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Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

Shareholder, Doney Crowley P.C.
Mr. Connors is a shareholder with Doney Crowley P.C. His practice areas include environmental litigation, regulations, permitting, construction law, natural resource development, real property and easement litigation, administrative law and appeals from agency actions, water law and Water Court litigation. Mr. Connors is a member of the Montana Bar Association. He brings a unique perspective to the practice of law. After obtaining a degree in Mathematics from Montana State University, he founded and operated Connors Construction, LLC, which specialized in building multi-million dollar custom residences in Big Sky, Montana. He always had an interest in the complex nature of the law and chose to couple his ten years of small business, real estate, and natural resources expertise with a Juris Doctorate degree. In 2013, Mr. Connors graduated with honors from the University of Montana School of Law. Since then he has focused on construction litigation, real property disputes, environmental litigation, business disputes, and water law.

Western Roots Law, PLLC, BelgradeMs. Johnson’s areas of practice include water, private property, oil and gas, agricultural, and tribal law, as well as small business and simple estate planning. As a fourth-generation Montanan who grew up on the family farm in Valier, Ms. Johnson has personal, as well as professional, experience with the legal issues facing Montana farmers, ranchers, and property owners. She graduated from the University of Montana School of Law where she served as co-president of the Rural Advocacy League, an organization that promotes attorney practice in rural areas and in agricultural law. Ms. Johnson is admitted to practice in Montana.

Lee Law Office, P.C., ShelbyMr. Lee is an AV-rated attorney and shareholder of Lee Law Office PC. He has practiced in Shelby since 1973 as a general practitioner but with a special emphasis in the area of oil and gas law, including title examinations and regulatory matters. He is experienced in representing clients in administrative matters before regulatory agencies, including hearings before the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation. Mr. Lee received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Montana School of Law in 1973.

Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a certified floodplain surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.

Mr. Davis is a professional land surveyor in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, with over 30 years of experience. This varied experience includes small individual boundary surveys, surveys for both commercial and residential land development projects, ALTA Land Title Surveys, and surveys for long range transportation projects, including rail and highway. In addition, Mr. Davis is an adjunct faculty professor at the Community College of Baltimore County in the Surveying/ Civil Engineering program. Classes taught include Elementary Surveying, Survey Computations, Topographic Mapping, Sediment Control and Hydrology, and Storm Drain Design. In 2016, Mr. Davis was awarded the Russell E. Lowman Memorial Educational award from the Maryland Society of Surveyors for his contribution to the education of surveyors.

This coming January is his 40th anniversary in practice.  Mr. Hazelbaker’s career includes service as in-house counsel to the Wisconsin Counties Association, and work as a county attorney, personnel director, and administrator. His 30 years of private practice experience include extensive litigation and business experience. Mr. Hazelbaker focuses on municipal and land use law, employment, and small business. He draws on a wide range of experience to be of assistance to clients in land use and real estate, municipal, business, government relations and general practice. Mr. Hazelbaker received his undergraduate and law degrees from UW-Madison. He has represented individuals, communities, and businesses in every part of Wisconsin. Mr. Hazelbaker frequently teaches other lawyers in continuing legal education courses. 

Attorney with Stafford Rosenbaum LLP in MadisonMs. Kelley works for individuals and businesses, and her practice includes representation of commercial real estate clients and secured lenders and creditors in loan enforcement matters. She represents clients in closely held business in general matters and transactions including the acquisition, formation and sale of businesses. Ms. Kelley graduated with her B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude, and her J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, cum laude.

Mr. Mahun has been involved in surveying education for more than 30 years. Although currently “retired,” he teaches surveying part-time at UW-Platteville. He retired after 19 years at Madison Area Technical College where he taught technical and legal surveying classes in the Civil Engineering Technology program. Before MATC he taught surveying at Penn State-Wilkes-Barre, Purdue University, and UW-Platteville. Mr. Mahun has presented numerous seminars to diverse groups in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. He has worked for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Geodetic Survey, and even for the US Army, and he has done consulting as well. Mr. Mahun is a licensed Wisconsin professional surveyor and holds memberships in the National Society of Professional Surveyors, the Wisconsin Land Information Association, and the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors. He has been a WSLS director at large and WSLS Foundation Board member and he has served on a number of WSLS committees and the State Cartographer’s Advisory Committee.

Partner with the law firm of Axley Brynelson, LLPMr. Olson works primarily out of the firm’s Madison office, but he also serves clients out of the firm’s Waukesha office. He is a member of the firm’s litigation practice group, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation, real estate, land use and zoning, municipal, and condemnation matters. Mr. Olson holds a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from UW-Madison and his law degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Member of Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC in Lexington
Mr. Collier concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation and appellate practice that often concerns real estate. Those property disputes involve many issues and claims such as quieting title, trespass, injunctive relief, mineral rights, boundaries, adverse possession and encroachments, deed and contract construction, and related tort claims, both real and personal. Mr. Collier is a graduate of the University of Kentucky (B.A. degrees, with high distinction, in English, Economics and Music Theory and Composition) and of the University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D. degree).

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

Attorney – Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty – Canfield, OH
Matthew Onest has more than nine years’ experience protecting the interests of manufacturers, businesses of all sizes, property owners, and energy companies in all aspects of civil litigation. He has significant trial experience in many courts in the State of Ohio. Matthew is also a member of the firm’s litigation and appellate practice group and has successfully handled appellate cases before the Ohio Supreme Court, and Ohio’s Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh, and Twelfth District Courts of Appeal. Matthew also practices in several federal courts throughout the United States. Though experienced in a wide variety of legal matters, Matthew focuses his practice mainly in energy litigation, business litigation, and real estate litigation.   

Matthew is also a member of the firm’s oil and gas practice group and has successfully represented companies and landowners in many aspects, including civil litigation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission and the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission. Matthew has experience negotiating oil and gas contracts and other energy-related agreements, including leases and easements.

Owner and President of L.V. Surveying Inc.Ms. Veverka is a licensed professional surveyor in Ohio. She is no stranger to the surveying profession, having spent 17 years as a president of L.V. Surveying, Inc. where she was named Top Ten Female Business Owner in Northeast Ohio in 2000 by the National Association of Women Business Owners and Crain’s Cleveland Business. Prior to becoming a licensed surveyor Ms. Veverka was employed as a draftsperson and survey crew person at various engineering and surveying firms. Ms. Veverka has more than 38 years in the surveying profession, including serving in the U.S. Navy as a draftsperson. Ms. Veverka has been named Surveyor of the Year 2009 by the Cleveland Chapter of the Professional Surveyors of Ohio (PLSO) where she an active member of the board. After a successful career in surveying, Ms. Veverka is now a part time special lecturer at Akron University, teaching basic surveying to future surveyors and engineers. She also works on a part time basis at Residential Land Surveying working on boundary surveys. When Ms. Veverka is not busy in the surveying industry she enjoys spending time with her family, her husband of 43 years, two daughters and twin grandsons. She is also a member of Ohio State University Extension Master Gardeners program and is an avid quilter. To contact Ms. Veverka please email veverka.ps7513@yahoo.com.

Attorney with the Gertsburg Law Firm Co., LPAMr. Weiss joined The Gertsburg Law Firm after several years of practice focusing on civil litigation, and as in-house counsel to an international retail corporation. Mr. Weiss uses his years of experience in civil litigation, and his in-house advisory experience, to assist both businesses and individuals in pursuing and defending their interests, and obtaining the best possible outcomes for his clients. Mr. Weiss has represented numerous businesses and individuals through the course of his practice at both the trial and appellate level. As trial counsel, he routinely obtained substantial monetary judgments and settlements against defendants in civil actions. As in-house counsel, he regularly reduced the liability of the corporation in contentious litigation, once settling a case claiming over ten million dollars in damages for fifteen-thousand dollars through effective research and advocacy. Mr. Weiss lives in Richfield with his wife and two incredibly spoiled dogs. Though a transplant from Maine, he has converted to rooting for Cleveland sports teams after “gentle nudging” from his wife’s family.

Mr. Davis is a professional land surveyor in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, with over 30 years of experience. This varied experience includes small individual boundary surveys, surveys for both commercial and residential land development projects, ALTA Land Title Surveys, and surveys for long range transportation projects, including rail and highway. In addition, Mr. Davis is an adjunct faculty professor at the Community College of Baltimore County in the Surveying/ Civil Engineering program. Classes taught include Elementary Surveying, Survey Computations, Topographic Mapping, Sediment Control and Hydrology, and Storm Drain Design. In 2016, Mr. Davis was awarded the Russell E. Lowman Memorial Educational award from the Maryland Society of Surveyors for his contribution to the education of surveyors.

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

Founding partner in the Law Firm of Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLCMr. Hoffmeyer concentrates his practice on real estate and zoning law, corporate law, estate planning, decedent’s estates, and elder law. He also serves as an expert witness in real estate as well as in professional malpractice in the legal, real estate and title insurance fields and in matters relevant to defects in real estate titles. He was the solicitor for the York County Tax Claim and Tax Assessment Office from 1979 to1988. Mr. Hoffmeyer’s abilities as an attorney are recognizedby his colleagues. He is an AV© Peer Review-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, and he has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for 11 consecutive years (2004-2014) and by The Best Lawyers in America for seven consecutive years (2009-2015.) A frequent lecturer, author and adjunct professor, Mr. Hoffmeyer has spoken for numerous organizations throughout Pennsylvania on topics such as real estate, legal ethics, professional ethics and title insurance. He also wrote five books on real estate law.

Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a certified floodplain surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

Coleman & Associates Land Surveying, Denton
Mr. Coleman is a registered professional land surveyor and a geographic information systems professional, and he founded Coleman & Assoc. Surveying in 1983. He graduated from the University of North Texas in August 1999 with a B.S. degree in Geography. Mr. Coleman has served as adjunct faculty at North Lake College in Irving and North Central Texas College in Corinth. He has been an active member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors since 1977 (director, 1989-1992 and 2005- 2008). Mr. Coleman has served on the board of directors of the Geographic and Land Information Society (2009-2018), the GIS Certification Institute (2012-2018), Denton County Historical Commission (2011-2016) and several others. He was elected Denton County Surveyor from 1986 to 1989. A certified Texas master naturalist, Mr. Coleman served on the Board of Directors of the Elm Fork Chapter and is currently a Trustee for the Texas Historical Tree Coalition.

Senior Associate at Andrews MyersMr. Harrison’s practice is devoted to commercial real estate, corporate and commercial transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Harrison served as a judicial intern in the Harris County Probate Courts and as a summer associate for a business law firm in Houston, where he worked on various corporate, real estate and creditor’s rights matters.

Foley & Lardner LLP, Austin
As a member of the Government Solutions Practice and Austin Litigation Team at Foley & Lardner LLP (formerly Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP), Ms. Silcocks focuses her practice on civil litigation and government-related matters. She primarily focuses on eminent domain and inverse condemnation, representing both condemning authorities and property owners, having represented clients in over 250 Special Commissioners’ Hearings and in over 25 condemnation and inverse condemnation jury trials. Ms. Silcocks also has extensive experience handling civil litigation, including contract, employment, and tort cases. She is well-versed in other government-related issues, including open records laws, contract procurements, bid protests, environmental disputes and other regulatory issues with a variety of state and local agencies. Prior to joining the firm in 2011, Ms. Silcocks spent 15 years in the Office of the Attorney General of Texas primarily representing the Texas Department of Transportation, including the last five years as chief of the Transportation Division.

Senior Associate with Durham, Jones & Pinegar, P.C.Ms. Birrell is a senior associate with Durham, Jones & Pinegar and has worked in both its St. George and Salt Lake offices. Ms. Birrell is primarily a litigator, focusing on disputes involving real property, employment, and contracts. She also handles legal matters in the areas of real estate development, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, and municipal law. Her experience includes representation of developers, builders, contractors, landlords, bankruptcy trustees, and Utah municipalities, including four years as associate legal counsel for Washington City. Ms. Birrell has served on the board of the Women Lawyers of Utah and was named to Mountain States Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2015 and 2016. She received two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Utah and her J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.

Attorney, Action Law LLCMs. Bouley is a founding member of Action Law LLC with over 17 years of experience in title insurance defense, real property and commercial litigation, involving matters such as easements, coverage disputes, reformation actions, lien priority disputes, mortgage fraud, foreclosures, contract disputes, boundary issues, adverse possession, commercial landlord/tenant disputes, lender liability, TILA, corporate fraud, corporate governance issues, directors’ and officers’ liability, product liability, including in mass tort matters, and FAA enforcement actions. Among other activities, she is a member of the Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee, the immediate past chair of the Real Property Section of the Utah State Bar, a real property bar examiner, and a volunteer small claims court judge. She has been recognized as a “Legal Elite” in Civil Litigation and Trial by Utah Business: The Magazine for Decision Makers.

Mr. Smith has more than three decades of experience as an attorney, in which he has successfully handled a number of complex water disputes, land use disputes, takings claims, and other issues. He has argued over 30 appeals to the Utah Supreme Court. Mr. Smith has represented public and private parties in takings claims arising from land use decisions, represented numerous water users in successful settlement of instream flow claims on the San Rafael River, and won appeals for municipalities and water entities before the Utah and New Mexico Supreme Courts. His most notable projects include securing the water rights for Duchesne City through an act of Congress, successfully entitling and securing water rights for a multimillion-dollar resort in Kane County, and creating the first municipal natural gas utility in Utah.

President of Cornerstone Professional Land Surveys, Inc.
John B. Stahl is a professional land surveyor and president of Cornerstone Professional Land Surveys, Inc. has been involved in land surveying, engineering and related fields since 1976, specializing in boundary retracement and boundary dispute resolutions and litigations. He is licensed in the States of Utah and Montana. In addition to the operation of his business, Mr. Stahl serves as an adjunct professor at Salt Lake Community College where he lectures 54 hours per year on the fundamental elements of Land Boundary Law. Mr. Stahl was formerly the instructor for the Land Survey Mathematics and Ethics & Liability Courses. He also participates annually in Boundary Law Seminars for the National Business Institute (NBI) and HalfMoon Education. He is also a member of the Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS) serving as its chair in 1992. Mr. Stahl takes an active role in education and legislative concerns of the profession.

Mr. Stahl provides expert witness services and assistance to attorneys, title companies, developers and land owners. He can assist with the necessary title research, historical research and analysis of land boundary or title problems. His insight and expert application of legal principles affecting the location of boundary lines or the rights, title or interests of property will provide an element of certainty necessary for knowledgeable, informed decisions. Mr. Stahl can provide input and assistance in the litigation process in the preparation of complaints, responses, interrogatories, and requests for production. He can prepare surveys, reports, affidavits and exhibits necessary for presentation in the courtroom.

Mr. Stahl has over 27 years of experience and involvement in the land surveying profession. He will utilize his years of experience and knowledge in the field of land surveying as well as more than 15 years of business ownership to meet the land surveying needs of his clients. He keeps abreast of current events within the profession to further the education of the public and career students. His background enhances projects through the proper analysis and determination of boundary locations and encroachments, and their impact upon rights, title and interests.

Mr. Blake has practiced land surveying throughout central California and western Nevada. He is licensed in both states and is also a certified federal surveyor. He specializes in surveys to support large public works infrastructure projects. He also serves as an expert witness in disputes involving boundary survey or land title issues. He currently works as the Mapping Department manager for Hawkins and Associates in Modesto, California. In his previous positions he worked as the Mapping Department manager for O’Dell Engineering and the assistant surveyor manager for KSN in Stockton, California. Mr. Blake serves as a volunteer on the Land Surveyor Technical Advisory Committee to the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. He is currently the president of the California Land Surveyors Association Central Valley Chapter and the vice president of the American Council of Engineering Companies Central California Chapter. Mr. Blake teaches at surveying and GIS events around the Western United States.

Mr. Grabas is the award winning author of Owning New Jersey:
Historic Tales of War, Property Disputes & The Pursuit of Happiness. He has been designated as a certified title professional by the New Jersey Land Title Association and recognized as a national title professional by the American Land Title Association. During his 40 years in the title industry, Mr. Grabas has performed extensive title research in five states, all 21 counties in New Jersey, the records of the New Jersey State Archives, and the East and West Jersey Board of Proprietors. During that time he has researched, examined and/or insured over 100,000 land titles. He has been called upon to conduct complex title research for the New Jersey State Attorney General, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the New Brunswick Parking Authority, the County of Middlesex, Rutgers University, the US Department of Defense, Conoco-Phillips, BP, Citgo, Northrup Grumman and others. Mr. Grabas has been accepted as a qualified expert by the New Jersey Superior Court in matters regarding real property records, title research, title insurance and conveyancing. He owned and operated a successful title agency for 31 years and formerly owned and operated the largest title search company in the state. Mr. Grabas is a licensed title producer and certified title insurance instructor by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. As one of the founding trustees of the New Jersey Land Title Institute, he instructed the title insurance pre-licensing education course at Rutgers University, Drew University and Bloomfield College. In 2008, Mr. Grabas founded the Grabas Institute for Continuing Education, LLC, and is authorized by the New Jersey Supreme Court, NJDOBI, New Jersey Real Estate Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Insurance and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to provide continuing professional education to the title, legal, real estate & insurance fields. He was appointed in 2012 to serve on the New Jersey State Tidelands Council. Mr. Grabas serves on the ALTA Education Committee and is a past president of the New Jersey Land Title Association and a visiting lecturer at Monmouth University.

Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a certified floodplain surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.