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Overview
Navigate Leasing, Compliance, and Disputes With Confidence
Don't let landlord-tenant issues leave you feeling "rented out" - get the keys to success with this comprehensive CLE program! This course provides a practical guide to navigating landlord-tenant law at a national level, from lease drafting to litigation. With expert-led sessions, you will gain actionable insights into crafting effective leases, understanding tenant and landlord rights, and managing disputes. Whether you're representing landlords, tenants, or property managers, this course offers tools to enhance your legal practice and protect your clients' interests. Register today!
Benefits of Attending:
- Comprehensive Coverage: Gain expertise in all aspects of landlord-tenant law, from lease drafting to post-judgment enforcement.
- Compliance Insights: Learn to navigate federal regulations like the Fair Housing Act and ADA to protect your clients from costly legal pitfalls.
- Practical Strategies: Discover effective methods for handling disputes, evictions, and discrimination claims to achieve favorable outcomes.
- Client Advocacy Pointers: Equip yourself with knowledge to advise clients confidently on their rights, responsibilities, and litigation strategies.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Leases Part 1: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
- Leases Part 2: Landlord Rights and Responsibilities
- Eviction Procedures and Alternatives
- Overview of Federal Tenant Protection Laws and Compliance
- Litigation Strategies in Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Ethical Challenges in Landlord-Tenant Law
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Alabama CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Colorado CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2027 |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Florida CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Georgia CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Iowa CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2026 |
| Idaho CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2030 |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-15-2027 |
| Indiana CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2026 |
| Kansas CLE |
|
7 Total | 06-15-2026 |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2026 |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-15-2027 |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Missouri CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
6 Total | 07-31-2026 |
| Montana CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2028 |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-28-2026 |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2028 |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2028 |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
7.2 Total | 02-26-2026 |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2028 |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total | 06-16-2028 |
| Ohio CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Oregon CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2028 |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-15-2027 |
| Texas CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-16-2026 |
| Utah CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-15-2030 |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total | 06-16-2027 |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-07-2026 |
| North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education |
|
6 Total | 02-28-2026 |
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Agenda
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Leases Part 1: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
- Drafting the Lease: Negotiation and Critical Tenant Lease Terms
- Working with Brokers and Real Estate Professionals
- Common Areas and Liability
- Right to Terminate Outside of Contractual Language
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Leases Part 2: Landlord Rights and Responsibilities
- Negotiation and Important Landlord Lease Terms
- Handling Problem Tenants
- Premises Liability Concerns
- Commercial Leases and Special Considerations
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Eviction Procedures and Alternatives
- Grounds for Eviction
- The Eviction Process
- Alternatives to Eviction
- Working with Property Management Companies During Evictions
- Recent Eviction Case Law and Trends
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Overview of Federal Tenant Protection Laws and Compliance
- Understanding the Fair Housing Act
- ADA and Accessibility in Rental Properties
- Mitigating Risks of Discrimination Claims
- Other Tenant Protections Laws
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Litigation Strategies in Landlord-Tenant Disputes
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Ethical Challenges in Landlord-Tenant Law
- Avoiding Conflicts of Interest When Working with Brokers and Other Professionals
- Maintaining Confidentiality
- Dealing with Unrepresented Tenants
- Attorneys' Fees
- Fair Advocacy and Professional Conduct
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for attorneys. Additionally, paralegals, property managers, real estate agents, and brokers may benefit from this course.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Christi M. Weber
is a partner with Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. She focuses her practice on real estate law and commercial finance. She counsels commercial lenders, individuals, and business owners in all aspects of real estate and financial transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, title review, development, financing, and leasing, and has represented property owners and developers in the formation of condominiums and planned communities. Ms. Weber manages a broad and multifaceted real estate practice that also includes representing clients in disputes involving real estate developers, tenants, general contractors, and property owners. She earned her B.A. degree from Duquesne University and her J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Ms. Weber is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Speaker bio
Grant Puleo
focuses his practice on a wide variety of real estate, finance and business transactions. He has extensive experience in a broad array of commercial, multi-family and educational facility (student housing) real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, construction, affordable housing, P3, syndication, dispositions and specialized leasing and financing of all product types throughout California and the United States. Mr. Puleo's finance experience includes both borrower and lender representation in the origination and workout of complicated debt and equity transactions, such as acquisition and construction financing, mezzanine financing and synthetic leasing transactions. He also represents clients in business matters involving the transfer of business assets and property and the formation and restructuring of joint ventures, private placements, opportunity funds and other business entities. Mr. Puleo is also a seasoned trial attorney, having tried over a dozen jury trials and several dozen binding arbitrations and mediations involving real estate, finance and business disputes, lis pendens, quiet title and partition actions, as well as risk management and litigation avoidance counseling. Mr. Puleo has also testified as an expert witness in trial, binding arbitration and in deposition. Mr. Puleo is an adjunct professor of law at California Western School of Law, where he lectures on commercial real estate transactions. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Endeavor Bank and serves as pro bono legal counsel for various non-profit clients. Mr. Puleo is admitted to practice in the state of California.
Speaker bio
Robyn K. Kish
joined Klein, Daday, Aretos & O'Donoghue, LLC in 2011. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in English from Bradley University in 2001. Ms. Kish earned her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2005. Her practice is concentrated in condominium law, collections, and mortgage foreclosures. Ms. Kish is a member of the American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, CAI, and ACHTA.
Speaker bio
Eric M. Steven
is the principal and managing attorney of Steven Law Office in Spokane with a practice emphasis in the area of landlord-tenant relations and housing. He practices in both state and federal courts in all Washington counties east of the Cascades and in northern Idaho. Mr. Steven litigates landlord/tenant cases involving eviction, ejectment, commercial litigation, fair housing claims, and a variety of other landlord-tenant issues. He is one of the few attorneys in Washington to actually defend a fair housing case in a federal court jury trial. Mr. Steven is acting counsel for numerous property owners, landlords, management companies, mobile home parks, and subsidized housing providers. He is active in legislative reform and advisory counsel for the Washington Apartment Association. Mr. Steven earned his B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma and his J.D. degree from Gonzaga University School of Law. As a licensed instructor in real estate, he frequently lectures to attorneys, property managers, law enforcement, and owners at continuing legal education programs. He is the author of From Landlord/Tenant to Debt Collector/Consumer and Back Again, Gonzaga Law Review, and A Comparison of Residential Tenancies in Idaho and Washington State (2013), now available on the internet, publication pending. For the last several years, Mr. Steven has been an invited speaker at the Trends conference in Seattle, Washington, the northwest's largest rental housing management conference. As one of the most highly evaluated CLE instructors statewide in 2003, he was selected by the Washington State Bar Association to speak in the WSBA Encore "Best of CLE" series. Mr. Steven is a frequent speaker for the Washington State Bar and Spokane County Bar Association. He is a member of the Washington State, Idaho, Spokane County, Federal and Eastern District of Washington Bankruptcy bar associations. In 2019, Steven Law Office was named Top Housing Law Firm of the Year by Lawyer Monthly magazine. In 2023, Inc. magazine named Steven Law Office a Power Partner in business. Mr. Steven was named by National Business Institute, a nationwide CLE sponsor, as the "Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year for 2023", based upon peer review and other factors.
Speaker bio
Thomas J. Major
is the principal and chair of the business law and transactions practice in the Hackensack Office of Offit Kurman, Attorneys At Law. He maintains practices in real estate law and landlord representation, counseling clients in the multi-family and investment property industry. Mr. Major has served as a speaker in the past on real estate and landlord-tenant subjects. He earned his B.A. degree from Grove City College and his J.D. degree from Rutgers University School of Law.
Speaker bio
Matthew C. Samley
is a partner with the law firm of Appel Yost LLP in Lancaster. He practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors' rights, real estate, business transactions, small business formation, business buy-sell, estate planning and administration. Mr. Samley serves as parliamentarian for the Lancaster County Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Council. He is on the adjunct faculty for Harrisburg Area Community College in Lancaster, where he teaches a variety of courses in the Department of Business Studies. Mr. Samley frequently presents at professional education programs on landlord-tenant collection law, ethics, LLC formation, contracts, and bankruptcy. He is a member of the Business Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Estate Planning Council of Lancaster County and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference. Mr. Samley serves on the Board of Directors of the Lancaster Bar Association and on an advisory board to the Lancaster County Community Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic. He earned his B.S. degree, cum laude, from Millersville University and J.D. degree from Dickinson School of Law.
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