2025 Real Estate Conference
Date: Apr 22, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $195.00
Non-Member Price: $244.00
Section Price: $183.00
Areas of Law: Real Estate
Earn up to 7.1 credits, including 1.2 in Ethics! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Matthew A. Cohen, Esq.
- Two Rivers Title Company, West Long Branch
- Leah Sandbank Kaufman, Esq.
- McManimon Scotland & Baumann LLC, Roseland
Presenters
- Jessica C. Almeida, Esq.
- McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC, Roseland
- Amanda C. Brady, CPA
- Shareholder, WilkinGuttenplan, PC, East Brunswick
- Jacob J. Franchino, Esq.
- The Connell Company, Berkeley Heights
- Cecilia I. Lassiter, Esq.
- Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C., Newark
- Stuart J. Lieberman, Esq.
- Lieberman & Blecher PC, Princeton
- Sean R. McGowan, Esq.
- Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, Roseland
- McKinley Mertz, PP, AICP
- Heyer, Gruel & Associates
- Glenn R. Reiser, Esq.
- Shapiro, Croland, Reiser, Apfel, & Di Iorio, LLP, Hackensack
- Matthew J. Schiller, Esq.
- Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP, Newarkis a Partner in Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP, in Newark, New Jersey, and leads the firm’s Leasing, Opportunity Zone and Distressed Real Estate Practice Groups. He represents clients in a wide range of transactional and litigation matters in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and elsewhere, including the acquisition, disposition, leasing and management of all kinds of commercial properties including office, medical office, industrial, retail and multi-family developments. Since the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, he has developed significant experience in the formation and operation of Qualified Opportunity Funds and Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses as well as the associated real estate transactional, leasing and development issues.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, Mr. Schiller is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and a member of the Board of Consultors of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section, where he is Past Chair. A lecturer for ICLE and other CLE providers, he co-authored the Leasing chapter in Commercial Real Estate Transactions in New Jersey (ICLE, 2019, 4th Edition). He is the recipient of several honors.
Mr. Schiller received his B.A., with honors, from Trinity College and his J.D. from Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law, where he served as Associate Managing Editor of the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Victor Ashrafi, New Jersey Superior Court, Somerset County, Law Division.
(9/23) - Antonio Valla
- Founder, Uptown Development Group
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
This popular annual NJICLE conference will focus on timely topics in today’s challenging real estate market. It features many of the state’s most authoritative real estate attorneys and experts discussing the industry’s current and critical issues. As an attendee, you will explore the latest information surrounding the residential and commercial real estate industries and enhance your proficiency in tackling these issues.
Whether you’re a new attorney, a general practitioner keen on handling real estate transactions or an experienced real estate attorney seeking to enhance your skills, this must-attend conference is for you! Don’t miss the opportunity
Program Agenda:
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9:00 | Welcome and Introduction
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9:05 | Environmental Concerns Affecting Real Property in New Jersey
- Speakers: Stuart J. Lieberman, Esq. -
10:05 | The Use of AI in Everyday Practice: Ethical Considerations
- Speakers: Jacob J. Franchino. Esq. and Sean R. McGowan, Esq. -
11:05 | Break
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11:15 | Updates to Foreclosures: The Community Wealth Preservation Act and the New Jersey Supreme Court Decision on 259-261 Avenue Realty LLC v. Alessandro Roberto
- Speakers: Matthew A. Cohen, Esq. and Glenn R. Reiser, Esq. -
12:15 | Lunch
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1:00 | Commercial Development in New Jersey: Pitfalls and Opportunity
- Speakers: Matthew J. Schiller, Esq. and Antonio Valla -
2:00 | Development Finance and State Tax Credits and Incentives
- Speakers: Amanda C. Brady, CPA; Cecilia I. Lassiter, Esq. and Leah Sandbank, Esq. -
3:00 | Break
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3:05 | The Fourth Round of COAH: What does it mean for development in New Jersey?
- Speakers: Jessica C. Almeida, Esq. and McKinley Mertz, PP, AICP -
4:00 | Adjourn
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