Hunter Winstead is a land use attorney who represents developers in zoning and land entitlement matters throughout the Triangle. He works with his clients to efficiently navigate the regulatory process from initial planning to final approval.
Hunter has extensive experience representing developers in rezonings and quasi-judicial land use proceedings before local governments across the region. He advises clients throughout all stages of the entitlement process, including rezonings, site plan approvals, special use permits, variances, design alternates, and certificates of appropriateness.
His work has included mixed-use high-rises, commercial retail centers, apartments, residential subdivisions, industrial warehouses, and schools.
Hunter approaches every case with a creative and deeply analytical spirit; he handles the regulatory red tape for his clients so they can focus on building beautiful projects. Hunter enjoys engaging with community stakeholders to deliver high-quality, market-driven projects that make the Triangle a better place to live, work, and play.
- Represent developers in rezoning cases before town and city councils.
- Represent developers through all stages of administrative development approvals and determinations.
- Represent developers before various local boards of adjustment for variances, special use permits, and other quasi-judicial matters.
- Represent developers before the City of Raleigh Design Review Commission.
- Represent developers before state and federal courts in disputes with local governments over entitlements, zoning interpretations, and other development issues.
- North Carolina Bar Association, Advanced Topics in Real Property (2024 Real Property Specialization CLE), Real Property Case Updates (September 20, 2024) (https://cle.ncbar.org/courses/81226): Speaker
- Onnipauper LLC v. Dunston, 290 N.C. App. 486, 892 S.E.2d 487 (2023), disc. rev. denied, 900 S.E.2d 674 (2024) (Oral argument link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_BwXQLuV_M): Counsel of Record for Onnipauper LLC
- North Carolina State Bar
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- Urban Land Institute: Member
- Triangle Community Coalition: Member
- Wake County Bar Association: Member
- North Carolina Bar Association: Member
- Center for Public Christianity, New City Fellows Program: Alumnus (2023)
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church: Member
- North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission: Member
- Gateway Women’s Care: Board Member