Alessandria San Roman
Associate
Overview
Alessandria San Roman is a real estate attorney in Holland & Knight's Miami office, where she focuses her practice in the areas of land use, zoning and environmental law. She regularly represents developers and other property owners before local government entities and state agencies in obtaining governmental approvals and permits for residential, commercial, healthcare, office, mixed-use, utilities, industrial, education, billboards, wetland mitigation banks and other projects in South Florida. She has experience in securing workforce and affordable housing approvals, including approvals for projects developed under Florida's Live Local Act.
Ms. San Roman also counsels clients through environmental due diligence matters of real estate and manufacturing operations in large mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at the state and national level. She also has experience in general real estate matters, including purchase and sale transactions and financings.
In addition to her zoning and land use work, Ms. San Roman has an active environmental practice that includes securing environmental permits, providing strategic planning and permitting for development, and regularly appearing before the Miami-Dade County Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) on behalf of her clients. She advises clients on environmental due diligence in major M&A, handles real estate transactions and financings, and is deeply engaged with the Florida Environmental Network, where she presents at the Environmental Permitting Summer School.
As part of her environmental practice, Ms. San Roman has secured complex environmental approvals relating to water and sewer extensions, wellfield protection areas, diesel fuel variances, septic tanks and sewage treatment package plants before the EQCB.
Credentials
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D.
- University of Miami, B.A., Political Science; Geography & Regional Studies, magna cum laude
- Florida
- William Reece Smith Jr. Leadership Academy, Class XII, 2024-2025
- The Florida Bar, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
- Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)
- Builders Association of South Florida (BASF)
- University of Miami School of Law Alumni Association, Young Alumni Committee, Chair-Elect, 2018-Present
- American Bar Association
- Dade County Bar Association
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL)
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Miami Real Estate Law, Ones to Watch, 2025
- Living the Commitment Award, Holland & Knight, 2024
- Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2024
- 30 Under 30 Honoree, University of Miami Alumni Association, 2022
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2020, 2021, 2023
- Young Alumni Award, University of Miami School of Law, 2021
- Joseph H. Bogosian Student Leadership Award, University of Miami School of Law, 2017
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award and Dean's Certificate of Achievement, Legal Communication & Research Skills II, University of Miami School of Law, 2016
- Dean's Merit Scholarship, University of Miami School of Law, 2015-2018
- HOPE Pro Bono Challenge Certificate, University of Miami School of Law, 2015-2018
- Iron Arrow Honor Society, the Highest Honor Attained at the University of Miami
- Dickinson Merit Scholarship, University of Miami, 2011-2015
- Student Government President, University of Miami, 2014-2015
- English
- French
- Spanish