Event Overview
Thursday, January 16, 2025
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM – CLE Program
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – Off-Site Luncheon | The Manor at Rosie O’Grady’s, 148 West 51st Street
Real Property and Housing Issues and Updates
The NYSBA Real Property Law Section’s Annual Meeting on January 16, 2025, will offer an engaging and comprehensive program addressing key issues in real estate law. The event opens with a timely discussion from the Housing Court Task Force, which will examine critical legal challenges and provides 1.0 CLE credit in Professional Practice. In addition, a session on Bias in Real Estate will explores diversity considerations (0.5 CLE credit). Attendees will also delve into the landmark case Burnett v. National Association of Realtors, unpacking its implications on contracts and closings (1.5 CLE credits). Concluding with a session on ethics, this half-day program promises valuable insights and professional growth opportunities for real estate attorneys.
Real Property Law Section Chair:
Shelby D. Green
Program Chairs:
Susan Golden
Click here to register for the Real Property Committee on Condominiums & Cooperatives Program, happening Tuesday, January 14 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
General Registration Fee
Required for all Annual Meeting attendees.
| NYSBA Members | $250 |
| Non-members | $350 |
+plus…
$150 Program Registration Fee
$75 Off-site Luncheon
Real Property Law Section Annual Meeting
Thursday, January 16, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown
CLE Session | 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.| Rendezvous Trianon, 3rd Floor
Luncheon | 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Offsite Location TBA
3.5 MCLE Credits
This program is transitional and is suitable for all attorneys
including those newly admitted.
8:00 a.m.
Check in and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Speaker
Shelby D. Green, Esq., Section Chair | Susan Taxin Baer ’85 Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law White Plains, NY
Susan E. Golden, Esq., Program Chair | Venable LLP New York, NY
8:35 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Housing Court Task Force: Delays, Frustrations and Proposed Solutions
The Housing Court Task Force will lead a discussion detailing their statistical findings regarding the significant delays currently plaguing our housing courts, the impact and frustrations of owners, tenants and the court as a result of these delays, as well as proposed solutions to address and alleviate the current situation
Speaker
Madison Bishop, Esq. | Elisabeth Haub School of Law White Plains, New York
Paul Gruber, Esq. | Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C. New York, New York
Mary D. Milone, Esq. | Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C. New York, New York
Steven Smollens, Esq. | Smollens Law Office New York, New York
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice9:25 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Bias in Real Estate
Program Description in Process
Speaker
Toni Carlos, Esq. | Westcor Land Title Ins. Co.
0.5 Credit in Diversity9:50 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Break
10:05 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Burnett v. National Association of Realtors
The class action lawsuit Burnett v. National Association of Realtors (NAR) has changed the way realtors are compensated for representing home buyers and sellers, with implications for purchase and sale contracts and closings. This presentation will educate attorneys about the case, the settlement and where it applies, new forms of brokerage contracts, and how to address the changes with clients in the contract and closing process.
Speaker
Toni Ann Barone, Esq. | Law Firm of Barone & Barone, LLP Staten Island, New York
Alfred M. Fazio, Esq. | Capuder Fazio Giacoia LLP New York, New York
Neil Garfinkel, Esq. | Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson, LLP New York, New York
1.5 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Keeping the Trust: Ethics in Preserving Client Funds and Accepting Payment
“Money isn’t everything, but it ranks right up there with oxygen.” Money is both essential for successful law practices and one of the largest sources of disciplinary woes. Real Estate lawyers are among the most active users of escrow accounts. The potential for slip ups is high, even for conscientious practitioners. New technologies and changing norms have modernized the traditional practice, but present opportunities for inadvertent ethics violations. This talk will discuss selected advanced issues in escrow account management and alternative payment arrangements.
Speaker
Randall Tesser, Esq. | Tesser, Ryan & Rochman LLP White Plains, New York
0.5 Credit in EthicsFaculty
Toni Ann Barone, Esq.
Law Firm of Barone & Barone, LLP
Staten Island, New York
Madison Bishop, Esq.
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
White Plains, New York
Toni Carlos, Esq.
Westcor Land Title Ins. Co.
Huntington Station, New York
Alfred M. Fazio, Esq.
Capuder Fazio Giacoia LLP
New York, New York
Neil Garfinkel, Esq.
Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson, LLP
New York, New York
Paul Gruber, Esq.
Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C.
New York, New York
Mary D. Milone, Esq.
Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C.
New York, New York
Steven Smollens, Esq.
Smollens Law Office
New York, New York
Randall Tesser, Esq.
Tesser, Ryan & Rochman LLP
White Plains, New York
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