home but also keeping his legal practice at the beach with a located right
off of Lincoln Road.
Michael, is a graduate from New York University where he received a B.A. in Political
Science. He then continued his education and received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law
School. While in law school, he served as a clerk for Judge of the Supreme Court of the
State of New York, Kings County, and worked with small law firms specializing in
collection, commercial litigation and construction law.
Other career accomplishments include clerking for the managing attorney of the
bankruptcy division of the New York County Legal Aid Services. Mr. Bernstein is
admitted to practice law in the State and Federal Courts in Florida, New York,New
Jersey. Mr. Bernstein has been and is currently affiliated with the New York County
Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association and the Florida Bar Association,
New York Trial Lawyers Association, the Commercial Law League of America, the
Wright-Holmes List,the Columbia Law List, the New York County Lawyers
Association, the American Bar Association and the Florida Bar Association.
Mr. Bernstein is also a sponsor of many local charities in the area. He is an avid supporter
of the fine arts and other cultural venues not only in Miami Beach but all over Miami
Dade County.
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