Agenda
Registration: 7:30 – 8:00 am
Morning Session: 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Land Use Law
J. Griffin
Understanding land use law
• Comprehensive planning
• Subdivision platting
• Zoning
• Restrictive covenants/deed restrictions
• Traffic/parking
• Nuisance
Handling land use approvals
• Plats
• Re-zoning, including PUD, PD, SUP, CUP
• Variances
• Special exceptions
Interpretations/appeal of staff decisions
• Administrative appeals
• Litigation
Understanding Adverse Possession
M. DeNuccio
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
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
J. Oliveros
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
Accommodating Surface Use and Mineral Rights
E. Wilhelm
History and development of severed mineral rights
Exercising rights to mineral access and development
Entering into surface use agreements
Resolving disputes between mineral and surface owners
Ethical Issues in Land Transactions and Development
R. Killen
Accommodating the interests of land owners and communities
Enforcing environmental protections
Local control: is it necessary and who benefits?
Credits
Attorneys
7.0 Texas CLE Hours
(1.5 Ethics)
7.0 TBLS Hours:
Administrative Law
Oil, Gas and Mineral Law
Real Estate Law
Paralegals
7.0 TBLS Hours:
Oil, Gas and Mineral Law
Real Estate Law
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs (1.0 Ethics)
Professional Land Surveyors
7.0 CE Hours (1.5 Ethics)
Landmen
7.0 AAPL CEUs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and is approved by the State Bar of Texas for 7.0 CLE hours, including 1.5 ethics hours, for Texas attorneys. The Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) has awarded 7.0 hours in the areas of Administrative Law; Oil, Gas and Mineral Law; and Real Estate Law.
The TBLS has also awarded this course for 7.0 hours in the areas of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law and Real Estate Law for Texas paralegals.
This seminar offers 7.0 PDHs, including 1.0 ethics hour, to Texas professional engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Texas.
The Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying has approved thiscourse for 7.0 continuing education hours, including 1.5 ethics hours.
The American Association of Professional Landmen has approved this program for 5.5 RL, RPL or CPL recertification credits, 1.5 ethics credits, and no CPL/ESA credits.
Attendance will be monitored and reported, as required. 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
Michael DeNuccio
Curney, Farmer, House & Osuna, P.C.Attorney at Curney, Farmer, House & Osuna, P.C.Mr. DeNuccio graduated magna cum laude from Stonehill College in Massachusetts before moving to San Antonio in 1996 as a volunteer with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. He attended St. Mary’s University School of Law and graduated in 2008. He is licensed in Texas (2008) and the District of Columbia (2009, inactive), and he is admitted to practice in the United Stated District Court, Western District of Texas (2010). He is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. DeNuccio is very active in the local bar community serving as the president of the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association and as an adviser to the San Antonio Bar Association and San Antonio Bar Foundation. He is also a member of the Law Alumni Association Board of Directors for St. Mary’s University School of Law. Mr. DeNuccio was named one of the Best Lawyers in San Antonio by Scene in SA magazine in 2011. He is experienced in a broad range of matters, including transaction and litigation, including tort, personal injury, construction defects, real estate, land use, and family law.
Rob Killen
Kaufman KillenPartner at Kaufman KillenMr. Killen has worked on a number of entitlement issues for individual developers and on behalf of the San Antonio development industry since 2001. He has been involved in every major revision to San Antonio’s Unified Development Code since 2001, as well having participated in revisions to the Tree Preservation Ordinance and Vested Rights Ordinance. He also assists clients in securing economic development incentives. Mr. Killen is registered as a lobbyist with the City of San Antonio. He served as 2015 Chairman of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and as president of the UTSA Alumni Association from 2009-2011. Mr. Killen also served as a member of the VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority Citizens Council from 2008 to 2014.
Jim Oliveros
Ross Molina Oliveros, P.C.Partner at Ross Molina Oliveros, P.C.
Mr. Oliveros has experience in eminent domain litigation and real estate acquisition matters. He focuses on all aspects of large and small real estate acquisition projects for a diverse group of condemning authorities, including pipeline companies, utilities, counties, cities and other entities with the power of eminent domain. Clients use Mr. Oliveros to draft and negotiate easements and all other acquisition documents, purchase real property, review title and participate in condemnation and ancillary proceedings. In the past five years, Mr. Oliveros participated as the lead attorney for a right-of-way team that acquired property for and constructed hundreds of miles of different pipelines in the Eagle Ford area and negotiated well over 600 easements. He also worked closely with a right-of-way team to acquire land for a major 345 kV electric transmission line in Central Texas that spanned almost 300 landowners, and he participated in the acquisition of a strip mall with over 35 tenants. Mr. Oliveros is actively working on pipeline-related projects in South Texas and West Texas and CREZ transmission lines in the Hill Country and surrounding areas.
Edward Wilhelm
Wilhelm Law FirmWilhelm Law FirmMr. Wilhelm is licensed to practice law in Texas, Louisiana, and North Dakota. Mr. Wilhelm focuses his practice on oil and gas law, probate, wills and estate planning, commercial litigation, and representation of foreign businesses that invest in oil and gas activities. His oil and gas work focuses on the real estate side (oil and gas title examinations, acquisitions and divestitures of oil and gas interests, due diligence, and commercial negotiations). Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Wilhelm worked as a petroleum landman in over 15 Texas counties. Mr. Wilhelm earned his J.D. degree from the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans.