Gma Legal Conference

Gma Legal Conference

Michael Spence is a partner at Helsell Fetterman. His practice focuses on real estate transactions and brokerage matters, land use/zoning, alternative dispute resolution and litigation. He is currently legal counsel to Seattle-King County Realtors and represents and advises numerous independent real estate brokerage firms on a variety of real estate and business matters. Our diverse range of conferences, workshops and webinars provide unparalleled access to renowned experts, impactful content and meaningful information designed to empower the consumer goods industry at all levels. More information on the conference is available on the GMA website. Duana T. Kolouskova, program co-chair, is a designated partner at Johns Monroe Mitsunaga Kolouskova. She represents real estate developers, builders, landlords and real estate development/builder organizations in all aspects of land use law as well as related environmental, municipal, construction and real estate law matters. She was legal counsel to the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBA) for many years. Brian Holtzclaw is mayor of Mill Creek.

He is also in-house counsel to a housing and land development corporation focused on land use = land use and development issues. Chloe Thompson Villagomez is a director at Foster Garvey, where she focuses on advising Native American tribes and tribal units. Prior to joining Foster Garvey, she was a tribal attorney for the Snoqualmie Indian tribe, associate general counsel for Port Madison Enterprises (an agency of the Suquamish tribe) and private practice at an Indian boutique law firm in the Minneapolis area. Dow Constantine, special address, is the executive of King County. He heads one of the largest regional governments in the United States. It focuses on solving two of the greatest generational challenges of our time: creating equity and opportunity, and addressing climate change. As a bonus, you get access to the program`s audio and video recordings at no extra cost. The web link option allows you to stream or download. The flash drive option contains audio and video files.

Both include materials. the impact of the pandemic on how we conduct public meetings, job application hearings, appeals and other components of the public process; New challenges for the legal practice of public and private practitioners. Dean Williams, Johns Monroe Mitsunaga Kolouskova, focuses on negotiating with local jurisdictions for development permits and representing builders in administrative and court appeals. He represents developers with permit applications in Kittitas, Thurston, Snohomish and King counties, as well as the towns of North Bend, Edgewood, Sammamish, Issaquah, Kirkland, Lacey, Bellevue, Renton and Redmond. Dan Eernissee, Director of Economic Development City of Everett/Everett, WA Markham A. Quehrn is a partner at Perkins Coie. He assists clients in the development of all types of energy assets and infrastructure projects and transactions, including energy projects, water supply and water resources projects, and the development of port and terminal facilities in the United States and abroad, power transmission lines, and water supply projects and facilities. John (Jack) C. McCullough, McCullough Hill Leary, focuses on land use law and real estate finance and development. He has experience in the areas of the Growth Management Act, zoning, coastal regulation, environmental sustainability and wetland regulation. Tadas A.

Kisielius, Esq., Van Ness Feldman / Seattle, WA Program Co-Chair. Julie A. Wilson-Mcnerney is an attorney at Perkins Coie. She assists clients with project development, permitting, and regulatory compliance under local land use laws and federal and state environmental laws, including state and state Environmental Policy Laws (NEPA/SEPA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The regular tuition for this program is $895 with a group rate of $805 each for two or more registrants from the same company. For government employees, we offer a special price of $670. For tribal members, public interest NGOs, students, and people who have been employed for less than a year, our price is $447.50. All prices include admission to all program sessions and course materials. Eileen McPhee Keiffer, Esq. Madrona Law Group/Bellevue, WA Joseph Tovar is an affiliate associate professor of planning at the University of Washington and is now a member of the Washington State Department of Commerce`s Intermediate Housing Technical Team.

His career spanned twelve years as a member of the Growth Management Hearings Board, sixteen years as director of planning for four cities, eight years as a planning consultant, and four years as head of two academic reviews of Washington`s growth planning framework. Update on the implementation of Hirst-fix: What worked well and what are the problems?. Perspectives of infrastructure planners and land developers on a wide range of topics, including water supply, transportation and competition, as well as creative financing instruments to build the necessary infrastructure Sara A. Leverette is a partner at Van Ness Feldman. She advises clients on permits and litigation related to the development of energy infrastructure, remediation sites and hazardous waste permits. For central urban areas, affordable housing has become one of the biggest challenges in the Puget Sound region over the past year. You will learn about current plans and measures to address housing and government initiatives to promote “intermediate housing” as a means of improving housing accessibility. Key stakeholders will share their views on the challenges arising from integrating affordable housing and climate resilience objectives into GOA`s planning and permitting processes. Brian T. Hodges is Senior Counsel at the Pacific Legal Foundation.

Brian is the author of the Certiorari motion in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District and was a member of the Knick v. Scott Township to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last year`s Roadmap for Washington`s Future identified necessary reforms to Washington`s planning laws, this University of Washington project is developing implementing legislation for the 2021 legislative period. The day before the program, we will email you a link to the documents and one to connect to the broadcast.

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