We’re exactly one month away from the 2016 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, which runs from January 28-30, 2016, in Austin, Texas.
Together with our friends and colleagues Joe Waldo, Jack Sperber, and Andrew Brigham, we think we’re put together a pretty good program that covers a lot of ground. This is the first time the conference has been to Austin, and we’re hoping for a good turnout.
Here’s the full agenda for the program.
If you have not already signed up, there is more than enough room, and there’s still time.
If you haven’t yet pulled the trigger, we’d like to convince you to come. So over the next few days, we’re going to be posting highlights from the agenda, featuring our stellar faculty.
- We’ll start off with a talk welcoming us to the city by Austin Mayor Steve Adler, who in his former life was an eminent domain lawyer.
- Professor Ilya Somin will speak about his recently-published book in a segment entitled “The Impact of Kelo and the Limits of Eminent Domain.”
- “Pipelines and Energy Corridors: Valuation Perspectives of Condemnors and Condemnees” with the lawyers on the front lines of one of the hottest topics in eminent domain law nationwide.
- Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson will give us his tips in “The Art of Effective Negotiation – A Judicial View.” Justice Anderson has a unique view on eminent domain, since he not only litigated cases as a lawyer and resolved them as a jurist, he was also a property owner in a condemnation action.
- “Advice to Condemnees From Condemnors” – two lawyers who represent agencies with the power of eminent domain will share their thoughts on the do’s and don’t from a condemnor perspective.
- You often hear “war stories” about lawyers’ successes. But often, you learn the most from your mistakes, and your recovery from those errors. In “Eminent Domain Trials: Lessons Learned the Hard Way,” three experienced eminent domain lawyers will reveal their missteps, and how they became better lawyers as a result.
- Dana Berliner and W. Andrew Gowder will present about one of the cutting-edge topics in the nation’s courtrooms: “First Amendment for Fifth Amendment Lawyers: Free Speech, Signs, Defamation, FOIA, and RLUIPA Claims.”
- The concept of highest and best use means that eminent domain lawyers are often land use lawyers as well. In “Probability of Rezoning as an Element of Valuation,” land use law experts Nikelle Meade, Dwight Merriam, and Charles W. (Chase) Ruffin will get you the information you need to know.
The complete agenda is posted here, and we think it has more than a few sessions that will catch your interest.
Special thanks to our sponsors: Barron & Adler, LLP, Forensic Appraisal Group, Ltd., McFarland – Condemnation Attorneys, and Miller Nash Graham & Dunn.
Come, join your colleagues for three days of fantastic programming, networking, and fun in Austin. Hope to see you there.