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Mr. Helfrich has been principal land surveyor with Craig R. Knoche & Associates, P.C. and its successor Koru Group PLLC in the Chicago area for the last 30 years. Mr. Helfrich first picked up a plumb bob in 1971 for Webster & Associates. From tape-and-transit to GPS, mortgage surveys to shopping centers, he has his seal on billions of dollars of commercial, residential and institutional developments and transactions in 23 counties in Illinois together with consulting and managing projects in 15 other states. Mr. Helfrich has enjoyed working with countless prominent developers, attorneys and other professionals in the field and the office. His specialties include real estate law, boundaries and boundary law, easements, rights-of-way and other encumbrances and servitudes, statutory and common-law plats, ALTA surveys, topography, building and site layout, construction- and project-management as well as land development consulting. He has presented classes and co-written manuals with the Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education along with classes at the University of Illinois and HalfMoon Education. Mr. Helfrich is a member of the National Society of Professional Surveyors and the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association.

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.

Partner 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.

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.

Wilhelm 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.

Mr. Balstad graduated from law school in 2003 with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Dakota. While attending law school, he served as a law clerk with a student limited practice license in North Dakota and Minnesota, and after acquiring his license to practice law, he practiced as an attorney for a regional law firm in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. As a law clerk and attorney, Mr. Balstad gained experience in land use, planning, zoning, municipal law, business law, family law, estate planning, probate, and real estate law. As a land use and zoning supervisor in Minnesota, he acquired valuable experience in every aspect of land use, planning, and zoning. Mr. Balstad interpreted, implemented, and enforced the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance on a daily basis. He prepared proposed revisions to the Zoning Ordinance; established and revised implementation and enforcement procedures; reviewed and processed zoning permit, conditional use permit, and variance applications; and performed many other land use, planning, and zoning tasks. After working as an environmental, health, and safety manager for an ethanol company, Mr. Balstad returned to the practice of law in 2014, establishing the Balstad Law Firm. He is currently pursuing his Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) through the University of Florida, which is in the top 10-15 percent of the MURP planning programs in the nation.

Philip M. Hastings is president, director and shareholder of Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A., in Concord, where he focuses his practice in real estate development and finance, land use and zoning, commercial transactions, commercial lending, and leasing. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. degree from Connecticut College in 1988 and earned his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1993. Mr. Hastings is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He is an agent for First American Title Insurance Company, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company.

Richard W. Head is of counsel to Rath, Young & Pignatelli in Concord, and of counsel to SL Environmental Law Group in San Francisco, CA. He focuses his practice on environmental law and environmental and commercial litigation. Mr. Head has experience in both the public and private sector with issues involving environmental compliance, permits, approvals and litigation. He also worked for the New Hampshire Department of Justice where he held multiple senior leadership roles throughout his tenure. As an associate attorney general, he was the director of the Division of Legal Counsel and oversaw the management of the Civil and Transportation Bureaus and the Charitable Trust Unit. As a senior assistant attorney general, he served as the Bureau Chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau and the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau. Prior to working for the Department of Justice, Mr. Head worked in the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services after spending 10 years in private practice as a litigator. He earned his B.A. degree from Clark University and his J.D. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science from Indiana University.

Gregory E. Michael is of counsel to the Manchester law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., where his areas of practice are real estate, municipal law and land use. He has spoken previously on topics related to his areas of practice, including presentations for the New Hampshire Municipal Law Lecture Series and the New Hampshire Bar Association. Mr. Michael is a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts bar associations. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of New Hampshire and his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School.

Roy W. Tilsley, Jr., is a shareholder with BernsteinShur in Manchester. Mr. Tilsley is a member of the firm’s Business Law and Real Estate Practice Groups and is the managing shareholder of the Manchester office. His practice focuses on real estate law including the acquisition, financing, leasing and development of real estate; business transactions; and related litigation. Mr. Tilsley regularly appears before various municipal boards on behalf of real estate developers. He has litigated complex boundary line disputes, tax abatements and municipal reassessment cases. Mr. Tilsley regularly represents clients before state regulatory agencies. He is currently vice-chair of the State Board of Auctioneers. Previously, he was a member of the State of New Hampshire Transportation Appeals Board. He obtained his JD degree from Cornell Law School, cum laude, in 1992.

Partner with The Finley Firm in Atlanta, GAMr. Gibson’s practice includes all types of commercial litigation, including, real estate disputes, business torts, contract disputes, indoor air quality and construction defects, and product liability. He represents and counsels retailers, developers, REITs, hotel and apartment owners and operators, property management companies, petroleum and mining companies, financial institutions, distributors, restaurants, and convenience stores, among others, in contract disputes, lease enforcement, easement, restrictive covenant, trespass and nuisance claims, mining rights, brokerage disputes, zoning, premises liability, real estate commission, and eminent domain matters. He has been named by Georgia Trend magazine as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite in both 2015 and 2016 and has been listed in Super Lawyers for 10 years.

Stephen A. McCullers is an Associate in the firm’s Environmental Practice. Stephen has a diverse environmental practice, assisting clients with complying with complex environmental, health, and safety regulations. Stephen also has expertise with air and water permitting, environmental due diligence and liability, and environmental litigation. 

 Before becoming an attorney, Stephen was a Natural Resources Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He conducted environmental compliance inspections, issued environmental permits, and assisted in the management of federal land and natural resources. 

Partner with Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, LLP, in AtlantaMs. Perignat’s practice focuses on real estate transactions and litigation, including eminent domain, land use, zoning, and landlord-tenant matters. She represents and advises property owners in civil litigation condemnation proceedings brought by state, county and local governments and authorities. She has experience litigating land use, zoning and annexation disputes. She also has represented numerous clients in land use and zoning matters relating to disputes under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, concerning the location and construction of telecommunications facilities. Ms. Perignat also handles land acquisitions and dispositions and lease drafting and negotiations. She provides a comprehensive scope of services to property owners and business owners. Ms. Perignat obtained her J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law, and she also received her M.A. degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech. She has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer Raising Star since 2012. She serves as the secretary/treasurer of the State Bar of Georgia Eminent Domain Section.

Ms. Rhodes focuses her practice in the areas of land litigation and divorce law. An experienced litigator and trial attorney, Ms. Rhodes is an assertive advocate for her clients. She has tried cases in over 15 North Georgia and Metro Atlanta counties before judges and juries on issues ranging from divorce and child custody to boundary line disputes, land titles, and contested probate estates. Ms. Rhodes earned her J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Ms. Sturm works with the commercial real estate practice group bringing 16 years of experience advising individuals, community groups, homeowners associations, businesses, local governments and non-profit organizations on a variety of environmental and land use matters. She focuses her practice on environmental litigation at the regulatory, administrative, trial and appellate levels. Kasey represents clients on a wide range of land use and zoning matters, including before governmental bodies and appeal boards, as well as in state and appellate courts. She also advises clients on a variety of environmental matters related to land ownership, use and development; represents clients in actions to address damage to property stemming from various environmental conditions, including as a result of storm water flows and sedimentation; compliance and permitting under a wide range of environmental laws, as well as land use and zoning laws and regulations. Kasey also advises clients in non-profit leadership and management, including formation of community groups and non-profit organizations.

The main focus of the Condemnation, Redevelopment, and Eminent Domain Group is property valuation litigation and representing private property owners in challenging the government’s right to take private property by the use of the power of eminent domain (also known as condemnation) and prosecuting inverse condemnation claims. Mr. Duggan regularly represents clients whose highway access and property rights have been revoked or taken by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, county agencies and utility companies, and has experience in handling all aspects of eminent domain, including relocation assistance, modification of highway access, and litigating the amount of just compensation. He represents property owners in urban redevelopment projects and pipeline cases, and he has experience in both state and federal courts. Mr. Duggan also prosecutes real estate tax appeals for banks, developers, automobile dealerships, condominium and homeowners’ associations, shopping centers, and commercial property owners and is a member of the Firm’s Flood Litigation, Development & Mitigation Group. He has been awarded the CRE® designation by the Counselors of Real Estate®, an international group of real estate professionals recognized as leading advisors in complex real property matters with approximately 1,000 members worldwide, of which less than ten percent are practicing attorneys (www.cre.org). Mr. Duggan is a frequent speaker and author on topics related to bankruptcy, eminent domain and tax appeal matters. He earned his M.B.A. degree from Seton Hall University and his J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.

Mr. Forshner concentrates his practice in residential and commercial real estate development, redevelopment, land use and real estate development. Mr. Forshner represents owners and developers regarding development, mixed-use, affordable housing, residential, industrial, retail and office development projects. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, including zoning and planning, leasing, and municipal bidding. His practice includes representation of national, international, and local developers and businesses as well as charitable and religious organizations. Mr. Forshner served as special land use counsel to municipalities and to the New Jersey Builders Association. He is the former chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Land Use Section. Mr. Forshner regularly speaks on zoning and planning, redevelopment, affordable housing, sustainable energy, land use, eminent domain, and land real estate transactions.

Counsel with Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A.
Mr. Hopkins’ practice consists of representing developers and investors in connection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing, development and re-development of commercial real property. His practice runs the gamut of real property transactions from leasing, financing and redevelopment to affordable housing development, condominium association formation and returning contaminated properties or “Brownfields” to beneficial use. The breadth of his practice also extends to counseling clients on land use matters and on a variety of environmental regulatory compliance and permitting issues, including ISRA compliance, environmental due diligence, Superfund and other liability concerns. Mr. Hopkins participates in a number of industry organizations including the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, where he sits on the legislative affairs committee, the New Jersey Builders Association and the National Brownfield Association.

Mr. Humphreys is an attorney with the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he concentrates his practice on all aspects of environmental law and related counseling of businesses. He advises businesses on regulatory compliance and management of environmental risk in matters arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; and various other federal, state and local environmental laws. He also works on the environmental aspects of business transactions.

Ms. Testa focuses her legal practice on insurance coverage and defense litigation as well as risk management services in the areas of professional liability; construction/construction defects; general liability; product liability; contract drafting, negotiating and disputes; and employment practices. She has also litigated matters alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and advised clients on best practices in this area of the law. Ms. Testa is experienced in the defense of architects, engineers and surveyors and is a member of the firm’s design professional practice. She performs contract review and drafting services for design professionals and engages in contract negotiations on behalf of these clients. Ms. Testa received her J.D. degree from Widener University School of Law.

Founding Partner, West Nashville Law Group
Mr. Bain assists clients in navigating the legislative and administrative approval process involving land use and zoning within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, as well as across the Middle Tennessee region. His expertise includes annexation, land zoning and platting, easements and rights-of-way, historic preservation, deed restrictions and subdivision controls, and condemnation and eminent domain, including inverse condemnation actions. In addition to his land use planning practice, Mr. Bain also specializes in construction law. He works with homeowners, business owners, architects, engineers, and contractors regarding construction contracts and breach of contract disputes, change orders, and general documentation preparation. Before starting the practice of law, Mr. Bain owned and operated a residential and commercial construction company in Nashville, Tennessee.

Managing Member, Blink Law, LLC
Mr. Blink is the managing member at Blink Law, LLC, a boutique business law firm based in Nashville. He focuses his practice on real estate, contracts and business planning and structure. Prior to opening Blink Law, he worked for Burke Costanza and Carberry in Northwest Indiana. He also has experience in the litigation department of Anthem Insurance and working for Justice David of the Indiana Supreme Court. Mr. Blink graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law where he was an Articles Editor for the Indiana Law Review. When he isn’t working, he enjoys golfing, fishing, camping and hiking with his lovely wife Katherine and their two dogs, Norris and Topanga.

Partner, Hudson Reed & McCreary, PLLC
Mr. Cope advises businesses and government in matters ranging from corporate governance, employment law and risk management, to eminent domain/condemnation litigation. He also maintains an active divorce and child custody practice. Mr. Cope is admitted to practice in Tennessee state court as well as the United States District Court for the Middle and Eastern districts of Tennessee, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. In 2012, Mr. Cope was appointed to a six-year term on the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) by Governor Bill Haslam. He presently serves as chairman of the commission. THEC is the coordinating body for Tennessee’s 51 public colleges, universities, and technology centers, which collectively educate approximately 245,000 students. Mr. Cope graduated from the University of Memphis School of Law where he received the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence in Trial Advocacy and served as a member of the Moot Court Board. While in law school, Mr. Cope clerked for the Honorable Robert L. (Butch) Childers, judge of the Circuit Court of Tennessee at Memphis.

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.

Ms. Davis-Maddy is a reputable trial lawyer in the commercial, healthcare, environmental and water law sectors. Although primarily a litigator, she practice is full service—assisting her clients and their needs that span the employment, commercial, real property, regulatory and administrative fields. Ms. Davis-Maddy healthcare practice includes advising physicians and other licensed providers regarding corporate, administrative and litigation issues, while her environmental practice focuses on interacting with state and federal agencies to provide her clients with the outcomes they desire. Most recently, She has obtained favorable results for clients in state and federal licensure and certification actions, including with the Department of Environmental Quality and Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Ms. Davis-Maddy is an accomplished water attorney, regularly assisting clients in asserting, obtaining and protecting their water rights in court or at state agencies. Her clients include small and large municipalities, corporations, landowners and family farmers.

Attorney, Moyers Martin, LLP, Tulsa
Ms. Orlowski focuses her practice on oil and gas, commercial real estate, estate planning and related business issues. She has extensive experience in all phases of land and title matters, oil and gas acquisitions and divestitures, general corporate matters and business planning. Ms. Orlowski is an adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa law school in the Master of Jurisprudence program where she teaches “Energy and Indian Land Titles.” She is a frequent national and regional lecturer on oil and gas, real property, Indian land law and estate planning topics. Ms. Orlowski is very involved with state and local bar associations. She is currently an active member of the Oklahoma Title Examinations Standard Committee, founded the TCBA Animal Law Committee, and is a member of Tulsa Title and Probate Lawyers.

Ms. Pence was born and raised in Tulsa and chose to build her law practice in her home town. She has numerous and varied experiences in the legal field from working for multiple judges at the Tulsa County Courthouse prior to attending law school, to working in a medium-sized insurance defense firm, to striking out on her own in 2012 to form a small law firm. Ms. Pence then founded Pence Law Firm as a solo practitioner, which opened its doors on January 1, 2016. She is an active member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Tulsa County Bar Association. Ms. Pence is currently serving as the chairperson of the Law School/Mentoring Committee of the Tulsa County Bar Association. She was chosen from applicants throughout the State of Oklahoma to participate in the Oklahoma Leadership Academy for the Oklahoma Bar Association as a rising leader in the legal profession.

Shareholder, Eller & Detrich, Tulsa
Mr. Reynolds practice includes real estate development, zoning and land use planning, lending transactions and alternative energy sources, such as wind and solar energy. He has demonstrated his community leadership as trustee of the Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority, the Tulsa Utility Board, the Regional Metropolitan Utility Authority and the Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy, and as chairman of the Tulsa Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks. Mr. Reynolds is committed to the education of future Oklahoma lawyers and has taught as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Tulsa College of Law since 1992. He has served on the Executive Advisory Board to the University of Tulsa College of Business Administration and he is a member of the Tulsa Community College Foundation.

Attorney, Eller & Detrich, Tulsa
Ms. Ryan Lile earned her B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University in 2000 and her J.D. degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2006.  Her practice consists of civil, business, construction and employment litigation.

Shareholder, Eller & Detrich, Tulsa
Mr. Shank practices in the areas of real estate development, zoning and land use planning, signage and civil and construction litigation. He earned his bachelor of science degree in Business Administration and M.B.A. degree from the University of Tulsa. He earned his law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2008.

Attorney, Bernstein Shur in PortlandAfter clerking for Maine Supreme Court Justice Robert Clifford for a year after law school, Mr. Bosse dove straight into construction law, defending architects and engineers in construction cases at a small Portland insurance defense firm. Since joining Bernstein Shur a decade and a half ago, Mr. Bosse has had the pleasure of representing the full panoply of participants construction projects: developers, owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, lenders, and sureties in everything from contract negotiation and administration to construction claims, collection efforts and litigation. He has quickly grown to the chair of the firm’s Construction Practice Group, building his practice into a truly regional one, covering primarily Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Mr. Bosse also has had experience with eminent domain matters, including litigation at the State Claims Commission, the trial courts in Maine and the Maine Supreme Court. In service to his firm, he ran for and was elected to the firm’s Compensation Committee and has served for the past five years in that capacity, and he also serves as the co-chair for the Litigation Practice Group.

Attorney, Curtis Thaxter in PortlandMr. Leoni focuses on land use and general civil litigation. Since 2011, he has represented clients in some of Maine’s largest boundary and water access and water rights cases. Mr. Leoni was co-counsel for landowners in the first phase of Almeder et al. v. Town of Kennebunkport, known as the “Goose Rocks Beach case,” which dealt with claims for prescriptive easements and easement by custom. He is currently lead counsel in the second phase of the Goose Rocks Beach case, which deals with water boundary descriptions tracing back to the mid-1600s. Mr. Leoni also successfully represented coastal owners against public prescriptive claims in what is known as the “Cedar Beach” case in Harpswell and he currently represents Acadian Seaplants, a seaweed harvesting company, in a landmark case concerning whether the public has the right to harvest living intertidal seaweed from the intertidal zone. He regularly handles boundary dispute claims, including adverse possession claims. Mr. Leoni earned his B.A. degree from Bates College in 2005 and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Vermont Law School in 2011.

Partner with Murray Plumb & Murray in PortlandMr. Shumadine represents abutters, developers and towns in connection with all land use issues, from shoreland zoning, to Department of Environmental Protection regulations, to subdivision concerns. He has represented developers seeking subdivision, site plan, building permit and other approvals; landowners challenging proposed abutting development or rezoning, as well as those seeking tax abatements; and towns seeking zoning, subdivision and other land use advice.Mr. Shumadine’s practice also focuses on more general disputes involving land and roads, both public and private. He has extensive experience addressing zoning, subdivision and other similar issues before Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission and presenting arguments before planning and zoning boards, as well as the Superior Court and Law Court. Mr. Shumadine is a member of the Maine State, Cumberland County and American Bar Associations.

Shareholder in the law firm of McKirdy, Riskin, Olson & DellaPelle, P.C., in MorristownMr. DellaPelle is certified as a civil trial attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. He has represented property owners in eminent domain, redevelopment and real estate tax appeal matters for more than 30 years. Mr. DellaPelle is the sole New Jersey attorney member in and Board member of Owners Counsel of America, a national association of leading eminent domain lawyers across the country. He is also a designated member and a current vice chair of the Counselors of Real Estate®, an international organization of real estate professionals. Mr. DellaPelle is widely recognized as a leading practitioner in real estate valuation litigation, speaks on a variety of property rights topics in New Jersey and nationally. He has been recognized by his peers as a “New Jersey Super Lawyer” as published in the New Jersey Monthly magazine. He served on Governor Chris Christie’s transition team in 2009, and is currently a commissioner and treasurer of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.

Mr. Forshner concentrates his practice in residential and commercial real estate development, redevelopment, land use and real estate development. Mr. Forshner represents owners and developers regarding development, mixed-use, affordable housing, residential, industrial, retail and office development projects. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, including zoning and planning, leasing, and municipal bidding. His practice includes representation of national, international, and local developers and businesses as well as charitable and religious organizations. Mr. Forshner served as special land use counsel to municipalities and to the New Jersey Builders Association. He is the former chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Land Use Section. Mr. Forshner regularly speaks on zoning and planning, redevelopment, affordable housing, sustainable energy, land use, eminent domain, and land real estate transactions.

Counsel with Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A.
Mr. Hopkins’ practice consists of representing developers and investors in connection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing, development and re-development of commercial real property. His practice runs the gamut of real property transactions from leasing, financing and redevelopment to affordable housing development, condominium association formation and returning contaminated properties or “Brownfields” to beneficial use. The breadth of his practice also extends to counseling clients on land use matters and on a variety of environmental regulatory compliance and permitting issues, including ISRA compliance, environmental due diligence, Superfund and other liability concerns. Mr. Hopkins participates in a number of industry organizations including the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, where he sits on the legislative affairs committee, the New Jersey Builders Association and the National Brownfield Association.

Mr. Humphreys is an attorney with the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he concentrates his practice on all aspects of environmental law and related counseling of businesses. He advises businesses on regulatory compliance and management of environmental risk in matters arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; and various other federal, state and local environmental laws. He also works on the environmental aspects of business transactions.

Partner at the Law Firm of Love and Long, L.L.P.Mr. Long practices in the areas of public agency, real estate, corporate finance, zoning and land use. He has served as counsel to several planning and zoning boards, developers, financial institutions and public agencies. Prior to practicing at Love and Long, L.L.P., Mr. Long was employed by TIAA-CREF, a Fortune 100 pension fund, where he worked in the Mortgage and Real Estate Department financing and developing shopping malls, hotels, retail entertainment complexes and mixed-use projects, including Minnesota’s Mall of America. Mr. Long is the chair of the Real Estate and Probate Law Section of the National Bar Association, a member of the Board of Consultors of the Real Property and Trust and Estate Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and a member of NAMWOLF’s Transactional Practice Area Committee.

Attorney at Henson Fuerst
Ms. Duvoisin joined Henson Fuerst in 2003, having litigated complex cases in courts across the state of North Carolina. With nearly 40 years of experience, she focuses on land condemnation, land contamination, and related claims. A frequent lecturer, Ms. Duvoisin teaches continuing education courses for other lawyers and educates public groups in-state, nationally, and internationally. She enjoys helping clients throughout North Carolina, including Western North Carolina. Ms. Duvoisin has served in leadership roles as both the District Bar President for the 24th Judicial District of North Carolina (a five- county district in western North Carolina) and as the Watauga County Bar Association President.

Attorney at Morningstar Law Group
Mr. Ghosh is a real estate lawyer in Raleigh who focuses his practice on land use and zoning and commercial real estate. Before practicing law, he worked in land development with a locally-based company. His background in the business better enables Mr. Ghosh to understand his clients’ needs and assist them in obtaining and protecting entitlements from local governments and state agencies. He also supports the firm’s transactional real estate law practice and has experience with reviewing and drafting lease and purchase agreements as well as other real estate-related documents. Mr. Ghosh is proud to call Durham his home and hopes to help shape the bright future of his hometown.

Attorney at Morningstar Law Group
Ms. Oxford focuses her practice in commercial real estate law. She assists her clients with all aspects of real estate development, including acquisitions, sales, financings, development, and leasing. Ms. Oxford has a passion for real estate which, combined with an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and a master’s degree in Regional Planning, uniquely situates her to understand clients’ needs and provide relevant advice.

Partner/Owner at Morgan & Perry Law
Mr. Perry is one of the founding partners of Morgan & Perry Law, P.L.L.C. As a partner at the firm, he leads the practice’s Real Estate Division. Mr. Perry’s primary focus is on residential and commercial transactions. He approaches each case using Morgan & Perry Law’s philosophy of client-based, holistic service to create an enduring relationship with clients. Mr. Perry graduated from Campbell University’s Trust and Wealth Management program with a bachelor’s degree of Business Administration and a minor in Financial Planning, and he also graduated from Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University. During his time in law school, he served as an officer in the Campbell Law Honor Court, Old Kivett Advocacy Council, and the Federalist Society. He also volunteered with Legal Aid of North Carolina and Disability Rights NC. While in law school, Mr. Perry worked for United States Magistrate Judge James E. Gates, interned at the Federal Public Defender’s Office, and represented criminal defendants as a clerk at the Powell Law Firm.

Attorney at Henson Fuerst
Mr. Sack joined the Henson Fuerst land condemnation division after eight years in the office of the North Carolina Attorney General. There, he represented the Department of Transportation’s Construction and Condemnation sections litigating all types of condemnation claims on behalf of the State—including commercial properties, convenience stores, shopping centers, residential and agricultural properties, and billboard display advertisements. Mr. Sack brings to Henson Fuerst over 20 years of experience representing clients and litigating cases at the trial and appellate court levels. He also has extensive experience in pre-trial litigation and mediations.

Partner at Hansen, Howell & Wilkie
Ms. Wilkie is a partner with Hansen, Howell & Wilkie, PLLC, in Raleigh. Upon graduating from law school at UNC-Chapel Hill, she began her practice as a real estate attorney, focusing on residential closings and civil litigation.  Gradually the firm transitioned away from a transactional practice toward more litigation, including quiet title, adverse possession, eminent domain, and condemnation matters.  Ms. Wilkie also serves as North Carolina outside underwriting counsel for Alliant National Title Insurance Company.

Mr. Izfar represents private land owners and developers in navigating land use and zoning issues in connection with local regulation of commercial and industrial developments as well as master-planned communities. Previously, he was Assistant City Attorney for the City of Houston where his practice focused on land development regulations within the City of Houston and public-private partnerships. Mr. Izfar earned his B.A. degree from Emory University and his J.D. degree from the Rutgers-Camden School of Law.

Condemnation Attorney
Mr. McFarland has extensive experience representing landowners whose private property is taken by the government for public use. His primary focus is highway and road widening projects impacting retail, commercial, industrial, and special-use properties. He is a frequent speaker, panelist, and author on topics relating to eminent domain and condemnation law and is the Texas member of Owners’ Counsel of America, an invitation-only national network of leading eminent domain and property rights attorneys.

Attorney with Wilson Cribbs + Goren, PC
Mr. Pershing is a real estate attorney with the law firm of Wilson Cribbs + Goren where he has a diverse transactional law practice that includes acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, entity formations, joint ventures, financing and closings across industrial, multifamily, office, retail, master-planned communities, and farm and ranch properties. He has three board certifications by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization: Commercial Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate Law, and Farm and Ranch Real Estate Law. Only 44 attorneys in the State of Texas currently hold the same three certifications and he is the youngest. Mr. Pershing has been selected to the Texas Rising Stars™ list by Thomas Reuters Super Lawyers® in 2019 and is a member of the Texas Bar College for extraordinary commitment to professionalism through education. He holds a law degree from South Texas College of Law Houston, an MBA degree in finance and a BBA degree in Finance and Economics from the University of St. Thomas. Mr. Pershing served in the Army as a combat medic in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom V; he is a licensed FAA Private Pilot (ASEL) and Remote Pilot (UAS); and he has travelled extensively around the world.

Ms. Smith’s practice focuses on a wide variety of agricultural issues, especially those involving cattle. She additionally spends a significant portion of her time on oil and gas title examination, farm and ranch transactions, and real estate litigation. Ms. Smith also assists clients with estate planning, probates, and business planning needs. She is a graduate of El Campo High School. Ms. Smith received her bachelor of science degree in Agricultural Science from Texas A&M University in 2009, and received her doctor of jurisprudence degree from South Texas College of Law in 2014. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2014 and is also admitted to the Southern District of Texas. Ms. Smith is a member of the Wharton County Bar Association, formerly serving as president, and she is a member of the Texas Bar College. 

Mr. Stuckey practices primarily in corporate, real estate, and environmental law, including transactional work and litigation. He has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and J.D. and L.L.M. degrees from the University of Houston Law Center. Mr. Stuckey is admitted to the practice of law in all Texas courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Claims Court. He is also licensed in Texas as a professional engineer and a registered public land surveyor.