Real Estate

4.15

Getting Started in Real Estate Law

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Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
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Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
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Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
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Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 52 minutes
Elena Otero
Michael Mazek
Ammad Waheed
Lauren Gulley
With Elena Otero from McDermott Will & Emery LLP + 3 others
Recorded June 06, 2025
Product ID 100429

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Overview

Build Your Real Estate Practice From the Ground Up!

Ready to build a strong real estate practice? This course offers a solid foundation in the essentials of real estate law. Lay the groundwork for navigating purchase agreements, title defects, and boundary disputes. Discover the blueprints for quality leases and nail down your negotiation techniques. Don't miss this opportunity to reinforce your real estate law skills- register today!

  • Explore the key elements of real estate transactions.
  • Identify different types of deeds and how to ensure validity.
  • Discuss liens and encumbrances, as well as remedies for these defects.
  • Navigate the procedures behind creating, transferring, and terminating easements.
  • Uncover key terms to negotiate within real estate leases.
  • Highlight the ethical dilemmas often faced by real estate attorneys.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Real Estate Transactional Touchpoints
  2. Surveys, Legal Descriptions, and Deeds
  3. Boundaries, Easements, and Zoning in Real Estate Law
  4. Title Insurance, Defects, and Remedies
  5. Legal Ethics for Real Estate Attorneys
  6. Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating Real Estate Leases

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Product ID 100429

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Real Estate Transactional Touchpoints

    1. Drafting the Letter of Intent
    2. Purchase and Sale Agreements
    3. Negotiating Key Provisions: Due Diligence Period, Covenants, Conditions, and More
    4. Financing Options and Loan Documents

  2. Surveys, Legal Descriptions, and Deeds

    1. Reviewing Surveys for Potential Issues
    2. Methods of Describing Property
    3. Types of Deeds and Requirements for Validity
    4. Resolving Conflicting Surveys, Descriptions, and Deeds

  3. Boundaries, Easements, and Zoning in Real Estate Law

    1. Determining Boundaries and Resolving Disputes
    2. Types of Easements and Their Implications
    3. Creating, Transferring, and Terminating Easements
    4. Zoning Overview: Ordinances, Variances, and Conditional Use

  4. Title Insurance, Defects, and Remedies

    1. Title Insurance 101: What's in the Commitment and Policy?
    2. Reviewing Title Reports and Chain of Title
    3. Liens, Encumbrances, and Other Defects
    4. Curative Actions: Remedies for Title Issues

  5. Legal Ethics for Real Estate Attorneys

    1. Ethically Handling Client Funds
    2. Multiple Party Representation and Conflicts of Interest
    3. Dealing with Unrepresented Parties
    4. Disclosure Requirements in Real Estate Transactions

  6. Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating Real Estate Leases

    1. Common Lease Structures
    2. Negotiating CAM Provisions and Other Important Leasing Terms
    3. Handling Lease Defaults, Evictions, and Disputes
    4. Using AI in Lease Review and Drafting

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Real estate professionals, title officers, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Elena Otero
Elena
Otero
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Michael Mazek
Michael
Mazek
Mazek Law Group LLC
Ammad Waheed
Ammad
Waheed
Norton Rose Fulbright
Lauren Gulley
Lauren
Gulley
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Speaker bio
Elena Otero

Elena Otero

McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Elena Otero

is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. She has a dual practice advising both real estate developers and investors and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices in a broad range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, land development, construction, leases, venture capital-backed projects and joint ventures, across all asset classes. Ms. Otero also advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices on their real estate investments and portfolios, including direct and indirect investing and development, with an emphasis on luxury residential and high-end commercial properties. She works closely with her clients to evaluate opportunities and navigate the ever-changing, dynamic real estate market. Ms. Otero helps clients integrate their real estate investments and assets into their overall tax, wealth-management and succession-planning strategies, whether such transactions are connected to family-owned or privately held businesses, are designed to achieve personal, multi-generational objectives or both. She also represents local, national and international financial institutions and lenders in the full spectrum of real estate-related commercial lending transactions, including construction and permanent real estate financing, healthcare real estate finance, commercial and industrial loans and asset-based lending. Ms. Otero has also represented institutional and private lending clients with licensing, regulatory and compliance matters. She earned her B.A. degree from University of Miami and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from University of Miami School of Law.

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Michael Mazek

Michael Mazek

Mazek Law Group LLC
Michael Mazek

has had a passion for the legal profession since childhood, when he began managing rental properties for his Polish-immigrant parents as a teenager. This early entry into the Chicago landlord-tenant marketplace gave him a unique perspective on the law. Mr. Mazek saw that non-native English speakers and immigrants had a disadvantage in court. He also recognized that affordable housing is central to any municipality's success. Mr. Mazek's path into the legal profession was spurred by these inequalities. After graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago, he earned his J.D. degree from The John Marshall Law School, where he was a member of the John Marshall Law Review and The Journal of Computer and Information Law. In addition, Mr. Mazek was a valuable contributor to The John Marshall Fair Housing Legal Clinic, representing clients in housing discrimination cases. His most significant contribution at the clinic was as co-counsel for successful appeal of Godinez v. Lackey-Sullivan. This landmark decision clarified whether Section 8 housing vouchers qualified as "sources of income" for purposes of the City of Chicago Fair Housing Ordinance. In 2009, Mr. Mazek launched his private boutique firm, Mazek Law Group, LLC, to provide high quality legal representation at affordable rates. He represents clients in the areas of real estate transactions, real estate litigation, estate planning, probate, criminal defense, and bankruptcy. Mr. Mazek is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois.

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Ammad Waheed

Ammad Waheed

Norton Rose Fulbright
Ammad Waheed

is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright's Houston office and leads the Houston Real Estate group. He has a broad-based commercial real estate and corporate transactions practice. Mr. Waheed's national real estate practice experience includes extensive representation of REITs, pension funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, private equity funds, lenders, and local developers. He has significant experience in handling all types of commercial real estate transactions: acquisition and sale of vacant land, office buildings, multi-family, hotels, shopping centers and other commercial properties; commercial leasing (office, industrial, retail, and medical) and ground leasing; acquisition, forming and representing limited liability companies, partnerships, and joint ventures; construction, permanent, securitized, mezzanine and participating financing; sale-leaseback transactions; and contractor, architect, vendor, broker and management agreements. Mr. Waheed earned his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas. He is admitted to practice in the state of Texas.

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Lauren Gulley

Lauren Gulley

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Lauren Gulley

is a attorney at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, where her practice encompasses a variety of commercial real estate matters. Prior to joining the Davis Graham Real Estate group, she practiced at two South Carolina real estate law firms. There, Ms. Gulley worked primarily on commercial real estate development and financing transactions throughout the southeast region. She has extensive experience in advising real estate developers, investors, lenders, purchasers, and sellers with regard to commercial financing, land use and development, planned unit developments, construction, real estate title insurance, and all aspects of structuring commercial loan and business transactions. Ms. Gulley also works with both commercial landlords and tenants in the drafting and negotiation of leases for a variety of commercial properties. She earned her J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and her B.A. degree in political science from The University of the South (Sewanee).

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