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Presenter: Matthew A. Noviello

Seminar Date:

Seminar Location: Binghamton, NY

Holiday Inn Binghamton Downtown
2-8 Hawley Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
Phone: 607-722-1212

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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)

Professional Engineers
& Land Surveyors
     6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours
          (1.0 Ethics Hour)


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.

This seminar also provides 6.5 continuing education hours, including 1.0 ethics hour, to New York professional engineers and land surveyors. HalfMoon Education Inc. is approved as a continuing education provider by the New York State Education Department (NYSED Sponsor No. 35).

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
Online Tuition (pre-registration): $289.00

Each registration includes one copy of a manual prepared by the seminar speakers.