34th Annual Real Estate Law Institute
Sponsored by the Real Estate Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
November 8 and 9, 2012 - Marriott at Key Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Topics include:
Day One:
- Current Developments: More Current Than Last Year's Current Developments
- Appraisals: Establishing/Challenging Values
- Head in the Clouds, Hands in the Dirt: The Mobile Practice of Real Estate Law
- Secrets and Lies of Tenant Work Letters
- Making Dirt Pay Under the Tax Code: The 2012 Regulations on Capital Improvements vs. Expenses; Energy Credits; Cost Segregation and Proposed Lease Accounting Rules
- Journey to the Center of the Earth: Digging Deeper into Ohio’s Oil and Gas
Day Two:
- Breakfast Roundtable Discussions (not eligible for CLE)
- Legislative Update
- Make Me Go to (Historic) Rehab
- You Need A License For That?! License Law Requirements for Brokers and Property
- The Road to Hell is Paved with Bad Letters of Intent
- “6 Under 60” – Anatomy of a Purchase Agreement
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Residential Real Estate Issues
- Going Once, Going Twice, No Bid: Auctions and Loan To Own
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 6.00 hours CLE
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Old Republic Title
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Presentation of the Bob Rosewater Award
Lori A. Pittman, Ulmer & Berne LLP, Institute Co-Chair
Carter E. Strang, President of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
8:45 a.m. Current Developments: More Current Than Last Year's Current Developments
Irene M. MacDougall, Tucker Ellis LLP, Moderator
John W. Waldeck, Jr., Walter & Haverfield, LLP
Robert D. Gutin, Gutin Law Firm
Jennifer L. Stueber, Tucker Ellis LLP
10:15 a.m. Break – Sponsored by Guardian Title
10:30 a.m. Appraisals: Establishing/Challenging Values
Elizabeth A. Meyer, Sonkin & Koberna Co., LPA, Moderator
Kevin M. Hinkel, Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel, Moderator
Wade Steen, CPA, Fiscal Officer, Cuyahoga County
Shelley Davis, Administrator of Board of Revision, Cuyahoga County
11:15 a.m. Head in the Clouds, Hands in the Dirt: The Mobile Practice of Real Estate Law
David V. Allen, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Moderator
Michael D. Goler, Miller Goler Faeges Lapine LLP, Moderator
Brett Burney, Principal, Burney Consultants LLC
Paul Unger, Partner, Affinity Consulting Group, LLC
12:15 p.m. Luncheon Sponsored by First American Title Insurance Company
Joseph Marinucci, Downtown Cleveland Alliance
1:45 p.m. Secrets and Lies of Tenant Work Letters
Debora Lasch, Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz, Moderator
Judd Kline, Sr. Director, Herschman Architects, Inc.
2:30 p.m. Break Sponsored by Allegro Realty
2:45 p.m. Making Dirt Pay Under the Tax Code: The 2012 Regulations on Capital Improvements vs. Expenses; Energy Credits; Cost Segregation and Proposed Lease Accounting Rules
Patrick J. McIntyre, Weston Hurd LLP, Moderator
James T Gornik, CPA, JD, Apple Growth Partners
Ivan J. Mahovlic, CPA, MTax, Apple Growth Partners
Mike Owens, CPA, Apple Growth Partners
3:45 p.m. Journey to the Center of the Earth: Digging Deeper into Ohio’s Oil and Gas
Keith H. Raker, Tucker Ellis LLP, Moderator
Glenn E. Morrical, Tucker Ellis LLP
Joel Heiser, Atlas Energy, L.P.
4:45 p.m. Adjourn to Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Surety Title
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 6.00 CLE
8:00 a.m. Breakfast Roundtables Sponsored by Title Source National Commercial (not eligible for CLE credit)
Topics and table hosts include:
Receiverships – David Browning, CBRE
Mechanic’s Liens - Patricia Seifert, Tucker Ellis LLP
Title Underwriting and Endorsements - Deborah Lawrence-Auten, Title Source National Commercial
Insurance - William E. Brancovsky, Executive Vice President, Oswald Companies
Residential Sales Issues - Peg Ritenour, Ohio Association of Realtors
Post-Closing Purchase Issues – Buyer Remorse Issues - Fred Corsi, Counsel to Howard Hanna
8:40 a.m. Welcome
Deborah Zielinski, Buckley King, Institute Co-Chair
8:45 a.m. Legislative Update
Lynn M. Gattozzi, Squire Sanders (US) LLP, Moderator
Elizabeth Z. Golish, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
9:15 a.m. Make Me Go to (Historic) Rehab
Teresa Metcalf Beasley, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Moderator
Michael A. Poklar, Michael A. Poklar & Associates, Moderator
Annette Stevenson, Novogradac
Jonathan Sandvick, Sandvick Archetects
Zachary Bruell, Bruell Restaurant Group
10:15 a.m. Break Sponsored by Partners Environmental
10:30 a.m. You Need A License For That?! License Law Requirements for Brokers and Property Managers
Cynthia A. Lammert, Reminger Co., L.P.A., Moderator
Margaret J. (Peg) Ritenour, VP of Legal Affairs for the Ohio Association of Realtors (former superintendent of the Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing)
11:15 a.m. The Road to Hell is Paved with Bad Letters of Intent
Samuel S. Pearlman, Singerman Mills Desberg & Kauntz, Moderator
Robert D. Markus, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, Moderator
David K. Ford, CBRE
12:00 p.m. Luncheon Sponsored by Chicago Title
Thomas M. Goins, Vice President Facilities, Construction & Real Estate, The MetroHealth System
1:30 p.m. “6 Under 60” – Anatomy of a Purchase Agreement
David H. Gunning, II, Roetzel & Andress, LPA, Moderator
Kenneth M. Lapine, Miller Goler Faeges Lapine LLP, Moderator
Monica E. Russell, McFadden & Freeburg Co., L.P.A.
Nick R. Catanzarite, Walter & Haverfield LLP
Evan S. Hirsch, Singerman Mills Desberg & Kauntz
Coleson R. Braham, Buckley King
Gino J. Scarselli, Esq.
Gregory L. Watkins, Roetzel & Andress, LPA
2:30 p.m. Break Sponsored by Novogradac
2:45 p.m. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Residential Real Estate Issues
Alan J. Rapoport, Law Office of Alan J. Rapoport, Moderator
Andrea Kinast, Esq., Director, Foreclosure Mediation Program, Cuyahoga Court of Common Pleas
Richard A. Freshwater, Thompson Hine LLP
Joseph M. Saponaro, Dinn Hochman & Potter, LLC
Robert A. Blattner, Robert A. Blattner, LLC
3:45 p.m. Going Once, Going Twice, No Bid: Auctions and Loan To Own
Nathan A. Felker, Walter & Haverfield LLP, Moderator
Terence L. Thomas, Squire Sanders (US) LLP, Moderator
Mark S. Abood, Chartwell Group
4:45 p.m. Program Concludes
INSTITUTE CO-CHAIRS:
Lori A. Pittman, Ulmer & Berne LLP
Deborah D. Zielinski, Buckley King
INSTITUTE PLANNING COMMITTEE:
David V. Allen, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Teresa Metcalf Beasley, Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
Robert A. Blattner, Robert A. Blattner LLC
Nathan A. Felker, Walter & Haverfield LLP
Lynn M. Gattozzi, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP
Michael D. Goler, Miller Goler Faeges Lapine LLP
David H. Gunning II, Roetzel & Andress LPA
Kevin M. Hinkel, Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel
Cynthia A. Lammert, Reminger Co., L.P.A.
Debora S. Lasch, Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co., L.P.A.
Kenneth M. Lapine, Miller Goler Faeges Lapine LLP
Irene M. MacDougall, Tucker Ellis LLP
Robert D. Markus, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Patrick J. McIntrye, Weston Hurd LLP
Elizabeth A. Meyer, Sonkin & Koberna Co., L.P.A.
Samuel S. Pearlman, Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co., L.P.A.
Michael A. Poklar, Michael A. Poklar & Associates
Keith H. Raker, Tucker Ellis LLP
Alan J. Rapoport, Law Office of Alan J. Rapoport
Joseph M. Saponaro, Dinn, Hochmann & Potter, LLC
Terence L. Thomas, Squire Sanders (US) LLP
The Real Estate Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association is proud to sponsor the annual "Bob Rosewater Memorial Award for Meritorious Service to The Real Estate Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association."
The award is presented every year at the Real Estate Law Institute. The criteria are as follows:
1. Long-term commitment and service to the Real Estate Section.
2. Long-term commitment and service to the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and its other sections.
3. Recognized leader and expert in her/his field.
4. Extra-ordinary accomplishments (i.e., landmark case etc.).
5. Community service related to real estate interests (including service to other real estate organizations).
6. General community service.
This award was established in 2002 to honor Bob Rosewater who received the first award posthumously in 2002.
Other past recipients are as follows:
James P. McAndrews (2003)
Richard A. Rosner (2004)
Jacob I. Rosenbaum (2005)
Robert A. Blattner (2006)
Thomas A. Mason (2007)
Robert D. Markus (2008)
Arthur Brooks (2009)
John W. (Jack) Waldeck, Jr. (2010)
Robert V. Secrist, Jr. (2011)
The Real Estate Law Section and the CMBA gratefully acknowledge the 2012 RELI Sponsors for their commitment to this program:
Allegro Realty Advisors
Chicago Title
First American Title Insurance Company
Guardian Title and Guaranty Agency
Novogradac
Old Republic Title
Partners Environmental
Surety Title Agency, Inc.
Title Source National Commercial