Zachary W. Lombardo

Zach Lombardo is an associate attorney at Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A. He is a Board Certified Specialist in City, County & Local Government Law by The Florida Bar and is the City Attorney for Everglades City.

Zach’s primary focus is helping public and private clients in a wide variety of land use and local government matters, including strategizing both advocacy for as well as opposition to:

• comprehensive plan amendments and re-zoning,
• conditional uses,
• variances and non-conforming uses,
• land development code amendments, 
• official interpretations, and
• right-of-way permits.

He frequently appears before the Marco Island Planning Board, the Marco Island City Council, the Collier County Planning Commission, the Collier County Hearing Examiner, and the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County.

Beyond land use, Zach helps public and private clients navigate various local government and environmental matters such as:

• public records,
• property tax appeals,
• agricultural tax exemptions,
• bid protests,
• public contracts,
• interlocal agreements,
• floodplain regulations,
• code enforcement,
• environmental resource permits,
• sovereignty land leases, and
• litigation related to the above.

He is an experienced litigator in state and federal court both at a trial court level and on appeal. In his business matters and contract drafting, Zach focuses on practical solutions.

Active in the community, Zach is a lifelong environmentalist, an Eagle Scout, and is committed to doing what he can to improve the quality of the environment in the Western Everglades. A Southwest Florida native, he enjoys canoeing the waterways of Collier and Lee Counties with his wife and playing the harmonica.