Property rights and police power. Land use and zoning conflicts. Damage disputes and administrative appeals. There is seemingly no end to the challenges when it comes to land use and zoning law litigation. Is your knowledge where it needs to be to confidently represent your clients? Order today and take your knowledge and skills to the next level to help your clients use their land or restrict use depending on whom you represent.

1. The Power to Zone: Who Has It and Where Does it Come From
2. The Line Between the Police Power and the Power of Eminent Domain in Zoning and Land Use Cases
3. Types of Land Use Actions and Disputes
4. Judicial Appeals of Administrative Zoning Decisions
5. Ethical Challenges in Real Estate
6. Land Use and Zoning Litigation

1. THE POWER TO ZONE: WHO HAS IT AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM
   9:00 - 10:00, B. Kay Wilson
   1. The Board of Zoning Appeals – Powers, Process, Standards, Findings of Fact
   2. Ubiquitous Manufactured Housing and Its Implications for Your Town
   3. Recent Case History
2. THE LINE BETWEEN THE POPLICE POWER AND THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN ZONING AND LAND USE CASES
   10:00 - 11:00, Henry E. Howell
   1. Property Owners and Property Rights
   2. The Application of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 11 of the Virginia Constitution to Governmental Regulation of Property
   3. The Dynamic Relationship Between the Government's Police Power and the Power of Eminent Domain
3. TYPES OF LAND USE ACTIONS AND DISPUTES
   11:15 - 12:15, Adam Melita
   1. Variances
   2. Special or Conditional Use Permits
   3. Zoning Changes
   4. Plats/Planned Unit Developments
   5. Historic Preservation Designation/Review
   6. Comprehensive Plan Adoption/Amendments
   7. Inconsistencies Between Comprehensive Plans
4. JUDICIAL APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING DECISIONS
   1:15 - 2:15, Adam Melita
   1. Components of an Effective Appeal
   2. Procedural Requirements
   3. Trial of an Administrative Appeal
   4. Appellate Review
5. ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN REAL ESTATE
   2:15 - 3:15, Edward R. Waugaman
   1. Attorneys' Fees Disputes
   2. Who is Your Client?
   3. Conflicts of Interest
   4. Duty to Report Unethical Conduct/Fraud
6. LAND USE AND ZONING LITIGATION
   3:30 - 4:30, B. Kay Wilson
   1. Facing Administrative Zoning Disputes
   2. Proving and Disputing Damages
   3. Use of Experts
   4. Testimony From Opposing Experts
   5. Challenges to Constitutional Validity
   6. Tips to Help You Avoid Litigation

HENRY E. HOWELL is the principal member of  The Eminent Domain Litigation Group, P.L.C., where he practices in eminent domain and property rights litigation for owners. He is admitted to practice before the Virginia and U.S. District Courts (Eastern District of Virginia and Western District of Virginia) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Howell a member of the Virginia Beach and Norfolk Portsmouth bar associations and the American Bar Association. He earned both his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Virginia.

ADAM MELITA is a deputy city attorney for the City of Norfolk. He concentrates his practice in the areas of land use, litigation and municipal law. Mr. Melita earned his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association and the Virginia Local Government Attorneys (LGA).

EDWARD R. WAUGAMAN is a real estate attorney who practices primarily in the areas of real estate law, residential and commercial transactions, title insurance representation and ethics.  He is former counsel to Southern Title Insurance Corporation, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation and Ticor Title Insurance Company. During his 32 years in the title insurance industry, Mr. Waugaman practiced in the area of title underwriting practices, negotiation and settlement of title insurance claims, conducting and advising on settlement operations, including RESPA compliance  and  real estate-like exchange transactions.  He is a former adjunct professor for real estate law at Christopher Newport University. Mr. Waugaman earned his B.S. degree and his M.S. degree from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and his J.D. degree from George Mason School of Law.

B. KAY WILSON is an associate city attorney with the Office of the City Attorney in Virginia Beach. She is a land use attorney for the city and represents the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Wetlands Board and the Chesapeake Bay Board as well as the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation. Ms. Wilson has lectured for the Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association on land use matters and has written articles on land use taxation. She received her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the College of William and Mary. Ms. Wilson is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association and the Virginia Beach Bar Association.

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