Legal Affairs Forum

THIS IS A CLOSED MEETING
OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE
LEGAL AFFAIRS FORUM ONLY

Hyatt Regency Hotel
Regency Room F
Sacramento, California
Friday, May 6, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Presiding:          Kathy Mehringer, Chair
                         Mike Clancey, Vice Chair
                         Pam Winterbauer, Vice Chair
                         Larry Spiteri, Committee Liaison
                    

C.A.R. Staff:    Jenny Li, Strategic Defense Counsel

9:00                    Opening Remarks
                           Kathy Mehringer, Chair

9:00 – 10:00      Case Update
                          Shannon Ball Jones, Esq., Shannon Jones Law Group

10:00 – 11:15    Short Sale Panel Discussion on C.C.P. § 580, Holmes v. Summer,  Short sale scams, in-house counsel and risk management issues
                          Alice Akawie, Esq – Akawie & LaPietra, P.C.
                          David Parker, Esq., - Parker & Crosland LLP
                          DW Duke, Esq., Spile, Siegal, Leff & Goor, LLP
                         Mona Leigh Rose, Esq. – General Counsel for Dilbeck REALTORS®
                         Kathy Mehringer, Broker Associate, Director of Risk Management Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

11:15 – 11:30  Break

11:30– 12:00   MARS Update and Presentation 
                        Finley Maxson, Esq., Senior Counsel, National Association of REALTORS®

12:00 – 1:30    Lunch Topic: - Digital Ink™ Demonstration, Fatima Sogueco, REBS Senior Software Products Coordinator

1:30 – 3:00      Legal Update
                        Gov Hutchinson, C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel/Staff VP

                        Standard Forms Update
                        Neil Kalin, C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel

3:00                 End Program