8:00 – 8:20 am

Opening Remarks

Amy Larson, Executive Director & CEO Colorado & Denver Bar Associations; Managing Director of Colorado Bar Association Continuing Legal Education

Kendra Yates, Esq., Program Attorney, CBA-CLE

8:20 – 9:35 am

Legislative Update

Presented by Amy Brimah, Esq., Brimah LLP, and Andrew White, Esq., CBA Director of Legislative Relations

9:35 – 9:55 am

9:55 – 10:55 am

During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people in the U.S. have faced job loss, reduced hours, loss of childcare, and risk of imminent eviction or foreclosure - despite a federal eviction moratorium and aid programs to help with mortgage and rent payments. Yet this vast economic crisis is only the tip of the iceberg. Systemic and institutional racism, gender-based oppression, and ableism have shaped centuries of housing policy and real estate law, causing and exacerbating sharp disparities in homeownership, lending, generational wealth building, and access to community resources along racial, disability, and class lines. This talk will explore the ways that these compounded injustices have further entrenched economic inequality and contributed to everyday experiences of marginalization in access to housing, while offering a vision for housing and real estate law that can move us closer to justice.

Presented by Lydia X.Z. Brown, Esq., Director of Policy, Advocacy, & External Affairs, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network; Adjunct Lecturer/Core Faculty in Disability Studies, Georgetown University; Adjunct Professorial Lecturer in American Studies, Department of Critical Race, Gender, & Culture Studies, American University, Washington, D.C.

*LIVE ONLY*

10:55 – 11:10 am

11:10 am – 12:40 pm

The 15-Minute Drill

Moderator: J. Marcus Painter, Esq., Holland & Hart LLP

1) Colorado RE Forms

Presented by Kent J. Levine, Esq., Kent Jay Levine, P.C.

2) Remote Notary Trends

Presented by Hilary Vaughn, Esq., Holland & Hart LLP

3) Social Covenants + Social Contracts in CCIOA Communities

Presented by Suzanne M. Leff, Esq., Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne LLP

4) Updates to Real Estate Trust & Estate Forms

Presented by Charles “Chad” Rounds, Esq., Kirsch Rounds Bowman & Deffenbaugh PC

5) No More Hiding: Ownership Disclosure Requirements Under the Federal Corporate Transparency Act

Presented by Timothy Crisp, Esq., Holland & Hart LLP, and J. Marcus Painter, Esq., Holland & Hart LLP

12:40 – 1:40 pm

1:40 – 2:30 pm

Speakers from the Telluride leadership, arts sector, and community will offer perspectives on the years-long public/private undertaking to resolve and preserve one of the town’s historic keystone buildings as part of a mixed-use residential, affordable housing, and commercial renewal and redevelopment project as the linchpin of the emerging Telluride Arts District.

Presented by Greg Clifton, City Manager for Flagstaff, AZ and former Town Manager of the Town of Telluride, Kate Jones, Executive Director of the Telluride Arts District, and Douglas R. Tueller, Esq., Tueller & Gibbs LLP

2:30 – 2:50 pm

2:50 – 3:50 pm

EDI in Lawyering and Leadership: A Recipe for Success

Diversity, equality, and inclusion are essential ingredients to a successful law firm, governmental organization, or other entity. In this moderated panel of experts from the field and judicial system, learn about the blind spots in organizations, what you can do to rectify them, and how you can advance diverse viewpoints and experiences.  

Presented by Jordan Deifik, Chairman & CEO, Bastion, Honorable Melina Hernandez, County Court Judge, 18th Judicial District, J. Ryann Peyton, Esq., Executive Director, Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program, and Meranda Vieyra, CEO and Founder of Denver Legal Marketing

Moderated by Jay Kamlet, Esq., Kamlet LLP

3:50 – 4:10 pm

4:10 – 5:00 pm

This Ethics session will highlight the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and Colorado Bar Association Formal Opinions that are implicated in many of the events of 2020, including the impact of the COVID pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, and the Colorado Bar Association’s commitment to including equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) CLE requirements. Topics will include ethical considerations regarding: increased worker dispersion and remote working, the use of contract attorneys, law firm culture, implicit bias, sexual harassment, and pro bono services.

Presented by M. Kate Strauss, Esq., Galvanize Law Group LLC and Max S. Stich, Esq., Tiemeier & Stich, P.C.  

Submitted for 1 Ethics Credit

5:00 pm

5:15 pm – 6:30 pm

 

7:20 – 8:00 am

Morning Yoga

8:15 – 8:30 am

Welcome Back/Announcements

8:30 – 9:20 am

Based on extensive experience serving in organizations under a wide array of leaders with differing leadership styles, and having served in numerous leadership positions himself, Justice Richard L. Gabriel of the Colorado Supreme Court discusses effective strategies for leading lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

9:20 – 9:25 am

9:25 – 10:25 am

Case Law Update

Presented by Lindsay J. Miller, Esq., Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C., Nathan G. Osborn, Esq., Montgomery Little & Soran, PC, and Paul Sachs, Esq., Paul Sachs, P.C.

10:25 – 10:45 am

10:45 – 11:45 am

Explore the pressing issue of residential evictions and problems faced by both tenants and landlords. This session will provide attendees with a viewpoint from each side of the aisle and touch on the current trends due to COVID-19.

Presented by Caitlin Finn, Esq., Executive Director at Colorado Poverty Law Project, VP of Finance and Administration, General Counsel- Concept 3D, Inc., Jack Regenbogen, Esq., Colorado Center on Law & Policy, Angela Schmitz, Esq., Robinson & Henry, P.C., and Stephen Whitmore, Esq., Robinson & Henry, P.C.

Moderated by Deanne Stodden, Esq., Messner Reeves LLP

11:45 am – 12:45 pm

12:45 – 1:35 pm

In early 1893, the world economy was slipping. The price of silver dropped, and with Congressional repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in October, its value cratered. Colorado, heavily dependent on silver mining at the time, was profoundly affected. Mining towns collapsed. Personal fortunes evaporated. Some parts of society realigned. Learn how our state’s destiny was irrevocably altered by the Panic of 1983.

Presented by Geoffrey P. Anderson, Esq., Anderson Notarianni McMahon, LLC

1:35 – 1:55 pm

1:55 – 2:45 pm

This Ethics Session focuses on the ways in which the Colorado Bar Association’s more recent Formal Ethics Opinions impact the practice of the real estate section.  This includes Opinion 140 “Ethical Issues when a Lawyer Serves as an Escrow Agent,” Opinion 141 “Ethical Issues Arising from Data Breach,” Opinion 138 “Ethical Duties Pertaining to Lawyers Consulting about a Client’s Matter,” and Opinion 136 “A Lawyer’s Response to a Client’s Online Public Commentary Concerning the Lawyer.”

Presented by M. Kate Strauss, Esq., Galvanize Law Group LLC and Max S. Stich, Esq., Tiemeier & Stich, P.C.

Submitted for 1 Ethics Credit

2:45 – 3:05 pm

3:05 – 3:55 pm

As the world begins to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, the landscape for many commercial real estate projects will be permanently altered. While 2020 included many short-term loan modifications intended to address the immediate impact of the pandemic, many lenders and borrowers must now confront the long-term economic consequences to their real estate projects and how they affect loan performance. We will discuss how nonperforming loans get resolved, including loan modifications, loan workouts, deeds in lieu, and enforcement of lender remedies. Valuable to both those new to distressed real estate and those in need of a refresher since the last downturn, the conversation will include tips, strategies, and an overview of emerging loan enforcement trends.

Presented by Joseph E. Lubinksi, Esq., MDH Law Group LLC

3:55  – 4:15 pm

4:15 – 5:05 pm

Despite “doom and gloom” economic conditions originally anticipated to result from COVID-19, the real estate market has recently exploded in Southwest Colorado, with unique characteristics and differing impacts on various local and regional components. This session surveys the “urban exodus” market activity throughout the region in cities, towns, and rural areas, and explores the benefits and challenges experienced by various communities from the unexpected growth, including aspects such as infrastructure readiness, Zoomer residents, recreation overload, tax and finance, zoning and planning, and other impacts. What is occurring in Southwest Colorado provides a “you might want to look in the mirror” perspective for other interdependent or geographic regions throughout the Western States.

Presented by William Bell, City Manager of the City of Montrose, Todd Brown, Mayor Pro Tem and Town Council Member for the Town of Telluride, Kari Distefano, Town Manager of the Town of Rico, AICP, Erin J. Johnson, Esq., AICP, Erin Johnson Attorney at Law LLC, and Ann Morgenthaler, Assistant City Manager of the City of Montrose

5:05 pm

5:30-6:30 pm

 

11:30  

11:00 – 2:00 pm