Agenda

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Friday, March 15, 2024
9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT

 

Understanding Highway Rights-of-Way
Presented by: R. Zimmerman

  • Types of public and private roads in Ohio
    •  Interstate highways, federal highways, state highways, county and local roads
    • Private roads
  • Identifying potential rights-of-way
  • Negotiating and valuing rights–of-way
  • Condemnation process
    • Challenges to the right to take
    • Discovery
    • Defense strategies
    • Expert witnesses
    • Evidence and motions
    • Jury selection
    • Trial techniques
  • Rights included in right-of-way
  • Maintenance of right-of-way
  • Alterations and encroachments

Understanding Ohio Utility Facilities, Easements and Rights of Way
Presented by: J. Young, J. Gerken

  • Current law on utility equipment and rights of way
    • Federal laws and regulations
    • State laws and regulations
  • Types of utilities, facilities and rights-of-way/easements
    •  Electric, water, natural gas, telecommunications, satellite communications
  • Basis for and definition of the right-of-way/easement
  • Encroachments and interferences
  • Maintenance
  • Environmental issues
  • Condemnation law
  • Current issues involving utility easements

 

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Credits

Engineers
6.0 PDHs

Attorneys
6.0 General CLE Hours

APA/AICP - American Planning Association/American Institute of Certified Planners
6 CM

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers and surveyors in Ohio. Ohio’s State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors does not pre-approve continuing education providers or activities.

The Supreme Court of Ohio’s Commission on Continuing Legal Education has approved this webinar for 6.0 general CLE hours.

HalfMoon Education is an approved CM Provider with the American Planning Association. This course is registered for CM | 6 for Certified Planners.

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 may not be eligible for the same credits as the live presentation; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.

Speakers

Jason T. Gerken

Partner, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Columbus

Mr. Gerken is a partner with Porter Wright. He focuses his commercial litigation practice in product liability, mass tort, catastrophic injury and wrongful death defense, real estate disputes and ERISA matters. He regularly advises businesses facing high-value claims that their products are defective and cause injury or death. Mr. Gerken’s broad real estate litigation practice extends from lease disputes to eminent domain, in which he has garnered substantial experience representing public utilities in hundreds of appropriation proceedings throughout Ohio. Mr. Gerken also represents employee-benefit plans, sponsors and administrators in ERISA litigation, including long-term disability and severance cases. He earned his B.A. degree from Princeton University, and his J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from Capital University Law School.

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.

Robert A. Zimmerman

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Cleveland

Mr. Zimmerman is chair of the Government Relations Practice Group and partner in the Litigation Practice Group with Benesch. As a civil trial and appellate lawyer with over 30 years’ experience, he has litigated cases involving employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, unfair competition, defamation, breach of contract, real estate, landlord-tenant, zoning, land use, eminent domain, constitutional rights, election law, campaign finance, trusts, administrative, business and commercial law. Mr. Zimmerman practices in state of Ohio courts and in federal courts in Ohio and around the country. He is a frequent lecturer on various legal topics and his opinions are often solicited by the print and broadcast media. Mr. Zimmerman earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University, and his J.D. degree from The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law.