Between sessions at the annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference in New Orleans, planning Chair Joe Waldo took to the mic to say a few words about his co-Chair, Leslie Fields. Yesterday, Leslie announced that after 10 years, she's retiring as Chair of the conference and that she is also retiring from the practice of law later this year.
Joe expressed his thanks for Leslie's years of leading this conference and her many more years of representing property owners across Colorado in eminent domain and related cases. In addition to planning this conference, Leslie's represented property owners in nearly every county in Colorado, won significant cases in the Colorado Supreme Court and federal courts, and literally written the book on the practice of eminent domain in in Colorado.
Joe, Leslie, and Andrew Brigham and Jack Sperber (co-Chairs of the Eminent Domain 101 program)
Leslie reminded us that next year, she can sit in the audience for once.
Leslie has been an energetic and generous Chair of the conference, and I am grateful for her kindness over the years of finding a spot for me on the agenda. Although I will miss her leadership and her collegiality, I know she is making the right move, at the right time. Like all of us, I wish her only the best.
Here's Joe's presentation.
