Real Estate

Advanced Boundary and Easement Issues

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Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 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
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi 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
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas 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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Jason Bielagus
Richard Fox
Brian Fischer
Philip Pires
William Kerr
With Jason A. Bielagus from Bielagus Law Offices PLLC + 4 others

Thu, Aug 20, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

This is a rebroadcast of a previous event held on December 19, 2025.
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Overview

Handle Complex Boundary and Easement Matters With Confidence

When seemingly routine boundary and easement issues become complex, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of the matters at hand in order to aid your client. An advanced knowledge of boundary and easement matters will also allow you to gain an upper hand over the other side of the table, thus better ensuring your client's success. Don't miss this valuable opportunity to advance your understanding of surveys, ambiguous boundaries, easements, curing boundary-related title defects, and more. Ensure you are representing your clients to the best of your ability by taking your boundary and easement knowledge to the next level. Register today!

  • Cure boundary and easement-related title defects before they derail your clients' real property transactions.
  • Learn how to review land surveys like the experts.
  • Confidently resolve boundary disputes concerning ambiguous land surveys and legal descriptions.
  • Handle complicated easement interference claims involving blocking ingress, constructing unauthorized improvements, and more.
  • Gain insight on resolving disputes over water access easements, conservation easements, and other unique easement types.

 

This is a rebroadcast of the original event delivered by Jason A. Bielagus, Richard J. Fox, Brian Fischer, Philip C. Pires Esq. on December 19, 2025. Faculty will be available to answer your questions after the program.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Curing Boundary and Easement-Related Title Defects
  2. Land Surveys: Beyond the Basics
  3. Overcoming Quiet Title Difficulties
  4. Resolving Easement Interference Claims
  5. Essential Strategies for Handling Unique Easement Issues and Disputes
  6. Handling Disputes Over Ambiguous or Unknown Boundaries
  7. Ethical Considerations

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Product ID 101281

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
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
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi 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
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas 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. Curing Boundary and Easement-Related Title Defects

    1. Indefinite, Unclear, and Undisclosed Easements
    2. Encroachments of a Significant Nature
    3. Access-Related Title Issues
    4. Recreating the Historical Record: Lost Titles, Missing Evidence, and More
    5. Creating Easements
    6. Amending and Terminating Easements
    7. Title Insurance Endorsements
  2. Land Surveys: Beyond the Basics

    1. Updated ALTA/NSPS Standards
    2. What Surveys Can Tell the Experienced Reader
    3. Conflicting and Contested Surveys
    4. Changed Physical Feature Issues
    5. Paper Streets and Adverse Possession
    6. Working With Historical Maps, Records, Documents
  3. Overcoming Quiet Title Difficulties

  4. Resolving Easement Interference Claims

    1. Rights of Grantors vs. Rights of Grantees
    2. Construction of Improvements on Easements
    3. Blocking Ingress or Egress
    4. Grantor Parking on Easements
    5. Overburdening of Easements
    6. Calculating and Obtaining Monetary Damage
  5. Essential Strategies for Handling Unique Easement Issues and Disputes

    1. Water Access
    2. Conservation Easements
    3. Drainage and Flowage Easements
    4. Oil and Gas-Related Easements
    5. Electrical Transmission Lines
    6. Environmental Damage on Easements
    7. Aerial Easements
  6. Handling Disputes Over Ambiguous or Unknown Boundaries

    1. Evaluating Title Insurance Policies for Dispute Coverage
    2. Unknown Boundaries
    3. Ambiguities in Land Surveys and Legal Descriptions
    4. Missing or Destroyed Markers
  7. Ethical Considerations

    1. Ethics in Good Faith
    2. Following Limitations Imposed by Statute and Common Law
    3. Ethics in Quiet Title Actions
    4. Calculating Attorneys' Fees

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Surveyors, title insurance professionals, real estate professionals, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Jason A Bielagus
Jason A.
Bielagus
Bielagus Law Offices PLLC
Richard J Fox
Richard J.
Fox
Law Office of Richard J. Fox PLLC
Brian Fischer
Brian
Fischer
THD Design Group
Philip C Pires Esq.
Philip C.
Pires, Esq.
Cohen and Wolf, P.C.
William F Kerr Jr.
William F.
Kerr, Jr.
High Swartz LLP
Speaker bio
Jason A Bielagus

Jason A. Bielagus

Bielagus Law Offices PLLC
Jason Bielagus

is an attorney at Bielagus Law Offices PLLC, where he focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate, both transactions and litigation. His experience includes closings, purchases, sales, purchase and sale agreements, deeds, notes, mortgages, foreclosures, lease agreements, evictions, subdivisions, condominiums and petitions to quiet title, as well as litigation of real estate matters. Mr. Bielagus was an assistant district attorney in New Mexico. He also served as a JAG officer with the Army National Guard. Mr. Bielagus is licensed to practice in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New Mexico, as well as the U.S. District Court D.N.H. and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court D.N.H. He earned his B.A. degree from St. John's College and his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School.

Speaker bio
Richard J Fox

Richard J. Fox

Law Office of Richard J. Fox PLLC
Richard Fox

is an attorney with the Law Office of Richard J. Fox PLLC, where his practice focuses on commercial and residential real estate. As legal counsel, he represents buyers, sellers, and lenders in residential and commercial real estate transactions, including title searches and closing. As a title insurance agent, Mr. Fox reviews title opinions and issues title insurance policies. He is admitted to practice in Vermont and Massachusetts, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Mr. Fox is a member of the Vermont, Massachusetts, and Chittenden County bar associations; and is an agent for Vermont Attorneys Title Corporation. He earned his B.A. degree from Rutgers College and his J.D. degree from The George Washington University Law School.

Speaker bio
Brian Fischer

Brian Fischer

THD Design Group
Brian Fischer

is with THD Design Group, and has more than 30 years of experience in the survey field performing a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs, such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Mr. Fischer's management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an oil and gas services firm in southeast Texas. He holds professional land surveyors licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas.

Speaker bio
Philip C Pires Esq.

Philip C. Pires, Esq.

Cohen and Wolf, P.C.
Philip Pires

is a principal in the law firm of Cohen and Wolf, P.C. A persuasive and successful litigator, he has handled a variety of litigation matters including complex commercial disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, adverse possession claims, prescriptive easement claims, quiet title actions, landlord/tenant cases, and collection actions. Mr. Pires frequently appears in the Connecticut Probate Court system representing beneficiaries, fiduciaries, and creditors in a variety of probate litigation matters. In addition to litigation, he practices in the municipal and land use and zoning arena, regularly appearing before planning and zoning commissions, inland wetlands commissions, zoning boards of appeals, the Connecticut Siting Council, and other administrative agencies, advocating for applicants, developers, property owners, and neighborhood groups. Mr. Pires also regularly counsels municipalities and property owners in commercial and residential property tax appeals. As a former member of his hometown's governing board, his firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of town administration offers valuable insight to his clients. Mr. Pires earned his B.A. degree from Haverford College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Speaker bio
William F Kerr Jr.

William F. Kerr, Jr.

High Swartz LLP
William Kerr

is an attorney at High Swartz LLP. He has a breadth of experience in real estate law in Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania counties. Mr. Kerr was previously an associate and a partner in the Philadelphia law office of Blank Rome LLP. He represents developers, property managers, and property owners with real estate and various transactions. Mr. Kerr has assisted clients in obtaining multiple land development, subdivision, zoning, and related approvals and in different sale and leasing transactions. He has extensive experience in successfully pursuing real estate tax assessment appeals, nonprofit real estate tax exemptions, Act 319 Agricultural Assessments, Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Agreements, and real estate tax abatements. Mr. Kerr has represented property owners in a variety of eminent domain matters and easement, restrictive covenant, real estate title, green building, and stormwater issues. He also has significant experience in the area of real estate valuation. Mr. Kerr serves as a Zoning Board solicitor and has experience as special zoning and development counsel to several southeastern Pennsylvania municipalities. He earned his B.S. degree from Delaware Valley College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law.

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