About Brett
Brett Lashley is a Jones Foster shareholder and member of the firm's Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Land Use & Governmental teams. He focuses his practice in the areas of general commercial litigation with an emphasis on employment, real estate, and local municipal law. Brett provides counsel to the Town of Lake Park, the Town of Jupiter, and the Town of Palm Beach and advises the municipalities with respect to code enforcement hearings, planning and zoning and Town commission meetings. He also represents individuals in code enforcement proceedings, which includes assisting with fine reductions and obtaining lien satisfactions, and serves as the Code Enforcement Magistrate for the City of Stuart.
Brett is an active member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section and a graduate of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches' Leadership West Palm Beach program. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law where he was the Vice-Chair of The Florida Moot Court Team and was awarded Best Brief in the Appellate Lawyers Association competition in Chicago. He also held the position of Vice President of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society, was a member of the Journal of Technology Law and Policy, and provided pro bono legal services to veterans as a member of the Veterans and Service Members Legal Clinic.
While at the University of Florida, Brett gained valuable experience as a teaching assistant for Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy, as a judicial intern for the Honorable Mark W. Klingensmith, Fourth District Court of Appeal, West Palm Beach, and as a Summer Associate at Jones Foster.