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MAY 3, 2018 | THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT 9404 E. Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98108

8:30 AM WHAT’S THE LATEST? CASE LAW & STATUTORY UPDATE LARS NESTE

FIVE MINUTE BREAK

9:25 AMWATER SUPPLY AFTER THE HIRST DECISION & NEW LEGISLATION BILL CLARKE

FIVE MINUTE BREAK

10:20 AMOFF-MARKET DEALS; WHATS THE BIG DEAL? JEANNIE SIMPSON

FIVE MINUTE BREAK

11:15 AMNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN REAL ESTATE BROKERAGECHRIS OSBORN & HUNTER JEFFERS

LUNCH

1:00 PMCONDOS, PRIVACY, & DUE DILIGENCE...OH MY!MARK SCHEDLER

FIVE MINUTE BREAK

1:55 PMNEED TO KNOW: LEGAL VARIETY SHOW JUSTIN HAAG

FIVE MINUTE BREAK

2:50 PMSMOKEY SAYS, “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS” ANNIE FITZSIMMONS

CLOSING REMARKS

LEGAL SYMPOSIUMCHECK-INRegistration/check-in opens at 7:30am and the announcements/first class begins at 8:30am sharp.

CLOCK HOURS & YOUR CLASS CARDSDuring check-in you received a CLASS CARD. Complete the information on the back of your card and keep your card for the whole event. Toward the end of each session, Monitors will come by your table and stamp the corresponding session box on your class card. Each stamp is unique to each monitor and each session. If your card is stamped all at once with the same stamp, you will not receive CE.

CLOCK HOUR TOTALS If you attend all sessions, you will receive a total of 7.5 Clock Hours. In order to qualify for any CE you will need to attend a minimum of four sessions.

AT THE END OF THE EVENTComplete the information on the back of our card and sign. Turn-in your STAMPED CLASS CARD to a staff member. We will inventory your stamps and email CE certificates accordingly. Please expect to receive your emailed certificates within two weeks of the event.


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LARS NESTELars E. Neste joined the Demco Law Firm in 2000 and is a member of the Washington and Oregon State Bar Associations. Mr. Neste’s practice focuses on real estate litigation, primarily representing some of the largest real estate brokers in Washington and Oregon.

He is approved as a continuing education instructor for real estate licensees by the Washington Department of Licensing and regularly teaches all areas of real estate law to real estate professionals.

Mr. Neste has served on the Planning Committee for the Washington State Bar Association Annual Fall Real Estate Conference and has also taught continuing legal education courses for attorneys. Mr. Neste is actively involved in the creation and updating of real estate industry forms and practices.

Mr. Neste is a 1998 graduate of Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon where he was a member and associate editor of the Law Review and awarded the West Publishing Company Corpus Juris Secundum award in 1996. He enjoys boating, dirt biking and skiing for recreation.


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SESSION 1: WHAT’S THE LATEST? CASE LAW & STATUTORY UPDATE


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BILL CLARKEBill Clarke is an attorney in Olympia who works on state legislative matters and environmental and land-use permitting. He serves as policy director for Washington REALTORS® and represents other clients in the Washington State Legislature on a variety of issues. He is a former member and chair of the Pollution Control Hearings Board and Shorelines Hearings Board, which hear appeals on water rights, water quality, shorelines, and other environmental permits. He was formerly a partner with Mentor Law Group, PLLC, in Seattle, and has worked in government relations for a number of trade associations. Bill is Chair of the Association of Washington Business’s Water Resources Committee. He lives in Olympia with his wife Heather, and daughters Grace and Lucy.



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SESSION 2: WATER SUPPLY AFTER THE HIRST DECISION & NEW LEGISLATION



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JEANNIE SIMPSONJeannie Simpson joined John L. Scott in 2012 bringing over a decade of real estate law experience after graduating from Stanford Law School. She previously worked in the real estate groups at Morrison & Foerster LLP in Tokyo and Palo Alto and at Foster Pepper PLLC in Seattle, and she taught as an adjunct law professor at Seattle University’s School of Law.

As General Counsel of John L. Scott Real Estate, Jeannie oversees legal issues in all departments of the company, along with providing day-to-day counsel, education and training of the branch office brokers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. In addition, Jeannie manages outside litigation counsel in handling claims, negotiates all company retail leases, and provides legal counsel on company corporate transactions and operations issues.



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SESSION 3: OFF-MARKET DEALS; WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?



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CHRISOSBORNChristopher is a member of the Real Estate practice with Foster Pepper, PLLC where he concentrates on real estate transactions and dispute resolution, with an emphasis on the representation of multiple listing services and real estate brokerages, as well as buyers, sellers, and developers of real property. He is counsel to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service and the Commercial Brokers Association and represents numerous commercial and residential brokerages. He is the principal author of the most commonly used residential and commercial real estate transaction forms in the state. Christopher is an accomplished mediator of commercial and real estate disputes.

HUNTERJEFFERSHunter is a member of the Foster Pepper’s Real Estate group. He represents real estate brokerages, multiple listing services, homeowners’ associations, developers, and principals in real estate transactions and dispute resolution. He assists with the representation of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, the Commercial Brokers Association and several residential and commercial brokerage firms. Hunter also has experience in the formation, reorganization and acquisition of all types of business entities.



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SESSION 4: NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTSIN REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE



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MARKSCHEDLERMark Schedler represents individuals and businesses in commercial and residential real estate transactions. He also represents real estate brokerages, escrow companies, title companies and lenders in litigation, disciplinary proceedings, standards of practice, education, risk management, mergers and acquisitions and affiliated business relationships. Mr. Schedler serves on industry boards, consults with regulatory agencies and occasionally participates in lobbying efforts concerning legislation. He also serves as trial consultant and expert witness to attorneys in litigation concerning the standards of practice of members of the real estate industry.

Mr. Schedler serves as arbitrator/mediator in disputes concerning commercial and residential real estate; including claims between buyers and sellers (e.g. earnest money disputes, claims of misrepresentation, etc.) claims by or against real estate brokers, escrow agents, appraisers, inspectors, title insurance companies and lenders. He was named as a “Top Lawyer” for Residential Real Estate Law in 2003 and 2005 by Seattle Magazine. He has also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Real Estate for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell’s ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be “AV Preeminent”—the highest peer-review rating available.



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SESSION 5: CONDOS, PRIVACY, & DUE DILIGENCEOH MY!



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JUSTINHAAGMr. Haag is the Corporate Counsel and Director of Policy for the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (“NWMLS”). He manages the maintenance of and revisions to the “statewide forms,” oversees NWMLS’s Rules and Policies, administers member dispute resolution (arbitration/discipline), and directs data use and licensing. Prior to joining NWMLS in April 2008, Mr. Haag practiced law at Foster Pepper PLLC in Seattle, WA, where he represented a variety of clients in real estate and other matters. He received a Juris Doctorate from University of California Davis and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Washington.



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SESSION 6: NEED TO KNOW:LEGAL VARIETY SHOW



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ANNIEFITZSIMMONSAnnie Fitzsimmons is a lawyer whose entire post-adolescent life has focused on the Washington real estate market place in one form or another. When she was 11 years old, her parents opened a real estate company and she worked in the office first as the cleaning crew, later as a receptionist, bookkeeper and typist and ultimately as a real estate licensee. At age 23, she began law school at the University of Washington and upon graduating, began her legal career with the Tacoma law firm of Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim. She was one of the firm’s primary residential real property lawyers until 2001 when she left to open her own office and since has served as Washington Realtors Legal Hotline Attorney as well as providing a variety of other legal services for WR. She served on the task force that drafted the Agency Law from 1994 to 1996 and the task force that worked in 2004 and 2005 considering revisions to the Licensing Law, RCW 18.85. She has sued and defended real property owners, buyers, sellers and brokers across the state but has recently made it her personal priority to ensure that no Washington REALTOR® is ever sued again for something they could have avoided. Believing that education is the best way to achieve this goal, she is here today. So, take advantage of her experience and ask questions that are important to you. Raise your hand and focus discussion on issues that are challenging you today.



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SESSION 7: SMOKEY SAYS, “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS



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