FNC(R) Automation Ensures HVCC Compliance for Mortgage Lenders

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:16:36 GMT

OXFORD, Miss. – FNC's premier analytic product - GAAR(R) (Generally Accepted Appraisal Rules(TM)) - can help lenders comply with provisions that will require them to report the results of quality control testing, officials of the mortgage technology company said today.

NEW YORK – Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. today announced the creation of Cantor Real Estate, LLC and appointed Andrew N. Stark as Executive Managing Director to lead Cantor's entry into the real estate investment and development market. Under Mr. Stark's direction, Cantor plans to create a real estate opportunity fund as an investment vehicle for Cantor partners and other investors that focuses prim

15th Annual West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar to Highlight "Conflicts of Interest" & "Recent Court Decisions"

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:32:16 GMT

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles-based law firm Chapman, Glucksman, Dean, Roeb & Barger announced today that two of its accomplished attorneys, partner Thomas Halliwell and associate Dan Cribbs, will serve as invited speakers at this year's milestone 15^thAnnual West Coast Casualty's Construction Defect Seminar, the largest event of its kind worldwide focusi

Manatt Adds Noted Real Estate Attorney Tom Muller

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:27:27 GMT

LOS ANGELES – Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the national law and consulting firm, announced today that Tom Muller has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner. Mr. Muller has substantial experience representing publicly-held and private companies and financial institutions in virtually all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Mr. Muller was previously a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Randy Elkins Joins Hughes Watters Askanase as Special Counsel

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:06:58 GMT

HOUSTON – Hughes Watters Askanase L.L.P.(HWA) announced that Randy Elkins has recently joined the Houston-based law firm as special counsel to the real estate and finance practice group. In this capacity, he will provide transactional and litigation counsel to financial institutions and other clients of the firm involved in complex real estate and debtor-creditor transactions.

Ballard Spahr Issues Pennsylvania Realty Transfer Tax Alert

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:31:47 GMT

PHILADELPHIA – Wendi L. Kotzen, a partner in the Tax Group and the Real Estate Department, and Philip B. Korb, a partner in the Real Estate Department, Practice Group Co-Leader of the Planned Communities and Condominiums Group, and a member of the Real Estate Development Group, Real Estate Finance Group, Resort and Hotel Group, and Real Estate Leasing Group at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, have written the followin

Counsel To Counsel Best Practice Forum To Be Held By Martindale-Hubbell In Philadelphia on Regulatory Compliance May 7

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:56:17 GMT

On May 7, 2008, Martindale-Hubbell will hold a Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forum entitled Facing Regulators at Home and Abroad. Hosted by

Martindale-Hubbell To Hold Counsel To Counsel Best Practice Forum In San Francisco on E-Discovery and Managing Electronically Stored Information May 7

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:27:31 GMT

On May 7, 2008, Martindale-Hubbell will hold a Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forum entitled Increasing Predictability, Mitigating Risks: Next Generation Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Management and E-Discovery Approaches. The session will be held at the Pal

Michael Foote Joins NWP Services Corporation as Regulatory Counsel

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:25:44 GMT

IRVINE, CA; -- NWP Services Corporation (NWP), the leading provider of proven financial transaction processing solutions for the multifamily housing industry, today announced that Michael Foote has joined the company as Regulatory Counsel.

Prior to joining NWP, Mr. Foote served as General Counsel and Regulatory Affairs Manager for ista North America. Additionally, he has been actively involved with the National

Raymond M. Buddie Joins the San Francisco Office of Allen Matkins

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:23:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business and real estate law firm, announces the addition of Raymond M. Buddie as a partner in the firm's San Francisco office.

Allen Matkins Promotes Four to Partnership

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:53:36 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business and realFORT MYERS, Fla. -- The law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker is celebrating its sxty-fifth anniversary this month and an expansion of its offices in Fort Myers with an open house to be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00

MassMutual Law Division Participates in Springfield Pro Bono Housing Court Project

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:29:57 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- MassMutual Financial Group announced today its participation in a local pro bono program in which attorneys in the company's Law Division offer free legal services to income eligible tenants and landlords in Hampden County Housing Court located in Springfield, Massachusetts.

More than 20 attorneys in the Law Division at Massachusetts Mutual Life I

David A. McKibbin Joins McDonald Hopkins Law Firm as Of Counsel in West Palm Beach Office

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:23:51 GMT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- David A. McKibbin has joined the West Palm Beach office of McDonald Hopkins LLC as Of Counsel. A practicing attorney for more than 30 years, McKibbin focuses on commercial business and real estate law in the firm's Business Department.

Rachel K. Mathoslah Joins Mcdonald Hopkins Law Firm as an Associate in Cleveland, Ohio

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:18:15 GMT

CLEVELAND -- Rachel K. Mathoslah has joined the Cleveland, Ohio office of McDonald Hopkins LLC as an Associate in the firm's Business Department.

Mathoslah specializes in real estate law. She has represented commercial real&nb

Prominent Real Estate Attorney Steve Edwards Joins Manatt in Orange County

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:15:55 GMT

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the national law and consulting firm, announced today that Steve Edwards has joined the firm's Orange County office of counsel. A prominent attorney with a broad background in all aspects of real estate law, M

Prominent Real Estate Lawyer Michael Haas Joins Jones Day

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:12:02 GMT

CLEVELAND -- Michael J. Haas, a prominent real estate lawyer whose practice includes national retailers and funds, has joined the Cleveland office of international law firm Jones Day as a partner.

Sherman & Howard Announces Combination With Wear, Travers & Perkins

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:07:02 GMT

DENVER -- Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver's oldest and fourth-largest law firm, announced today that it has combined its firm with Wear, Travers & Perkins, PC, a leadin

Francis V. Cuttita Joins Dreier LLP as Of Counsel to the Sports Law and Real Estate Practices

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:59:55 GMT

NEW YORK -- Dreier LLP is pleased to announce that Francis V. Cuttita, whose practice focuses on the representation of high- profile athletes, entertainers, and leading business figures in a broad spectrum of real estate and business matte

John C. Condas Joins the Orange County Office of Allen Matkins

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:16:36 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business and real estate law firm, announces the addition of John C. Condas as a partner in the firm's Orange County

Jenner & Block Secures Victory for Equity Lifestyles Properties

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:23:04 GMT

Jenner & Block has obtained an important victory establishing that a pervasive form of mobilehome rent control in California constitutes an unconstitutional regulatory taking and private taking. This trial court victory, after seven years of litigation, represents the first federal court decision to resolve the merits of an important constitutional issue that was expressly left open by the United States Supreme Court in its decision in Yee v. City of Escondido.

Southeast's Leading Real Estate Closing Law Firm Establishes Two National Divisions

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:54:03 GMT

ATLANTA -- Atlanta-based Morris|Hardwick|Schneider, the largest real estate closing law firm in the Southeast and one of the largest in the nation, announced today that two new mortgage service divisions - National Default Services Division and National REO Division - have been established. Keri Mason Roth, partner with the firm, has been tapped to lead and grow t

Franz Rassman Joins Fried Frank's Real Estate Practice in Washington, DC

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:24:26 GMT

NEW YORK -- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Franz R. Rassman has joined the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate Department, resident in

Real Estate Shareholders Stuart Dember and Henry Kent-Smith Join Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Princeton

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:12:10 GMT

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of Stuart B. Dember and Henry Kent-Smith as shareholders in its Real Estate Practice in Pr

Greenberg Glusker Expands Its Real Estate Practice with the Addition of Ari Brumer

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:51:13 GMT

LOS ANGELES -- Greenberg Glusker today announced that real estate attorney Ari B. Brumer has joined the Firm as Partner, bringing with him extensive transactional experience.

Law Firm Gersten Savage Forms Lateral Recruitment Committee

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:06:09 GMT

NEW YORK -- Gersten Savage LLP has formed a Lateral Recruitment Committee, the firm announced. The committee, headed by Partner Eric Roper, will concentrate on attracting partner level attorneys and senior associate attorneys from diverse practice areas, particularly focusing on real estate, bankruptcy, trusts, and estates, and financial services, as well as corporate and litigation, according to Jay Kaplowitz, founding partner.

"We are targeting grow

Michael Allan Wolf, General Editor of Powell on Real Property, hosts Symposium on "Green Building: Prospects and Pitfalls for Local Governments"

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:52:46 GMT

The implications of a wide range of efforts on the local, state and national levels designed to encourage and require green building practices will be explored at the Seventh Annual Richard E. Nelson Symposium, Friday, Feb. 15, at the University of Florida Hilton Conference Center in Gainesville, Flo

Professor Thomas W. Merrill to Deliver 1st Annual Wolf Family Lecture in American Law of Real Property

LexisNexis Real Estate Law Center Staff — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:16:40 GMT

Columbia University Law Professor Thomas W. Merrill will deliver the first annual Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property on Friday, February 22, 2008, at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in Gainesville, Florida. The title of Merrill’s lecture is “Populism and Public Use.”

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