Real Property Law Section Summer Meeting 2024

2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Conference Check-in – The Lightbox

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting – The Gallery

Coffee, tea & snacks served

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Reception – The Gallery

Dress Code: Business or Cocktail Attire

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Dinner – The Gallery

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Breakfast Buffet – The Gallery

CLE Sign In – The Lightbox

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions – Studio 4

Section Chair
Shelby D. Green, Esq.
Susan Taxin Baer ’85 Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law
White Plains, NY

Program Chair
Susan E. Golden, Esq.
Venable LLP
New York, NY

9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

You’ve Got Invoices: Construction Contract Prompt Payment Law and Retainage Cap

Speaker

Brian G. Lustbader, Esq. | Venable LLP New York, NY

Russell M. Wolfson, Esq. | Venable LLP New York, NY

10:00 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

Construction Contracts and Construction Management: Sustainability and the Road to Net Zero

Speaker

Amanda MacVey, Esq. | Venable LLP Washington, DC

10:55 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Tales from the Trenches: Property Condition Disclosure Act Amendments: What Have They Wrought and Taught?

Speaker

David L. Berkey, Esq. | Gallet Dreyer & Berkey LLP New York, NY

Heather CM Rogers, Esq. | Davidson Fink LLP Rochester, NY

Mindy H. Stern, Esq. | Schwartz Sladkus Reich & Greenberg LLP New York, NY

1:00 p.m.

Optional Afternoon Activity: Golf & Lunch

Club de Golf de L’Ile de Montréal (Ireland Course)
Advance Registration and Additional Fee Required ($130pp, includes lunch)
Meet in lobby and carpool to golf course.
Lunch included. Groups of 4 will be listed at the Registration Desk. Tee times are 1:00 PM, 1:10 PM and 1:20 PM.

The Ireland Course is an award-winning, typically Irish Links course, proposing a par 71 of 6820 yards of greenery and dunes. Open to wind and pot bunker type sand traps, the course will challenge the boldest players. Yet, five sets of starting tees make this course accessible to all level of golfers.

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Reception: L’Auberge Saint-Gabriel

Truteau Hall
426 Saint Gabriel, Montréal QC H2Y 2Z9
Dress Code: Business or Cocktail Attire

Transportation on your own. There is no parking at the venue, but there is a paid parking lot a 6-minute walk away at the Centre des sciences de Montréal on De La Commune Street. Or, from the W Montréal, the restaurant is a 13-minute walk straight up Rue du Square-Victoria, turn right on Rue Saint Gabriel.

Start your evening with our reception at L’Auberge Saint-Gabriel, built in 1688 by a French soldier. This was the first inn in North America to receive a liquor license, on March 4, 1754. Full of Quebec history, it is a mecca of Quebec gastronomy and one of the trendiest destinations in Montréal’s nightlife.

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Breakfast Buffet – The Gallery

CLE Sign In – The Lightbox

General Session – Studio 4

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions – Studio 4

Program Chair
Susan E. Golden, Esq.
Venable LLP,
New York, NY

9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Real Estate Valuation in Litigation

Speaker

Daniel N. Zinman, Esq. | Kriss & Feuerstein LLP New York, NY

10:00 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

Cybersecurity, Internet Scams and What Your Liability Insurance Might Be Missing

Speaker

Antony K. Haynes, Esq. | Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP Rye, NY

Jeffrey G. Steinberg, Esq. | Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP Rye, NY

10:55 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls in Land Use Applications (with Chocolates!)

Speaker

Hilary G. Atzrott Hamburg, Esq. | Venable LLP New York, NY

12:30 p.m.

Board Shuttle Bus to Lunch at Jardin botanique du Montréal, Marquee

Meet at hotel entrance

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Lunch

Jardin botanique de Montréal, Marquee
4101, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal
(Look for the white tent) - Dress Code: Casual

After Lunch: Tour the Jardin botanique
Please indicate when you register for the Summer Meeting if you and any of your guests plan to attend the lunch and/or tour Jardin botanique. There is no extra charge; a count for advance planning and ticket purchasing is needed.
An urban oasis, the Jardin botanique de Montréal has more than 22,000 species of plants, 10 exhibition greenhouses and 20 thematic gardens. Founded in 1931 by a young botany teacher, Brother Marie-Victorin, the gardens reflect the work of the Garden’s first chief horticulturalist, Henry Teuscher.

4:30 p.m.

Load shuttle bus to return to hotel

Optional Evening Activity:

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Cirque du Soleil

Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities Under the Big Top
Old Port of Montréal


Shuttle bus to depart the W Montréal at 6:00 p.m.
Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Shuttle bus will return guests to the hotel.


Pre-Registration and Additional Fee Required- A limited number of tickets can be purchased when registering the Summer Meeting for this performance of Cirque du Soleil

An intense sensory experience that features evocative dance, colorful costumes & vivid lighting. high-energy acrobatics & dramatic dance, set to the thunderous rhythms of the taiko drums.

Anytime

Dinner on your own

Montréal is famed for its food, from a culinary scene that's endlessly innovative and wildly creative to tried-and-true local cuisine traditions such as smoked meat sandwiches and the iconic poutine. Swanky Parisian-style bistros, wine bars and microbreweries, casual eateries and pop-up restaurants all make Montréal's gastronomy experiences as spectacular as they are delicious. Visit the historically Jewish, Asian or Italian neighborhoods for a multicultural experience. Try Canadian maple products: from butter to taffy to ice cream. Our concierge at the W can assist, if needed.

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Breakfast Buffet – Studio 4

Departure

Safe Travels and Thank You for Joining Us in Montréal!