41st Annual Legal Seminar Agenda - Cancelled
Agenda subject to change
Thursday, December 3, 2020
7:30 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:00 – 8:15 am
Opening Remarks
Legal Task Force Chair, Robert (Bobby) Lee, Esq., AAS Mount Juliet, TN
IAAO President Amy Rasmussen, FIAAO, RES, AAS, Des Moines, IA
WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON SINCE WE LAST MET
Moderator: Robert (Bobby) Lee, Esq., AAS Mount Juliet, TN
8:15 - 9:15 am
Recent Developments in Real Property Taxation: Procedural
Harold Hicks, Esq., Chicago, IL
9:15 -10:15 am
Recent Developments in Real Property Taxation: Substantive
Sands Stiefer, Esq., Houston, TX
10:15 -10:30 am
Break
10:30 -11:30 am
Cases of Note in Your Jurisdictions
Thomas A. Jaconetty, Esq., Chicago, IL
11:30 am -12:30 pm
Panel Discussion of Cases
Harold Hicks, Esq., Chicago, IL
Sands Stiefer, Esq., Houston, TX
Thomas A. Jaconetty, Esq., Chicago, IL
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Luncheon provided at the hotel
COMPLEX ISSUES & VALUATION PROBLEMS
Moderator: Shelia Crapo, Gainesville, FL
1:30 – 3:00 pm
The Relevance of the Cost of Equity Determined by Rate Regulators to the Cost of Equity for Valuation of a Public Utility. PacifiCorp v. Utah State Tax Commission, (Utah District Court 2020)
LaShel Shaw, Esq., Salt Lake City, UT
Tim Bodily, Esq., Salt Lake City, UT
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 – 4:15 pm
Renewable Energy Facilities: Practical Considerations
N. Joel Moser, Esq., Portland, ME
4:15 – 5:15 pm
The Impact of Covid-19 on Hotel and Restaurant Values
Tim Wilmath, MAI, Tampa, FL
Friday, December 4, 2020
8:00 – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
SPECIAL TOPICS
Moderator: Robert Grimaldi, Esq., Orlando, FL
8:30 – 9:30 am
Creating a Win-Win Situation with Good Property Tax Administrative Practices
Fred Nicely Council on State Taxation, Washington, DC
Alan Dornfest, AAS, FIAAO, Boise, ID
9:30 – 10:30 am
Public Officials Dealing with Sovereign Citizens
Special Agent Joel A. Stephen, Federal Bureau of Investigations, TX
10:30 – 10:45 am
Break
10:45 – 11:45 am
Equal Protection Challenges in Property Tax Cases
William Shepherd, Esq., Tampa, FL
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Luncheon provided at the hotel
ETHICS and COVID 19 IN THE ASSESSING OFFICE
Moderator: Stephen Pelfrey, Esq., AAS, Raleigh, NC
12:45 – 1:45 pm
Trial Ethics
Christopher B. McLaughlin, Esq., Chapel Hill, NC
1:45 – 2:45 pm
Ethics - Preparing Demonstrative Evidence: Persuasion & Use of Technology
Claude DeCloux, Esq., Austin, TX
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm
COVID-19 Update
N. Joel Moser, Esq., Portland, ME
Marcus Moffit, Denton, TX