37th Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar 2019 (USB Seminar)

MCLE Credits: 6.0
Ethics Credits Included: 1.0

MCLE Credit:	6.0 (Ethics: 1.0)
Live-Interactive Credit:	0.0
Price:	$299 - USB with electronic materials $329 - USB plus printed materials (includes electronic materials)
Available Through:	5/31/2022

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A pre-recorded video replay of the May 2019 live seminar, 37th Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar.

Topics covered include:

Essential Updates on Virginia Real Estate Case Law and Statutory Law
Easements—The Changing Landscape and Scope
An Overview of Landlord-Tenant Law in Virginia
Ethics for the Real Estate Attorney

Cosponsored with the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar

Now in its 37th year, Virginia CLE^®’s Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar continues to set the standard for currency and quality in continuing legal education for real estate practitioners. Whether you have an established real estate practice or are a general practitioner who occasionally encounters real estate issues, this program is for you.

Buying or selling real estate, whether residential or commercial, may be the largest single investment that your client will ever make. Along with a considerable financial commitment, such transactions usually involve risk, technicalities, and a variety of complex legal considerations.

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Virginia’s Real Estate Legislative Update
Lucia Anna Trigiani, David S. Mercer

Learn what has passed and what is on the horizon for next year.

Virginia’s Real Estate Case Law Update
Otto W. Konrad, Christy L. Murphy

Materials on all real estate−related cases in the past year with a presentation highlighting the top cases.

Ethics: Quagmires and Quandaries: Everyday Real Estate Ethics
Benjamin Leigh

This presentation will cover the ethical issues presented by assemblages, fees paid by third parties, notary challenges, contact with officials purportedly represented by local government attorneys and other vicarious considerations.

Easements: The Changing Landscape and Scope
John H. Hawthorne

The Supreme Court of Virginia has been clear that we look to the specific language of the easement to define its scope. The Code of Virginia has dictated that an easement will not be used in a way that is not reasonably consistent with the uses contemplated by the grant of the easement. However, easements have all too often fallen into a gray area in between. How do we determine the rights of the dominant tenement and the duties of the servient tenement when the language and intended use are both ambiguous? Furthermore, as the use of the land associated with the easement evolves, does the use of the easement correspondingly evolve? These questions and many others will be analyzed and discussed in this presentation.

Landlord-Tenant Overview
Elizabeth Godwin-Jones

The presentation will provide a basic overview of landlord-tenant law with an emphasis on the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act (VRLTA). Focus areas will include recent changes to the VRLTA, particularly in light of a growing awareness of eviction rates around the state, as well as issues commonly experienced by purchasers of residential and commercial real property. The material will also take a basic look at bankruptcy law as it affects landlord-tenant proceedings.

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Elizabeth Godwin-Jones, Godwin-Jones & Price, P.C. / Richmond
John H. Hawthorne, Protorae Law / Tysons
Otto W. Konrad, Williams Mullen / Richmond
Benjamin D. Leigh, Atwill, Troxell & Leigh, P.C. / Leesburg
David S. Mercer, MercerTrigiani LLP / Alexandria
Christy L. Murphy, Bischoff Martingayle, P.C. / Norfolk
Lucia Anna Trigiani, MercerTrigiani LLP / Alexandria