Agenda

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Monday, July 21, 2025
8:30 am – 3:30 pm EDT


Agenda:

Identifying, Classifying and Locating Private Easements
Presented by M.B. Adelson

  • What is and is not an easement
  • Reviewing state law on easements
  • 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

Understanding Riparian and Water Rights
Presented by M.B. Adelson

  • History and development of riparian rights
  • Determining land boundaries near the water line
  • Determining access rights to surface waters
  • Determining rights to groundwater
  • Complying with regulations restricting access to and use of surface water and groundwater
  • Alterations and encroachments

Ethical Issues in Land Transactions and Development
Presented by M.B. Adelson

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

Resolving Boundary Disputes
Presented by M.B. Adelson

  • Types of boundary disputes
    • Adverse possession, easements, boundaries
  • Obtaining and reviewing boundary evidence
  • Methods for establishing disputed boundaries
  • Participating in dispute resolution techniques
    • Litigation, arbitration, mediation, agreements, title insurance
  • Examining boundary dispute case studies: exploring techniques for resolving sample disputes

Eminent Domain Law
Presented by Blake Gaylord

  • Understanding eminent domain powers
    • Source of eminent domain powers
    • History of the exercise of eminent domain powers
    • Types of eminent domain “takings”
  • Just compensation: valuing “taken” property
  • Privatization of eminent domain and other current issues

 

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Credits

Engineers
6.0 PDHs

Land Surveyors
6.0 PDHs

Attorneys
7.0 CLE Credits (Including 1.0 Ethics Credit)

 

Continuing Education Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in Florida.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider with the Florida Board of Professional Engineers (Provider License No: CEA362). This course has been registered with the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers for 6.0 CE hours.

The Florida Bar has approved this course for 7.0 CLE hours, including 1.0 ethics hour, for Florida attorneys. This course provides attorneys with 7.0 certification credits in the area of Real Estate.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

*On-Demand Credits*

The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate. 

Speakers

M.B. Adelson IV, LL.M.

Managing Member of the Law Offices of M.B. Adelson IV, P.A., in Tallahassee

Mr. Adelson practices throughout Florida and consults nationwide on property and property rights law, natural resources (especially water) and environmental law; property title and boundary issues, easements, shoreline property rights and submerged lands; public lands, resource conservation, agriculture, protected species; fisheries resources; boat ramps, docks, marinas, and waterway access; local, state and federal regulatory agency licensing, permitting, compliance, and remediation; firearms ownership and firearms business laws; inheritance estates and trusts; business entity formation and operation; professional ethics; and administrative and judicial trial and appellate litigation. Mr. Adelson is a certified mediator, a member of The Florida Bar, and is admitted in the Florida federal courts. He served in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Department of Natural Resources and has been in private practice since 2001. Mr. Adelson is a retired U.S. Army officer. Mr. Adelson is active in the FSU College of Law Environmental Law Society, Moot Court teams and other college and community related activities. He holds a B.A. degree from Virginia Military Institute; M.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Florida Institute of Technology; and J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Florida State University College of Law. Mr. Adelson’s LL.M. dissertation studied shoreline property rights and associated access/egress easements.

Blake Gaylord

Partner with Gaylord Merlin Ludovici & Diaz in Tampa

Mr. Gaylord practices in the field of eminent domain and property rights. He has successfully represented property owners statewide in jury trials, bench trials, and administrative and Value Adjustment Board proceedings. Prior to joining Gaylord Merlin Ludovici & Diaz, Mr. Gaylord served as an officer in the U.S. Army where he was deployed in both Operation Iraqi Freedom (Kuwait) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). He is also the chairman of the Eminent Domain Committee of The Florida Bar, a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been recognized by numerous trade publications for his accomplishments in the field of eminent domain law. Mr. Gaylord earned his J.D. degree from John B. Stetson University College of Law.