Elizabeth C. Trahos

Recognized by Best Lawyers^® since 2009.

GlenLake One, Suite 200, 4140 Parklake Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

(919) 877-3800

Firm: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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Overview

Firm

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Years In Practice

Phone Number (919) 877-3800

Beth Trahos is a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Raleigh office where she focuses her practice on commercial real estate development, land use, government regulation, and wealth transfer planning. Using her natural abilities for building consensus, she regularly represents developers, builders, property owners, and local governments in land use and municipal law matters. She frequently appears before city councils, planning commissions, and boards of adjustment representing clients seeking or opposing rezonings, special and conditional use permits, subdivisions, annexations, variances, text amendments, and code interpretations in North Carolina and Virginia. Ms. Trahos has been involved in the solar boom in the southeast and has assisted in the land use permitting of more than 200 utility-scale solar farms representing more than a gigawatt of new energy production for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.She also helps clients through the complicated legal considerations of estate planning. Ms. Trahos works to ensure that a will or trust integrates smoothly with life insurance policies, retirement-plans, and co-tenancy assets with an eye toward minimizing transfer tax burdens.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?

Energy Law

Land Use and Zoning Law

Awards

Lawyer of the Year recognition for Elizabeth C. Trahos

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers^® for:

Land Use and Zoning Law, Raleigh (2014)

North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Land Use/Zoning (2009-2012)
The Best Lawyers in America®, Land Use & Zoning Law (2009-2018)
Triangle Business Journal's 2006 Women In Business Award
Triangle Business Journal's 40 Under 40 (2011)
Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women Networking Award (2008)

Education

University of Richmond, JD

Graduated 1997

University of Richmond, BA

Graduated 1994

Virginia Commonwealth University, MURP

Graduated 1997

Contact Details and Office Locations

Office: (919) 877-3800

GlenLake One, Suite 200, 4140 Parklake Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

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