39th Annual Real Estate Practice Seminar 2021

MCLE Credits: 6.0
Ethics Credits Included: 1.0

Monday, May 24, 9:00 a.m. - 4:10 p.m. ET Live Webcast Live Telephone
MCLE Credit:	6.0 (Ethics: 1.0); Title Agent Credit: 6.0 (Title)
Live-Interactive Credit:	6.0 (all dates, all formats)
Registration Fee:	$299 regular registration $279 discounted registration for VSB Real Property Section members

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Why Attend?

You will not want to miss presentations on the following topics:

Essential Updates on Virginia Real Estate Case Law and Statutory Law
Special Issues Regarding Cemeteries
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Explained
And of course, Ethics! Lawyer for the Deal: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?—Conflicts of Interest in Real Estate Cases

Cosponsored with the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar

Now in its 39th 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.

Discounts available for Virginia CLE webcast-telephone-live seminars

Registration Deadlines:
Webcast:	10 minutes prior to seminar. If you register for a webcast the day of the seminar, your e-mail receipt will include a link to launch the seminar and download the materials.
Telephone:	Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. the day preceding the seminar Call (800) 979-8253 to register up to one hour prior to the seminar

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation/transfer requests will be honored until 5:00 p.m. the day preceding the seminar. You will, however, be charged $90 if you cancel or transfer your registration to a different seminar after the link to the materials has been e-mailed by Virginia CLE.

Full refunds or transfers are available up to two days after a webcast in the unlikely event that you experience technical difficulties.

Inclement Weather Policy and Updates.

MCLE Credit Caveat: The MCLE Board measures credits by the time you spend in attendance. If you enter a seminar late or leave it early, or both, you must reflect those adjustments accurately in the credits you report on your credit reporting form. A code will be given at the end of the seminar, which must be written on your MCLE form.

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Schedule

COURSE SCHEDULE (May 24) (Eastern Time)

9:00	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.
10:15	Break
10:25	Virginia’s Real Estate Case Law Update Michael Derdeyn, Christy Murphy Materials on all real estate−related cases in the past year with a presentation highlighting the top cases.
11:40	Break
11:45	Cemetery Issues Kay Creasman Cemeteries present special issues when they appear in the chain of title. Most often family cemeteries raise issues of access, ownership, and whether family members can continue to be buried there. At other times interred bodies need to be moved. On occasion church cemeteries or other cemetery associations want to sell or have abandoned real estate purchased for cemetery purposes. This hour discusses the resolution of real-life cemetery issues.
12:45	Lunch Break
1:30	Lawyer for the Deal: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?—Conflicts of Interest in Real Estate Cases John Altmiller, Susan Pesner, Heather Steele Guaranteed to be a lively discussion of situations that can keep you up at night! This session will be an overview of conflict situations that arise in various real estate cases, both transactional and litigation, with a review of Virginia Professional Guidelines, Rules 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9.
2:30	Break
2:40	FIRPTA Explained Kevin T. Pogoda Enacted in 1980, the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) requires foreign persons to pay U.S. income tax on gains they make from selling U.S. real estate. To explain FIRPTA comprehensively, this presentation will explain the rule of FIRPTA withholding, exemptions, limitations to withholding, procedures for withholding, the liability of the settlement attorney, and some special rules. A practical checklist also will be offered to guide the practitioner in evaluating FIRPTA issues.
4:10	Adjourn

Q&A will be handled via chat room for Webcast attendees.
Q&A will be handled via e-mail for telephone seminar attendees.

Faculty

FACULTY

John C. Altmiller, Pesner Altmiller Melnick & DeMers PLC / Tysons
Kay M. Creasman, Old Republic Title / Richmond
Michael E. Derdeyn, Flora Pettit / Charlottesville
David S. Mercer, MercerTrigiani LLP / Alexandria
Christy L. Murphy, Bischoff Martingayle, PC / Norfolk
Susan Pesner, Pesner Altmiller Melnick & DeMers, PLC / Tysons
Kevin T. Pogoda, Old Republic Title / Manassas
Heather R. Steele, Pesner Altmiller Melnick & DeMers PLC / Tysons
Lucia Anna Trigiani, MercerTrigiani LLP / Alexandria