Susan K. Friedlaender began practicing law in 1988. She has concentrated her practice in the areas of land use, zoning, and other real property related litigation. In her land use and zoning practice, she represents landowners and developers in their dealings with local administrative bodies to obtain building permits, special land use permits, site plan approval, variances, rezoning and other land use permits. She also handles appeals from municipal decisions and well as other litigation related to the use of land such as taking, due process and equal protection claims. Her real property litigation has involved building and use restrictions, riparian rights, easements, trespass, nuisance, drainage, adverse possession and other real estate related issues. She also has extensive experience with the Michigan Local Historic District Act and other historic preservation issues.