Presenter: Matthew A. Noviello
Seminar Date:
Seminar Location: Binghamton, NY
Holiday Inn Binghamton Downtown2-8 Hawley Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
Phone: 607-722-1212
This seminar is closed or full.
2-8 Hawley Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
Phone: 607-722-1212
Agenda:
Registration: 8:00 - 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am - 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 - 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 - 4:40 pm
Locating Land Boundaries on Paper (And on the Ground)
Interpreting land descriptions
• Metes and bounds • Lot and block
• Dos and don’ts for writing descriptions
Applying principles of boundary location
• Collecting and evaluating all types of boundary evidence: documents, physical evidence, people, surveys
• Locating the described land on a map
• Locating the described land on the ground
• Understanding and using geographic information systems (GIS)
Solving land description and boundary location problems
Identifying, Classifying and Locating Easements
What isand is notan easement
Reviewing state law on easements
Creating easements: easements by necessity, easements by use, written easements
Identifying critical distinctions between easements in gross,
easements appurtenant and prescriptive easements
Maintaining easements
Knowing when and how to terminate easements
Obstructing use of easements and determining remedies for obstruction
Defining Trespass and Adverse Possession
Defining trespass Reviewing the history of adverse possession
Maintaining a claim for adverse possession
• Statute of limitations • Elements of a claim
Defending against a claim for adverse possession
Examining recent adverse possession cases
Avoiding, Identifying and Resolving Ethical Issues in Land Transactions and Disputes
Conflicts of interest: identifying your client
What duties do you owe, and to whom do you owe them?
When ethical rules conflict
Do you need to maintain confidentiality, and for whom?
Complying with your professional responsibility for honesty and truthfulness
Practicing only in areas of competence
Taking referrals from other professionals
Understanding Riparian and Water Rights
History and development of riparian rights
Determining land boundaries near the water line
Determining access rights to surface waters
Determining rights to groundwater
Complying with regulations restricting access to and use of surface water and groundwater
Understanding Utility Easements and Rights of Way
Current law on utility rights of way
• Federal laws and regulations
• State laws and regulations
Types of utilities affected
• Electric, water, natural gas, telecommunications, satellite communications
Basis for and definition of the easement
Encroachments and interferences
Maintenance
Environmental issues
Condemnation law
Current issues involving utility easements
Credit Information:
Who Should Attend
- Attorneys
- Engineers
- Land Surveyors
Attorneys
8.0 New York CLE Hours
(1.5 Ethics Hours)
8.0 New Jersey CLE Hours
(1.5 Ethics Hours)
6.5 Pennsylvania CLE Hours
(1.5 Ethics Hours)
Professional Engineers
& Land Surveyors
6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours
(1.0 Ethics Hour)
Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 AIA LU|HSW
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers New York attorneys 8.0 traditional, area of professional practice CLE hours, and 1.5 ethics hours, suitable for experienced and newly admitted attorneys.
HalfMoon Education Inc. is certified by the NY State CLE Board as an accredited provider of CLE programs. HalfMoon Education Inc. is a New Jersey CLE service provider (No. 164), and this course offers 8.0 CLE hours to New Jersey attorneys. This course contains 1.5 ethics hours.
The Pennsylvania CLE Board has approved this seminar for 6.5 CLE hours which includes 1.5 ethics hours and 5.0 substantive hours for attorneys.
This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
The New York State Education Department considers courses as approved for New York State mandatory continuing education for professional engineers if the sponsor’s courses are approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System andare in approved subject areas.
This seminar also provides 6.5 continuing education hours, including 1.0 ethics hour, to New York professional engineers and land surveyors.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers:
Matthew A. Noviello
Principal in Noviello & Noviello, Esqs., and Principal in Matthew A. Noviello, P.E., L.S., in Carmel, New York
Mr. Noviello is an attorney-at-law, a professional engineer, and land surveyor who enjoys teaching. He has taught real property law, survey law and, more recently, alpine skiing. Mr. Noviello received his masters of engineering degree, his bachelor of science degree in Industrial Engineering, with honors, and his AAS degree in Engineering, all from Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his juris doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark. Mr. Noviello has maintained professional engineering firm and general practice law firms since 1984 and has practiced land surveying since 1991, ten years in industry and six years in government. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Noviello is a New York and Connecticut licensed land surveyor. He holds law licenses in New York State Courts, US Supreme Court, Federal Court for the Southern District of New York and Federal Court for the State of New Jersey.
Tuition Costs:
| Standard Tuition: | $289.00 |
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| Online Tuition (pre-registration): | $289.00 |
Each registration includes one copy of a manual prepared by the seminar speakers.