Condemnation Appraisal Symposium

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The Condemnation Appraisal Symposium is the go-to event of the year for those real estate and legal professionals who are currently engaged, or who wish to be more involved, in eminent domain matters. This high-level program provides the latest information and open debate on condemnation case law, appraisal techniques and other timely topics presented by attorneys, appraisers, educators, and government officials, while again offering valuable networking opportunities with those practitioners active in this specialty area.

REGISTER TODAY, http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/Wisconsin

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Registration

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.
Welcome
Dean Joseph Kearney

10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Thorny Appraisal Issues
Art Sullivan, MAI & Richard Dickson

10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Expanded Scope of the Right to Take Challenge: Litigation Expense Issues
Attorneys John Van Lieshout & Thomas Hornig

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Appraiser as Expert Witness
Attorney Sara Beachy & Larry Nicholson, MAI

12:15 - 12:45 p.m.
Box Lunch

12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Current National Eminent Domain Issues
Attorney Michael Berger

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Wisconsin Constitution: Taking vs. Damage Issues
Attorneys Robert Roth & Nicholas Boerke

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Break

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
Wisconsin Case Law Update
Attorney Charles Graupner

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Just Compensation When Land is Used for a Relocated Property Feature
Attorney Alan Marcuvitz & S. Steve Vitale, MAI

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
What We Learned Today - Q & A
lead by Interim Dean Mark Eppli

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Social Hour

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT

This seminar is approved for the following hours of continuing education/recertification upon successful completion.

  • State Certification: 6 hrs.
  • State Licensure: 6 hrs.
  • Appraisal Institute: 6 hrs.
  • CLE Credit is being applied for: 6 hrs.

This program was developed and is administered by the Wisconsin Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. Attendees are eligible to receive 6.0 hours of Appraisal Institute continuing education credit.

ASSESSOR CREDIT APPLIED FOR

  • Appraisal: 1 hrs.
  • Law/Management: 5 hrs.
    (please call to confirm approval)

Credit may be withdrawn in full or in part if the program actually presented does not conform to the duration or content of material as originally approved. The Appraisal Institute enforces the attendance requirements mandated by state regulatory agencies.

REGISTRATION AND FEES

  • $110.00

Fee includes one day of instruction, refreshments, lunch, and course materials. Registration & fee must be received by May 22, 2015. A $25 late fee will be imposed on any and all registrations postmarked after this date. Seating is limited - please register early! NO CONFIRMATION WILL BE SENT. A full refund will be given if cancellation is made by May 22, 2015. After May 22, 2015 no refunds will be made.

REGISTER TODAY, http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/Wisconsin

QUESTIONS? Please contact the Wisconsin Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, 414-271-6858, www.wisai.com.

 

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Sara K. Beachy is an Assistant Attorney General at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, where she practices almost exclusively in eminent domain. Her case load includes valuation litigation, inverse condemnation actions, and Chapter 227 administrative appeals. Ms. Beachy previously practiced law with the Madison firm of Axley Brynelson LLP. At Axley, she represented both owners and condemning authorities in condemnation matters, as well as school districts and municipalities in general civil litigation. Ms. Beachy holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School. In 2011, Ms. Beachy was named a Rising Star in eminent domain in Super Lawyers Magazine and an Up and Coming Lawyer by the Wisconsin Law Journal. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Community Justice Inc., a nonprofit provider of legal services to low-income individuals in Madison.

Michael M. Berger is co-Chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, headquartered in the firm's Los Angeles office. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. His forty-five plus years of practice have focused on real estate litigation, particularly eminent domain and takings litigation. He is a recipient of the Brigham-Kanner Prize from the Property Rights Project at William & Mary Law School for 45 years of practice and scholarship devoted to property rights, the Crystal Eagle Award from Owners Counsel of America for 40 years of protecting and advancing the rights of property owners, and the Harrison Tweed Award for Special Merit in Continuing Legal Education from the American Bar Association-American Law Institute Committee on Continuing Legal Education. He has argued four property takings cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and participated in many others as amicus curiae.

Nicholas J. Boerke is an attorney in the Milwaukee office of von Briesen & Roper, s.c.. He received his B.B.A. in finance, with honors, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Lubar School of Business in 2007 and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Marquette University Law School in 2012. Nick's practice focuses on property taxation and eminent domain litigation. Nick also assists with real estate purchase and sale transactions and tax incremental financing. Nick is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bar Association and American Bar Association.

Richard Dickson is the Director of Real Estate Services for CORRE, Inc., a design and construction engineering firm which also includes a full service real estate department. Richard oversees survey, acquisition, appraisal, appraisal review, and relocation work for highways, pipelines, transmission lines, State Highway Departments, local public agencies, and Tribal Governments. Prior to joining CORRE, Mr. Dickson worked for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for nearly 25 years. Fifteen of these years he served as a Review Appraiser for the Department and Statewide Appraiser. While working for WisDOT, he also served as the Statewide LPA facilitator, Statewide Property Management facilitator, Statewide Relocation facilitator, and Statewide Litigation facilitator. Major review projects completed for the Department included the I-94 North South Corridor and the Zoo Interchange project. Richard's appraisal experience includes operational and non-operational Railroad parcels, contaminated parcels, and tribal lands. Mr. Dickson is also a certified instructor for the International Right of Way Association and Certified instructor for the Wisconsin Board.

Mark J. Eppli, interim James H. Keyes Dean of Business Administration and Robert B. Bell, Sr., Chair in Real Estate, joined Marquette in 2002. Prior to that he was professor of finance and real estate in the School of Business and Public Management at The George Washington University for 11 years where he directed the MBA program in real estate and urban development. Eppli's research focuses on shopping center economics, singlefamily housing valuation, commercial mortgage finance, new urbanism and commercial real estate development. He has been widely published in journals including Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Land Economics, Journal of Fixed Income, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Real Estate Research, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Real Estate Literature, The Appraisal Journal, Real Estate Review, and others. Additionally, Eppli is coauthor of Real Estate Development: Principles and Process, the bestselling real estate development text in the world. Prior to obtaining his doctorate, Eppli was manager of research and investment analysis with PM Realty Advisors and commercial real estate acquisitions specialist at GE Capital. He has served as a consultant to a number of finance, real estate and government entities. He's been honored for his work to attract minorities to the real estate profession, and in December 2011, Eppli was named to the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. Eppli earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin, concentrating in finance, real estate and urban land economics.

Charles Graupner is a partner in the Milwaukee office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. He has served as the coordinator of the firm's Litigation Practice Group and on the firm's Management Committee. He has more than 30 years experience in litigating a variety of business disputes. In the area of condemnation litigation, he has represented condemners and condemnees in many of the highest profile redevelopment projects in Southeastern Wisconsin, including the Midwest Airlines Center, Bay Shore Shopping Center, Milwaukee's Park East Freeway Corridor, and the Menomonee River Valley. He has also written and lectured on eminent domain and trial practice issues. In 1998, he was elected to the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization that limits its statewide membership to 60 experienced litigators from both the plaintiffs and defense bars. Mr. Graupner was recognized as a "Wisconsin Super Lawyer" in the area of litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine. He was also acknowledged in the area of eminent domain and condemnation law by The Best Lawyers in America.

Thomas Hornig is a Shareholder in the Madison Office of von Briesen & Roper, s.c. and chairs the firm's eminent domain and outdoor advertising sections. He deals with takings in all forms including actual takes, regulatory takes and all other related matters. His work in outdoor advertising includes all issues involving on- and off-premises signs. He recently handled cases that made new law on several aspects of takings, outdoor advertising and property taxation in the appellate courts, including the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Tom has dedicated his time to many community organizations. He served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for First United Methodist Church in downtown Madison and played bass trombone in the Blessed Brass. He is past President of the Janesville Kiwanis Club and is a member of the Madison Downtown Kiwanis Club; led the Brass Choir and Handbell Choir at Cargill United Methodist Church, and is a past Foundation President there. For over 20 years he was a director of the Cedar Crest Retirement Complex and served two terms as President of the Board. He is a past director of Forward Foundation, Inc. and Forward Janesville. He serves on the Steering Committee of the University of Wisconsin Band Alumni Association.

Joseph D. Kearney is in his twelfth year as dean of Marquette University Law School and is only the ninth person to hold the position since 1908. Before coming to Marquette Law School to teach in 1997, Dean Kearney practiced for six years at Sidley & Austin in Chicago. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Antonin Scalia, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and to the Honorable Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. An accomplished teacher, scholar, administrator, and lawyer, Dean Kearney is an honors graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.

Alan Marcuvitz is a Shareholder with the firm of von Briesen & Roper, s.c. He received his B.S. degree from Marquette University's College of Business Administration and his J.D. degree from Marquette Law School. His areas of practice include eminent domain, property taxation and real estate development, in all of which he is acknowledged as exemplary counsel. While most of his practice is on behalf of the private sector, he has also provided significant representation to local governments. He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Bar and American Bar Associations. He is also a member of Owners' Counsel of America.

Lawrence Nicholson, MAI is the owner The Nicholson Group, a Milwaukee-based commercial real estate valuation firm. Larry has over 30 years of real estate valuation and consulting experience. He has the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute and is a Certified General Appraiser in Wisconsin. He has extensive experience with a variety of property types including office buildings, shopping centers, apartments, hotels, golf courses, waterparks, marinas, industrial facilities and land. He is an expert in condemnation-related appraisals as well as in partial interest valuation and frequently provides expert testimony and litigation support services. Larry serves by Governor appointment to the Real Estate Appraisers Board for the State of Wisconsin and is currently chairman of the board. Larry has taught the Valuation of Real Estate course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business where he graduated from in 1981 with a Master's degree in real estate appraisal and investment analysis.

Robert Roth of Niebler, Pyzyk, Roth & Carrig, LLP focuses his practice on business and corporate law and complex civil litigation. For the past twelve years he has directed the majority of his practice time to the representation of landowners in eminent domain cases, cases involving land use or real estate property taxation appeals. His experience extends across matters involving real estate law, health law, tax law, antitrust, bankruptcy law and military law. Mr. Roth has tried cases in the Federal and/or State of Courts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. He has either tried or consulted on condemnation cases in Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, and Iowa. He maintains an active practice in both Wisconsin and in Arizona, where he has been admitted to practice since 1975 and 1984, respectively. In 1998 he retired as a Colonel, from active and reserve assignments, after 28 years of service with the United States Army.

Art Sullivan, MAI, R/W-AC, is the President of Appraisal Specialists of Wisconsin. As a certified general appraiser based in Oshkosh, Art travels the state providing valuation services on a wide variety of property types, most typically those being effected by condemnation proceedings. After obtaining his Masters in Education from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh (1988), Art began his career in real estate in the early 1990's as a salesperson. He entered the field of appraisal in 2004, training extensively in eminent domain and starting his own firm in 2008. Art has completed his MAI designation with the Appraisal Institute and is certified in right of way appraisal (R/W-AC) by the International Right of Way Association (IRWA). He has worked for private property owners as well as several municipalities, providing appraisal and expert witness services in the field of eminent domain. John M. Van Lieshout is a shareholder with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, s.c. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is the co-author of "Wisconsin Condemnation Law and Practice" published in December 2009 by the State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books.

S. Steven Vitale, MAI is Senior Managing Director of Valbridge Property Advisors | Vitale Realty Advisors, LLC, a commercial real estate appraisal company based in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Valbridge Property Advisors launched in March 2013 as a joint effort of over 40 independently owned appraisal firms from across the U.S. Upon launch, Valbridge immediately ranked among the Top 3 national commercial real estate valuation and advisory services firms, with 145 MAIs, 59 office locations and 600 staff across the U.S. Vitale Realty Advisors, LLC, founded in 1998 by S. Steven Vitale, MAI, is a longtime appraisal services leader in Wisconsin. Steve received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1988 with majors in finance and real estate from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Following a period working as a commercial real estate broker, Steve earned a Masters of Science degree in Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1991.

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