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Legislative Committee
Monitors legislation affecting real property law practice; serves as resource to legislators; introduces legislation to make substantive improvements where appropriate
Chair: John Taylor
Co-Chair: Gayle Camp Keener
Members: Kaye M. Ford, C. Scott Logan, Dan Hinkel, Jeff Schneider, Monica Gilroy, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Peter Lublin, Shelli Willis
Nominating Committee
Develops nominations for new members of the section’s executive committee
Chair: Shelli Willis
Members: Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Noel Schweers
Finance Committee
Monitors financial health of the section generally; develops budget for coming year; considers other sources of revenue such as sponsorships, etc.
Chair: Noel Schweers
Members: Shelli Willis, Patrise Perkins-Hooker
Pro Bono
Assesses and develops pro bono opportunities for members of real estate buyer – both on executive committee and generally; considers requests for charitable contribution s received from third parties
Chair: Mark Shaffer
Members: Jeff Rubnitz, Jeff Plowman*, Rob Brannen, Angela Ligouri*, Angie McCord*, and John Taylor*
Awards and Recognition Committee
Considers requests for charitable contributions received from third parties; determines qualifications and nominations for Pindar Award, scholarships given to law students, etc.
Chair: Nancy Liu
Members: Michael Lee*
Liaison: Noel SchweersÂ
Fall Commercial Seminar Project
Plans and organizes fall commercial real estate seminar
Chair: Noel SchweersÂ
Fall Title Standards Seminar Project
Plans and organizes fall title standards seminar
Chair: Jeff Schneider
Spring Practice and Procedure Seminar
Plans and organizes spring residential seminar to be held at GPTV in Atlanta
Chair: Deidre Sorohan
Vice-Chairs: Dennis Helmreich, Nancy Liu, and Jay Dell
Real Property Law Institute Project
Plans and organizes Real Property Law Institute
Chair: Patrise Perkins-Hooker
Members: All Executive Committee Members
Professionalism/Public Relations/Ethics/UPL and Disciplinary Committee
Serves as liaison with Bill Smith, State Bar general counsel, concerning disciplinary matters relating to real estate practice; develops ethical presentations for seminars; keeps abreast of ethical and professionalism issues involving our practice and makes recommendations for informing our membership and when applicable proposes necessary action. Serves as liaison with Steve Kaskowski regarding unlicensed practice of law matters; increases understanding of the members of the bar concerning UPL issues
Chair: Rob Brannen
Members: Josh Kamin, Patrise Perkins-Hooker
Membership Committee
Increases membership of section and looks for ways to reach out to members
Chair: Diedre Sorohan
Title Standards Committee
Considers revision of title standards
Chair: Jeff Schneider
Members: Peter Lublin, Dan Hinkel, Bill Dodson*, Danny Bailey*, Brad Hutchins*, Jeff Schneider*, and Robert “Mo” Talley*
Residential Closing Committee
Monitors residential closing practices to determine compliance with ethical and other requirements; focuses on related UPL matters and other issues facing residential practitioners
Co-chairs: Jeff Rubnitz
Members: Kareem Maddison*
Newsletter Committee
Publishes regular newsletters concerning section affairs and other matters of interest to section membership
Chair: Noel Schweers
Members: Dan Hinkel
Web Page Committee
Maintains and updates Web page content; develops new users for same
Chair: Drew Marlar
Members: Carter Stout*
Clerks’ Liaison Committee
Liaises with Clerks’ Cooperative Authority on real estate records, recording practices and other issues
Chair: Nancy Liu
Members: Catherine Evans Adams*, and Timothy S. Minors*
Fraud Awareness Committee
Keeps attorneys aware of fraudulent activity in real estate matters; attends the monthly meetings of the Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention and Awareness Committee (GREFPAC), monitors GREFPAC’s constant e-mailing of information and reporting on schemes, criminal indictments and attorney “participation” (both innocent and purposeful)
Chair: Peter Lublin
Members: Diedra L. Sorohan, and J. Michael Lavendar*
Property Tax Committee
Address issues of property tax assessment, collection and enforcement as they affect real estate closings
Chair: Bradley A. Hutchins*, and Christopher W. Compton*
Members: Patrise Perkins-Hooker
Intangible Tax Committee
Monitor intangible tax developments
Chair: Dan Hinkel
Members: Shelli Willis, Josh Kamin, John Parks, Robert Rearden, Jed Beardsley, Peter Lublin
Public Relations Committee
Work to improve relations between the public and real estate attorneys
Chair: Jay Dell
Forms Committee
Develop basic forms for use by section members
Chair: Josh Kamin
Members: Rob Brannen
Liaison with Georgia Association of Realtors: Jay Dell
Liaison with Department of Banking & Finance/Mortgage Lenders: Peter Lublin
Liaison with Title Companies and Insurance Commissioner: Jack Neidrach
Liaison with Real Property Law Section of Florida Bar: Bruce Cohen*
* Denotes volunteer who is not a member of the Executive Committee
