T
20
Thursday, June 20
8: 45 a.m. – Noon
“R We Really Ready for a
Rapid Real Estate Rally?”
Looking to the Past for the Future of Real
Estate Development – Issues, Challenges,
Tips, and Tools
THURSDAY
This program will be focused on past, present, and future issues and
challenges related to real estate development, and tips and tools to
deal with them. The program will include an interactive ethics game
show component with some surprises! Topics include:
• “We Build These Cities, We Rock and Roll!” City Attorneys’
Take on Development Issues After a Downturn
• Space Ship, Rocket Ship, or Hot Air Balloon? Development
in 2013 and Beyond…
• The Game Show! – Ethical Issues in Real Estate Development
Real Property Section
Susan R. Gilman, Shareholder/Chair of Finance
and Banking Practice Group, Gordon Silver
Seminar Co-Chair: Margaret Robertson, Assistant Mesa City Attorney
Faculty: Christine A. Bricker, Shareholder, Gordon Silver,
Las Vegas, NV
Frank Cassidy, Marana Town Attorney
Peter Culp, Partner, Squire Sanders
Fred C. Fathe, Shareholder, Dickinson Wright/
Mariscal Weeks
Susan R. Gilman
Susan D. Goodwin, Curtis Goodwin Sullivan
Udall & Schwab PLC
Shauna Hughes, Chief Operating Officer/Shareholder,
Gordon Silver, Las Vegas, NV, former Henderson
City Attorney
Steve Kemp, Peoria City Attorney
Steve Little, Steve Little & Associates
David Lodwick, Chief Financial Officer, Alliance
Residential Company
Andrew M. Lucca, Senior Vice President Key Bank
Real Estate Capital
Margaret Robertson
Steve Schatteman, Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank,
Las Vegas, NV
Gary Verburg, Phoenix City Attorney
Mark Villalpando, Principal, Vertical Asset
Management, Inc.
CLE
Credit
Ethics
Hour
1
T
21
Thursday, June 20
8: 45 a.m. – Noon
Constitutional Policy
and Legislation in the
Era of Initiative
PRESIDENT’S
AWARD
The initiative process enables citizens to propose and enact statutes
or constitutional amendments. Because this form of ballot measure
serves as an alternative to the enactments of elected representatives,
and sometimes as a direct check on legislatures, it has found increasing support across the political spectrum as a necessary component
of our system of checks and balances. In practice, however, heated
debate has arisen over the constitutional and statutory framework
for the initiative process and judicial review of such things as the
signature-gathering process, eligibility of petition circulators, the
role of the Secretary of State and other elections officials, and the
Arizona Constitution’s “separate amendment rule” for constitutional
amendments.
What are the appropriate circumstances for an initiative? What limits,
if any, are placed on the use of initiatives? Do they help or hinder the
political and/or democratic process? What is the court’s role in super-
vising initiatives? In this interactive, case study-focused program,
designed to encourage discussion on matters of public importance,
attendees will hear from a panel of authorities on topics including:
• Initiative process for legislation and constitutional amendment
• Separate amendment rule and judicial review
• Recent legal challenges involving Propositions 121 and 204
Jim Drake, Assistant Secretary of State, Arizona
Secretary of State’s Office
CLE
Credit
