Ralph E. Boyer Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development

The 48th Institute took place on Thursday & Friday, September 28 & 29, 2023.

The Boca Raton
501 East Camino Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432

The 48th Institute will cover the latest on key topics for attorneys and professionals involved in condominiums, homeowners and community association law and development, including the latest Surfside legislation.

Purchase Materials & Video

$475.00

• About the Institute

  Founding Director - Ralph E. Boyer

  In the 1970s, the sales of condominiums and similar property interests became a large and growing part of the housing market and at that time legislation and judicial and administrative decisions at the state and federal levels kept condo laws in a state of constant change. Hence, Ralph E. Boyer, who was a professor of law at the University of Miami, established its Condominium and Cluster Housing Institute in 1976 to provide a review of the current state of the law and identify issues facing the industry, government, and consumer.

  Boyer taught at Miami Law from 1951-85 primarily in the area of Property and wrote numerous books and articles on property law, including the original treatise, Florida Real Estate Transactions. In 1988, the Institute expanded and became formally known as the First Institute on Real Property Law and Thirteenth Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments. Read article from Miami Law's 1976 Barrister Magazine on the first institute.

  Current Director - William P. Sklar

  William P. Sklar, J.D. '80, co-directed the First Institute on Real Property Law with then Professor Emeritus Boyer in 1996. It was coined The Boyer Institute on Condo and Cluster Development. Sklar has been Director of the Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development since 1990. At Miami Law, Sklar studied under his mentor, Ralph E. Boyer, and Miami Law’s real estate program drew Sklar in, so much so, that he co-founded Miami Law's LL.M program in Real Property Development with Boyer.

  Today Sklar is the Director of the Institute and is a leader in the real estate industry, specializing in law practice areas including representation of developers and lenders in a broad range of planning, drafting and development of residential, commercial, and complex mixed-use condominiums and planned developments. His expertise was recognized when he was appointed in July 2021, in the wake of the Surfside collapse, to chair the Florida Bar's Condominium Law and Policy on Life Safety Task Force. Read 2016 article, "William Sklar: Real Estate Industry Leader and Trailblazer in Boyer Institute and Graduate Law Program."

• CLE & Certification Credits

  APPROVED: Florida Bar CLE: 18.0 general credits, including 1.0 in ethics, 1.0 in professionalism, and 1.0 in technology.

  18.0 Certification Credits: in Real Estate and Condominium & Planned Land Development Law.

• Sponsorship Opportunities

  Sponsorship opportunities are available at several levels. For more information, contact events@law.miami.edu.
  

• 2023 Hotel Information

  The Boca Raton
  501 East Camino Real
  Boca Raton, FL 33432
  Group rate of $329 per night until August 28, 2023
  

2023 Conference Program*

• 8:40 - 8:50 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • David Yellen, Dean and Professor of Law
    University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
  • William P. Sklar, J.D. '80
    University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida

• 8:50 - 9:50 a.m. Recent Developments— Judicial Update

  • Michael J. Gelfand, Esq.
    Gelfand & Arpe, West Palm Beach, Florida

• 9:50 – 10:30 a.m. Legislative Update— 2023 Community Association Legislation

  • Joseph E. Adams, Esq.
    Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Fort Myers, Florida
  • Guest remarks from Vicki L. Lopez, Florida State Representative - District 113

• 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break

• 10:45 – 11:35 a.m. Administrative Update

  • Chevonne Christian, Director
    Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshare and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Jennifer Cilar, Chief,
    Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Toyia T. Herring, Chief
    Bureau of Standards and Registration, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Julie Scarbrough, Deputy Director
    Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida

• 11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. Gun Rights and Prohibitions in Communities – Condo, HOA’s and Clubs – An Association’s Duty to Secure and Options to Protect

  • Joseph E. Adams, Esq.
    Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Fort Myers, Florida
  • Jay Roberts, Esq.
    Becker & Poliakoff, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida

• 12:25 – 2:00 p.m. Luncheon Roundtable of Condominium Past Chairs – Policy Issues; Future Trends and Changes In Community Association Law And Governance

  
  

  • Joseph E. Adams, Esq.
    Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Fort Myers, Florida
  • Robert S. Freedman, Esq.
    Carlton Fields, Tampa, Florida
  • Michael J. Gelfand, Esq.
    Gelfand & Arpe, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Steven H. Mezer, Esq.
    Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Tampa, Florida
  • Margaret A. Rolando, Esq.
    Shutts & Bowen LLP, Miami, Florida
  • William P. Sklar, J.D. '80
    Carlton Fields, West Palm Beach, Florida

• 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. Criminalization of Condominium Operations – Risks and Preventative Measures for Directors, Officers and Managers

  • Jeffrey Rembaum, Esq.
    Kaye, Bender, Rembaum, P.L., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
  • Michael L. Hyman, Esq., JD ‘68
    Siegfried Rivera, Coral Gables, Florida

• 2:50 – 3:40 p.m. Alternatives for the Aging Condominium – Terminations for Economic Waste and Obsolescence – Impossibility, Redevelopment, Percentage Approval, Amendments, Valuation and Other Issues

  • Alexander B. Dobrev, Esq.
    Lowndes, Orlando, Florida
  • Carolina S. Sheir, Esq.
    Eisinger Law, Hollywood, Florida

• 3:40 – 4:00 p.m. Break

• 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. Condominium Association Reserve Crisis – What is Being Done to Comply with SB 4D and SB 154 – Perspectives of Community Association Counsel

  • Steven H. Mezer, Esq.
    Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Tampa, Florida
  • Alan Schwartzseid, Esq.
    Kaye, Bender, Rembaum, P.L, Orlando, Florida

• 4:50 – 5:30 p.m. A New Look at Purchase and Sale Disclosures for Community Association Projects – Going Beyond the Statutory Addendum and Conspicuous Disclosure Requirements

  • Allison Hertz, Esq.
    Kaye, Bender, Rembaum, P.L., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
  • Christopher A. Sajdera, Esq.
    Sajdera, P.A., Boca Raton, Florida

• 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Reception

• 9:00 – 9:50 a.m. Special Matters Involving the HOA Community During Development – Change of Occupancy, Assignment of Declarant Rights, Creation of Builder or Other Special Status and Other Issues Facing Partially Developed HOA’s

  • Robert S. Freedman, Esq.
    Carlton Fields, Tampa, Florida
  • Jose A. Rodriguez, Esq.
    Rennert, Vogel, Mandler & Rodriguez, Miami, Florida

   

• 9:50 – 10:40 a.m. Meeting with the “Division” – Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation

  Moderator

  • William P. Sklar, J.D. '80
    Carlton Fields, West Palm Beach, Florida

  Panelists

  • Chevonne Christian, Director
    Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshare and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Jennifer Cilar, Chief,
    Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Toyia T. Herring, Chief
    Bureau of Standards and Registration, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Julie Scarbrough, Deputy Director
    Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida

• 10:40 – 11:00 a.m. Break

• 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. Mixed-Use and Vertical Subdivision Developments After Carillon – What Should a Practitioner Do to Sustain a Mixed-Use Development Where a Non-Residential Component is in Control of Common Areas?

  • Michael J. Gelfand, Esq.
    Gelfand & Arpe, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Martin A. Schwartz, Esq.
    Bilzin Sumberg, Miami, Florida
  • Margaret A. Rolando, Esq.
    Shutts & Bowen LLP, Miami, Florida
  • William P. Sklar, J.D. '80
    Carlton Fields, West Palm Beach, Florida

• 11:50 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. First Amendment Rights in the Community Association – Limitations on Speech and the Right to Protest. How Far Can They Go?

  • Shawn G. Brown, Esquire
    Kaye Bender Rembaum, Tampa, Florida
  • Joel M. McTague, Esq., J.D. '98
    Frank, Weinberg & Black, Plantation, Florida

• 12:40 – 2:40 p.m. Lunch Meeting of the Florida Bar Condominium and Planned Development Committee

  • Alexander Dobrev, Esq.
    Lowndes, Orlando, Florida
  • Allison L. Hertz, Esq.
    Kaye Bender Rembaum, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

• 2:40 – 3:30 p.m. Preservation of Easements and Covenants After AFP 103 – Potential Methodologies to Allow the Granting and Reservation to Grant Future Easements on Condominium and HOA Property

  • Christopher Smart, Esq.
    Carlton Fields, P.A.,Tampa, Florida
  • Susan K. Spurgeon, Esq.
    Shutts & Bowen, Tampa, Florida  

• 3:30 – 4:20 p.m. Professionalism and Ethics: The Effects of Digitalization on Community Association Practice; The Use and Perils of ChatGPT and AI

  • Eric Appleton, Esq.
    Appleton Reiss, PLLC, Tampa, Florida

* Program subject to change

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