Patricia A. Harris is a Partner in the Bethesda, Md. office of Holland & Knight and practices in the area of zoning and land use. She focuses on representing clients in zoning and land use matters before various administrative boards and commissions and elected officials, including the Montgomery County Council, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Planning Board, the Montgomery County Historic Preservation Commission, the Board of Appeals, Sign Review Board, the City of Gaithersburg and the City of Rockville Planning Commissions. Her representation includes such matters as site plans, special exceptions, subdivision approvals, historic preservation, local map amendments, zoning text amendments, master plan issues and building permit issues. Through her representation of various clients, Ms. Harris has developed experience on transit oriented developments and other issues relating to smart growth development.