Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Retracement of Boundary Lines on Paper (and on the Ground) M. Wanchick
Interpreting the boundary legal description
• Determining the intent
• Points of commencement and points of beginning
• Courses and calls
• Closures
Retracting the record deed lines
• Creating record deed plots
• Deed mosaics
Basic principles of boundary retracement
• Examination of evidence
• Finding the lines
• Marking the lines in the field
Original Ohio land subdivision
• Subdivisions, reservations and grants
• Northwestern Ohio lands
Using Geographic Information System (GIS) parcel information
Knowing what GIS “is not”
Understanding Utility Easements and Rights of Way J. Young
Current law on utility rights of way
• Federal laws and regulations
• State laws and regulations
Types of utilities affected
• Electric, water, natural gas, telecommunications, satellite communications
Basis for and definition of the easement
Condemnation law
Assignments
Prescription/adverse possession
Undefined width/blanket easements
Access
Maintenance/vegetation management
Encroachments and interferences
Abandonment
Defining Trespass and Adverse Possession I. Hoke
Defining trespass
Reviewing the history of adverse possession
Maintaining a claim for adverse possession
• Statute of limitations
• Elements of a claim
Defending against a claim for adverse possession
Examining recent adverse possession cases
Accommodating the Rights of Mineral Owners and Surface Owners G. Watts
Legal rights of mineral and surface owners
Legal and practical exercise of access rights
Where do one party’s rights end and the other’s begin?
Rights of adjacent property owners
Resolving disputes
Identifying, Classifying and Locating Easements C. Riehl
What is and is not an easement
Reviewing state law on easement
Creating easements: easements by necessity, easements by use, written easements
Identifying critical distinctions between easements in gross, easements appurtenant and prescriptive easements
Maintaining easements
Knowing when and how to terminate easements
Obstructing use of easements and determining remedies for obstruction
Credits
Attorneys
6.5 Ohio CLE Hours
Ohio Title Insurance Producers
6.5 Title CE Hours
Ohio Land Surveyors & Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Landmen
6.5 AAPL CE Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. It has been approved by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on CLE for 6.5 general CLE hours.
The Ohio Department of Insurance has approved this course for 6.5 continuing education hours for Ohio title insurance producers.
This course offers 6.5 PDHs to Ohio professional land surveyors and professional engineers to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
The American Association of Professional Landmen has approved this event for 6.5 RL, RPL or CPL recertification credits and no CPL/ESA of ethics credits.
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
Ian Hoke
Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPAAssociate with Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA in CantonMr. Hoke focuses his practice on advising and assisting clients in a variety of real estate and oil and gas matters. He is a member of the firm’s Oil, Gas & Mineral Law and Real Estate sections. Mr. Hoke earned his B.A. degree from Ohio University and his J.D. degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Charles Riehl
Walter | Haverfield LLPOf Counsel with Walter | Haverfield LLP in ClevelandMr. Riehl divides his practice between private client representation for the firm’s Litigation Group and municipal representation for its Public Law Group. In his municipal practice, he previously served as the law director of the municipalities of Hudson, Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, Richfield, Gates Mills and Solon. As part of his public law practice, Mr. Riehl has dealt with a wide variety of zoning, telecommunications, employment, civil service, environmental and construction issues; he has established a regional council of governments for housing purposes and helped establish non-profit corporations for public self-insurance pools. He is a member of the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, the International Municipal Lawyers Association and the Northeast Ohio Law Directors Association. Mr. Riehl earned his B.A. degree from Colgate University and his LL.B. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Michael Wanchick
Surveying and Mapping, LLCSurveying And Mapping, LLC in ColumbusMr. Wanchick is an Ohio registered professional surveyor and a Pennsylvania professional land surveyor with over 25 years of experience. He is a seasoned project manager with over 10 years of experience managing large scale survey projects including highways, pipelines and commercial real estate. Mr. Wanchick is an expert in retracement of boundary lines, centerlines and rights of way. He is currently a senior project manager with Surveying And Mapping LLC in Columbus, Ohio, managing transportation projects, gas transmission projects and electrical transmission projects.
Gregory Watts
Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A.Director with Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA, in Canton
Mr. Watts is a member of the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF). He received his B.S. and B.A. degrees from the University of Akron in 2004 and his Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Akron School of Law in 2007. Mr. Watts is an adjunct professor at the University of Akron School of Law where he teaches Oil and Gas Law. He has published numerous articles in the area of oil, gas and mineral law and is the co-editor of the firm’s Utica Journal Discoveries, an electronic oil and gas newsletter. Mr. Watts’ practice is focused in oil, gas and mineral law, litigation, and business and corporate law. He has been heavily involved in the Utica Shale play in Northeastern Ohio representing clients and counseling energy producers in due diligence associated with mineral and lease acquisitions, and litigating and resolving title, mineral and lease disputes.
Jeremy S. Young
Shareholder in the law firm of Roetzel & Andress, in ColumbusMr. Young is a shareholder with Roetzel. His litigation practice is based in Roetzel’s Columbus office and serves a state- and nationwide clientele. Mr. Young’s practice focuses primarily on infrastructure and real estate-related issues and disputes, particularly eminent domain and easements. Two things set him apart from his peers in the infrastructure space. First, he focuses almost exclusively on representing businesses and commercial properties. This gives him a superior understanding of the unique concerns and challenges businesses face in this specialized area of the law. And second, he has long experience representing both property owners and condemning authorities. This gives him unparalleled insight into the many different issues that can arise and how both sides approach those issues. Mr. Young works hard to obtain just compensation for his clients. Throughout the eminent domain process, he educates and counsels his clients, presenting them with all available options and ensuring that they are equipped to make the right decisions for their businesses. He has represented some of the nation’s largest retail pharmacies, auto parts stores, grocery stores, discount retailers, gas stations, and pipeline companies, yet also enjoys helping smaller, local businesses. In addition to his eminent domain practice, he has considerable experience in zoning and land use, property tax appeals, and commercial foreclosures. Mr. Young also advises and represents clients with their business, contract, commercial, corporate, shareholder, securities, and trust/fiduciary issues and disputes. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law.