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., LPA

Associate 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 LLP

Of 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, LLC

Surveying 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 Columbus

Mr. 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.