Description
For over 40 years, we’ve been bringing eminent domain practitioners together to examine the latest issues, engage in healthy debate, and get the information they need to stay current in their practice.
Exploring a full range of cutting-edge issues and drawing professionals from across the country, this annual conference is “the place to be” for all eminent domain and land use practitioners. Whether your interests include relocation, regulatory takings, inverse condemnation, or valuation issues, topics abound for everyone through a customizable curriculum.
This year’s panels bring diverse voices to the conversation. With nearly 60 speakers from across the country, you’ll get perspectives and insights from the private and public bar, non-profit law firms, appraisers, law professors, trial presentation specialists, investment advisors, and a mediator.
Highlighted topics include:
- Tyler v. Hennepin County and the inside story of the major shift in the Supreme Court’s approach to property
- The independent role of state courts in protecting property rights
- The rewards of breaking out of your old routine (ethics)
- Owner testimony, severance damages, and the role of state substantive property law in Natural Gas Act takings cases
- Barron v. Baltimore (1833): How the Supreme Court’s first major takings case diminished the Bill of Rights
- Demystifying appraisal practice for juries and clients
- Determining highest and best use in an area of urban renewal
- Visual storytelling and shaping your case with creative demonstratives
- Legal and appraisal problems with unique or scarce real property assets