Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:30 – 1:30 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:30 – 4:30 pm

State and Federal Site Contamination Law
S. Humphreys

   Discovering existing soil and/or groundwater contamination
   Understanding applicable rules and regulations
   Understanding liability issues
   Exploring remediation and brownfield redevelopment

Ethical Issues in Land Transactions and Development
R. Long

   Accommodating the interests of land owners and communities
   Enforcing environmental protections
   Local control: is it necessary and who benefits?

Land Use Law
G. Forshner

   Understanding land use law
   Governmental power and authority to zone
   Comprehensive land use planning and zoning
   Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment jurisdiction
   Finding existing land use laws and regulations
   Seeking zoning variances or rezoning
   Types of approvals
   The engineer’s role in land use hearing
   Post-approval
   Outside agencies – timing and role
   Participating in land use litigation and appeals
   Two takeaways – simple and important, but often skipped

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
A. DellaPelle

   Understanding eminent domain powers
      • Source of eminent domain powers
      • History of the exercise of eminent domain powers
      • Types of eminent domain “takings”
   Participating in the condemnation process
   Appealing a condemnation decision
   Understanding regulatory “takings” and inverse condemnation

Understanding Adverse Possession
C. Hopkins

   The history of adverse possession
   Statutory law
   Case law on adverse possession
   Maintaining a claim for adverse possession
      • Statute of limitations
      • Elements of a claim
   Defending against a claim for adverse possession
   Practical location of boundaries

Credits

NJ Professional Engineers
     6.5 CPC Credits (Includes 1.0 Ethics)

NJ Land Surveyors
     6.5 CPC Credits


Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 CPC credits, (including 1.0 ethics hour) to New Jersey professional engineers. HalfMoon Education is approved by the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as a continuing education provider for New Jersey engineers and land surveyors (Approval No. 24GP00000700).

The New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors has approved this course for 6.5 CPC credits for professional land surveyors.

Due to New Jersey-specific course content, this seminar is not eligible for New York engineer and land surveyor continuing education credit.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Anthony DellaPelle

McKirdy, Riskin, Olson & DellaPelle, P.C.

Shareholder in the law firm of McKirdy, Riskin, Olson & DellaPelle, P.C., in MorristownMr. DellaPelle is certified as a civil trial attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. He has represented property owners in eminent domain, redevelopment and real estate tax appeal matters for more than 30 years. Mr. DellaPelle is the sole New Jersey attorney member in and Board member of Owners Counsel of America, a national association of leading eminent domain lawyers across the country. He is also a designated member and a current vice chair of the Counselors of Real Estate®, an international organization of real estate professionals. Mr. DellaPelle is widely recognized as a leading practitioner in real estate valuation litigation, speaks on a variety of property rights topics in New Jersey and nationally. He has been recognized by his peers as a “New Jersey Super Lawyer” as published in the New Jersey Monthly magazine. He served on Governor Chris Christie’s transition team in 2009, and is currently a commissioner and treasurer of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.

Gary S. Forshner

Law Office of Gary S. Forshner

Mr. Forshner concentrates his practice in residential and commercial real estate development, redevelopment, land use and real estate development. Mr. Forshner represents owners and developers regarding development, mixed-use, affordable housing, residential, industrial, retail and office development projects. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, including zoning and planning, leasing, and municipal bidding. His practice includes representation of national, international, and local developers and businesses as well as charitable and religious organizations. Mr. Forshner served as special land use counsel to municipalities and to the New Jersey Builders Association. He is the former chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Land Use Section. Mr. Forshner regularly speaks on zoning and planning, redevelopment, affordable housing, sustainable energy, land use, eminent domain, and land real estate transactions.

Christopher Hopkins

Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A.

Counsel with Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A.
Mr. Hopkins’ practice consists of representing developers and investors in connection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing, development and re-development of commercial real property. His practice runs the gamut of real property transactions from leasing, financing and redevelopment to affordable housing development, condominium association formation and returning contaminated properties or “Brownfields” to beneficial use. The breadth of his practice also extends to counseling clients on land use matters and on a variety of environmental regulatory compliance and permitting issues, including ISRA compliance, environmental due diligence, Superfund and other liability concerns. Mr. Hopkins participates in a number of industry organizations including the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, where he sits on the legislative affairs committee, the New Jersey Builders Association and the National Brownfield Association.

Steven Humphreys

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Mr. Humphreys is an attorney with the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he concentrates his practice on all aspects of environmental law and related counseling of businesses. He advises businesses on regulatory compliance and management of environmental risk in matters arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; and various other federal, state and local environmental laws. He also works on the environmental aspects of business transactions.

Reginald Long

Love and Long, L.L.P.

Partner at the Law Firm of Love and Long, L.L.P.Mr. Long practices in the areas of public agency, real estate, corporate finance, zoning and land use. He has served as counsel to several planning and zoning boards, developers, financial institutions and public agencies. Prior to practicing at Love and Long, L.L.P., Mr. Long was employed by TIAA-CREF, a Fortune 100 pension fund, where he worked in the Mortgage and Real Estate Department financing and developing shopping malls, hotels, retail entertainment complexes and mixed-use projects, including Minnesota’s Mall of America. Mr. Long is the chair of the Real Estate and Probate Law Section of the National Bar Association, a member of the Board of Consultors of the Real Property and Trust and Estate Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and a member of NAMWOLF’s Transactional Practice Area Committee.

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