Thank you to all who attended the 2016 Board Boot Camp – Session 2: Tuesday, September 20, 2016. Board Boot Camp, which was a complimentary community association seminar. Session 2 was a condensed two-hour seminar, and did not include CE credits. It featured sessions on: Things that all board members should know Enforcement options with attendee participation Statute of limitations Amendments and how to market amendments to a community; and Collection topics, such as...
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In a lawsuit seeking to recover unpaid assessments on behalf of a community association client, Lueder, Larkin & Hunter was unable to perfect service upon the owner at several different addresses. The Court issued an Order directing that service be perfected within one week or the case would be dismissed. We were finally able to locate an address for the owner in Texas and had a private process server make contact with the owner. The owner made an appointment with the process server to...
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Superior Court Judge Doris L. Downs of Fulton County recently ruled in favor of a condominium association client seeking an order prohibiting a unit owner from utilizing Airbnb, a short-term rental service. David C. Boy, IV and Haley Hancock argued on behalf of the association that the use of a short term rental service such as Airbnb violates the prohibition on business use found in the association’s covenants. The prohibition on business use is a common use restriction found in the...
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The 2016 edition of Thomson Reuters' Georgia Super Lawyers magazine recognized Burke Johnson, Stephen A. Finamore, Erica L. Parsons, Jason W. Hammer, Jefferson M. Starr, and Cynthia Carson Hodge as among the best in their respective practice areas in the state. Exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement For inclusion onto these lists, lawyers are nominated by their peers and chosen based on an extensive balloting, research and a...
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The Winter 2015 edition of Lueder, Larkin & Hunter's community association newsletter Community Matters is now available! This edition features several helpful articles on the following topics: Tax Redemption and capitalizing on your lien rights (by Stephen Finamore); a legal perspective on how an Association can prepare a good contract (by Elina Brim); a community association case update discussing how Georgia law does not always require a board of directors to undertake enforcement...
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