CLEonline.com, together with the Austin Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar designed to provide important updates for attorneys who practice in real estate and land development in Texas, and particularly in the Austin/Central Texas area. This seminar features experienced attorneys speaking on current issues in land development, including-- Texas legislative update, transportation issues, water rights and service, entitlements, financing and credit markets, and real estate market outlook.
This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Austin Bar Association on September 18, 2009. This audio presentation features the speakers and topics listed below. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 5.5 hours. This seminar is entitled:
Austin Bar Association Presents: "Land Development Seminar - 2009"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects and speakers for this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Legislative Update
- Alan Haywood, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
- Transportation: Williamson County, Hays County, and Stimulus
- Mike Weaver, Prime Strategies, Inc.
- Affordable Housing - Point/Counterpoint
- Ed Wendler, Jr., E.W. Development Co.
- Margaret Shaw, City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development
- Open Meetings Act/Open Records Act
- Patty Akers, Akers & Boulware-Wells
- Andy Martin, Brown McCarroll
- Water Rights & Service for Real Estate Development
- Phil Haag, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore
- Preserving Entitlements
- Peter Cesaro, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
- Financing/Credit Markets
- Mark West, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
- Sterling Silver, Comerica Bank
- Brannin Prideaux, IBC Bank
- Market Overview/Outlook
- Chad Marsh, Endeavor Real Estate Group
- Parker Estes, The Weitzman Group
- Scott Flack, Live Oak Gottesman
- Richard Maier, D.R. Horton
- Dick Obenhaus, The Apartment Group
- Joe Duncan, Duncan Commercial
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Mr. David Hartman, who is an attorney with the firm of Smith|Robertson LLP in Austin. Mr. Hartman has a diversified land use and real estate development practice, including experience in a broad range of land development permitting, entitlement, and natural resource issues. His practice focuses on the representation of clients in the areas of zoning, planning, and entitlements law, including representation before city councils, boards, commissions, and other governmental entities. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and admitted to practice before all Texas courts. His professional memberships include: (1) American Bar Association: [State & Local Government; Real Property; Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Sections]; (2) State Bar of Texas [Environmental and Natural Resources; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Sections]; (3) Travis County Bar Association [Real Estate Section]; (4) Real Estate Council of Austin [Central Texas CCIM Chapter: Board of Directors (2005-06); Board Member (2003-2005); Co-Chair, Legislative Committee; Chair, Transportation Committee (2005); Ordinance and Legislative Review Committee (1999-present); Chair, Neighborhood Plan Amendment Task Force (2002)]; (5) Home Builders Association of Greater Austin [Land Use Council (1999-present)]; (6) Downtown Austin Alliance [Economic Development Committee (2000-present)]. He has been recognized as a 'Rising Star of Texas Law' by Texas Monthly magazine (2005, 2006 and 2007), and as a 'Rising Star' by the Austin Business Journal (2004). He received his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1999); and a M.S. in Agricultural Policy (1990) and a B.S. in Agricultural Economics (1988), both from Texas A&M University.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $138. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the Austin Bar Association, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $110. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the Austin Bar Association Office (512-472-0279) and request the 'Austin Bar Member Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.
This seminar is accredited for 5.5 hours of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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