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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.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Curing Boundary and Easement-Related Title Defects
- Overcoming Quiet Title Difficulties
- Essential Strategies for Handling Unique Easement Issues and Disputes
- Handling Disputes Over Ambiguous or Unknown Boundaries
- Resolving Easement Interference Claims
- Land Surveys: Beyond the Basics
- Ethical Considerations
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
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6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Alabama CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Colorado CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2027 |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Florida CLE |
|
7 Total | 09-30-2026 |
| Georgia CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Iowa CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2026 |
| Idaho CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2030 |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-24-2027 |
| Indiana CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2026 |
| Kansas CLE |
|
7 Total | 03-24-2026 |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2026 |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-24-2027 |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Missouri CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
6 Total | 07-31-2026 |
| Montana CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2028 |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-28-2026 |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2028 |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2028 |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2028 |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total | 03-25-2028 |
| Ohio CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Oregon CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2028 |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-24-2027 |
| Texas CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-25-2026 |
| Utah CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-25-2027 |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total | 03-24-2030 |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total | 03-25-2027 |
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Agenda
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Curing Boundary and Easement-Related Title Defects
- Indefinite, Unclear, and Undisclosed Easements
- Encroachments of a Significant Nature
- Access-Related Title Issues
- Recreating the Historical Record: Lost Titles, Missing Evidence, and More
- Creating Easements
- Amending and Terminating Easements
- Title Insurance Endorsements
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Overcoming Quiet Title Difficulties
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Essential Strategies for Handling Unique Easement Issues and Disputes
- Water Access
- Conservation Easements
- Drainage and Flowage Easements
- Oil and Gas-Related Easements
- Electrical Transmission Lines
- Environmental Damage on Easements
- Aerial Easements
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Handling Disputes Over Ambiguous or Unknown Boundaries
- Evaluating Title Insurance Policies for Dispute Coverage
- Unknown Boundaries
- Ambiguities in Land Surveys and Legal Descriptions
- Missing or Destroyed Markers
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Resolving Easement Interference Claims
- Rights of Grantors vs. Rights of Grantees
- Construction of Improvements on Easements
- Blocking Ingress or Egress
- Grantor Parking on Easements
- Overburdening of Easements
- Calculating and Obtaining Monetary Damage
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Land Surveys: Beyond the Basics
- Updated ALTA/NSPS Standards
- What Surveys Can Tell the Experienced Reader
- Conflicting and Contested Surveys
- Changed Physical Feature Issues
- Paper Streets and Adverse Possession
- Working With Historical Maps, Records, Documents
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Ethical Considerations
- Ethics in Good Faith
- Following Limitations Imposed by Statute and Common Law
- Ethics in Quiet Title Actions
- 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
Speaker bio
Richard J. 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
Philip C. 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
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
Sterling Owens
is an attorney with The Law Office of Sterling Owens in Memphis and staff attorney for the Neighborhood Preservation Clinic at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. She practices primarily in the areas of tax, real estate and small business law. Ms. Owens earned her undergraduate degree from Tulane University and her J.D. degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Prior to attending law school, she worked in investment real estate in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Memphis, Tennessee.
Speaker bio
Anita I. Lotz
is a member of the Memphis law firm of Phelps Dunbar LLP, where her areas of practice include commercial lending, real estate transactions, title law, foreclosures, and financial institutions regulatory law. She has spoken for various business and professional organizations on a variety of foreclosure and commercial lending issues. Ms. Lotz is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee and American (member, Business Law Section) bar associations; and the Association of Women Attorneys. She earned her B.A. degree from Northwestern University and her J.D. degree from Boston University.
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