Community Association Conference 2026
Date: Nov 18, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $211.00
Non-Member Price: $264.00
Section Price: $198.00
Areas of Law: Real Estate
Earn up to 6.7 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Christine F. Li, Esq., CCAL
- Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge
Presenters
- Jennifer L. Alexander, Esq.
- Griffin Alexander PC, Randolph
- Tana Bucca, Esq.
- Becker NE LLC, Morristown
- Matthew Z. Earle, Esq.
- Kates, Nussman, Ellis, Farhi & Earle, LLP, Hackensack
- Ryan Fleming, CIRMS, EBP
- The Baldwin Group
- Christopher Lugara, Esq.
- Hill Wallack LLP, Princeton
- Francis J. McGovern, Jr., Esq.
- McGovern Legal Services, North Brunswick
- Samuel J. McNulty, Esq., CCAL
- Hueston McNulty PC, Florham Park
- John R. Middleton, Jr., Esq.
- Buckalew Frizzell & Crevina LLP, Glen Rock
- Patrick B. Minter, Esq.
- Donnelly Minter & Kelly LLC, Morristownis a founding Member of Donnelly, Minter & Kelly, LLC in Morristown, New Jersey, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation with an emphasis on commercial litigation, professional liability defense, and chancery and probate litigation. He has represented clients in several cases which have resulted in published opinions, including Vastano v. Algeier, 178 N.J. 230 (2003), Hernandez v. Baugh, 401 N.J. Super. 539 (App. Div. 2008) and Marrero v. Feintuch, 418 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2011).
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Mr. Minter is a member of the American, New Jersey State and Morris County Bar Associations. He has been Chair of the Morris County Chancery Practice Committee and Co-Chair of the Morris County General Equity Mediation Committee, and is Past Chair of the District X Fee Arbitration Committee. He has served as Chair of the Morris Township Recreation Advisory Committee and on the Morris Township Ethics Board, and lectures for ICLE annually on avoiding legal malpractice and other topics.
Mr. Minter received his B.A., cum laude, from Providence College and his J.D., cum laude, from Widener University School of Law. He is also a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Program and was Law Clerk to the Honorable Rocco L. D’Ambrosio, J.S.C.
(9/23) - Miss Abhisha Vismit Parikh, Esq.
- Law Office of Abhisha Parikh, Iselin
- Caroline Record, Esq., CCAL
- Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Roselandis a Partner in the Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, office of Hill Wallack, LLP. A member of the Community Associations and Real Estate Practice Groups, she concentrates her practice in community association law and residential real estate. Her practice also includes estate planning and administration, special needs trusts, guardianship applications, foreclosure and other real estate-related work.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia, Ms. Record is a past President of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and a former Trustee and Past Chair of its Editorial and Legislative Action Committees. She is Past Chair of the Common Interest Ownership Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, a former member of the Board of Consultors of the NJSBA Real Property, Trusts and Estates Section, and Past President of the New Jersey Community Association Political Action Committee. Ms. Record was elected to the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Community Association Research, is Past President of the Foundation and served on CAI’s Business Partner’s Council from 2009-2012. She was an investigator for the District X Ethics Committee from 1999 to 2003 and has served as Secretary of the District XA and XB Ethics Committees since 2006. She also teaches the M204 class in Community Governance for CAI.
Ms. Record received her undergraduate degree, with highest honors from the Political Science Department, from Rutgers College and her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.
(8/23)
Presented in cooperation with NJSBA Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section
This popular and highly acclaimed program is being offered by NJICLE for the sixteenth consecutive year.
Join this panel of distinguished community association practitioners and consultants for a program that analyzes key issues faced today by community associations and their boards. The discussion will focus on recent developments in the community association practice and legislative and case law updates. Speakers will explore developments in insurance, immigration and customs enforcement, alternative dispute resolution, the reconciliation of leasing provisions with the rental of homes on a short-term basis and managing risks that community associations are exposed to.
The lunchtime presentation will feature ethical and professional liability challenges associated with association representation.
Attendees will earn one credit hour toward the ethics requirement.
Regardless of whether you are experienced in association practice, involved sporadically with association matters, or interested in pursuing the opportunities this field affords, this program will deliver an in-depth look at the most timely and significant concerns of associations governing condominiums and other types of planned communities.
Who should attend:
- Attorneys
- Lenders
- Real estate developers and sponsors
- Community association board members
- Property managers
- Accountants
Topics will include:
- Legislative and Case Law Update - Jennifer L. Alexander, Esq.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution - Tana Bucca, Esq.
- Issues in Today’s Insurance Market - Ryan Fleming, CIRMS, EBP
- Mature and Distressed Communities - Matthew Z. Earle, Esq.
- Short-Term Rentals and Lease Restrictions - Christopher Lugara, Esq.
- Ethics and Professional Liability Defense - Francis J. McGovern, Jr., Esq.; Patrick B. Minter, Esq. and Caroline Record, Esq., CCAL
- Risk Management – Real Life Scenarios - Samuel J. McNulty, Esq., CCAL
- High-Rise Issues and Operations - John R. Middleton, Jr., Esq.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Abhisha Vismit Parikh, Esq.
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