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Mechanic's Liens: 8 Things to Know

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1 hours 30 minutes
Michael Metz Topodas
With Michael Metz Topodas from Saul Ewing LLP
Recorded September 30, 2025
Product ID 100908

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Overview

File It Right or Lose the Fight

Mechanics' liens can create instant leverage or instant chaos, depending on how they're handled (and who you represent). Whether you're helping a contractor secure payment, clearing a lien to close a real estate deal, or navigating lien rights in foreclosure or bankruptcy, this course gives you the 8 essentials you need to manage it all with confidence. Register today!

  • Learn who can file a mechanic's lien and what can be claimed.
  • Review mistakes that open the door to challenges and lien invalidity.
  • Discover how to extinguish lien rights by waiver or release.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Eligibility: Who Can File and Who Can't
  2. What Labor, Services, and Materials Are Lienable - and How the Amount Should be Calculated
  3. Strict Time Limits and Notice Requirements
  4. Potential Defenses Against a Mechanic's Lien
  5. Waivers and Releases
  6. Enforcement
  7. Property Foreclosure and Priority of Lien
  8. If the Property Owner Files for Bankruptcy

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Product ID 100908

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 1.5 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1.5 Total
California CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Florida CLE Approved 2 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kansas CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 1.8 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 2 Total
Oregon CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
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  1. Mechanic's Liens: 8 Things to Know

    1. Eligibility: Who Can File and Who Can't
    2. What Labor, Services, and Materials Are Lienable - and How the Amount Should be Calculated
    3. Strict Time Limits and Notice Requirements
    4. Potential Defenses Against a Mechanic's Lien
    5. Waivers and Releases
    6. Enforcement
    7. Property Foreclosure and Priority of Lien
    8. If the Property Owner Files for Bankruptcy

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Construction professionals, title insurance professionals, lenders, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Michael Metz Topodas
Michael
Metz Topodas
Saul Ewing LLP
Speaker bio
Michael Metz Topodas

Michael Metz Topodas

Saul Ewing LLP
Michael Metz Topodas

is a partner at Saul Ewing LLP. He represents clients in construction-related litigation and disputes and counsels them on construction law matters. Mr. Topodas' practice also focuses on occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) regulatory compliance and citation defense for construction and industrial clients. In representing general contractors, subcontractors, owners, designers, and suppliers on private, public and federal projects, he handles construction disputes involving delay and inefficiency claims, design and construction defects, unforeseen site conditions, project scope disputes, bid protests, and payment claims, including mechanics liens, bond claims, and Miller Act claims. Mr. Topodas handles litigation in both federal and state courts and alternative dispute resolution forums, and he has first-chair experience in trials, arbitration proceedings, and OSHA citation contest hearings. His work begins with pre-litigation counseling and case assessment and he stays with matters through their final resolution, whether by mediation or settlement, trial or arbitration hearing, or appeal. Mr. Topodas earned his B.A. degree, with distinctions, from Swarthmore College and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law.

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