Workshops

UCC Filing Services, Notice, Lien and Bond Claim service

These workshops offer a wide variety of information on all different levels of Lien and Bond and UCC filing education. Attend the workshop that best fits your needs.

"Just got out of your class today on liens and bonds and I feel empowered. Much more knowledgeable than when I walked in the door. Your presentation was absolutely great, humorous, to the point, and very informative. Not one minute was wasted time."

–Mary Winton, Darr Equipment

Date	Event
3/2/2020	Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Waivers: Reading and Revising Waivers to Protect Security Rights About the Webinar Creditors are typically asked to sign waivers in exchange for payments received. The customer and project owner are certainly entitled to a receipt for payments. However, common Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim Waiver forms go much further than this. You can easily waive your lien and bond rights for retention and change orders. Some waivers actually extinguish your lien and bond rights for future deliveries. What if you sign a waiver and never receive the payment? You must learn to be careful with the effective dates of waivers to make sure you are not waiving rights for recent deliveries not included in this payment. Exclude retention and pending change orders. What if your customer files bankruptcy within 90 days of the payment? Was this payment a bankruptcy preference, even though you had lien or bond rights at the time of payment? Learn to make all Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim Waivers conditional to protect against all these problems. Protect and preserve your lien and bond secured creditor status. About the Speaker James Fullerton, Esq., the president of the law firm of Fullerton & Knowles, P.C., which has attorneys licensed in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, is a Martindale Hubbell Peer Rated Lawyer AV^® Preeminent.^™ Jim represents owners, lenders, design professionals, suppliers, subcontractors, general contractors and other members of the real estate and construction industries region-wide. Fullerton’s system allows his company to file mechanic’s liens, surety bond and other construction claims across all of the states in the Mid-Atlantic region and represent creditors in bankruptcy issues nationwide, particularly defense of bankruptcy preference claims. He advises on all real estate and construction law issues; public procurement and bidding, contract formation and disputes; defects in labor and materials; design defects in plans and specifications; inefficiency, impact and delay claims; mechanic's lien and bond rights; litigation, arbitration and mediation in public and private projects; joint ventures, mentor protégée agreements and other arrangements for minority and disadvantaged business enterprises; bank and lender representation; commercial transactions and loan closings; sales contracts and leases. In connection with his comprehensive representation of clients, he offers diverse experience in general business matters, including corporate formation and decision-making, buying and selling businesses, bankruptcy, employment issues, governmental regulation and real estate. Jim is also a master brick mason, a licensed real estate broker and the owner of Summit Real Estate. He is Counsel to Board of Directors, Virginia Precast Concrete Association; and is Counsel to Board of Directors, Central Atlantic Precast Concrete Association. He graduated from the University of Colorado and the University of Virginia School of Law. The firm’s Construction Law Survival Manual is well known and widely used by participants in the construction process. The 750-page manual provides valuable information about construction contract litigation, mechanic’s liens, payment bond claims, bankruptcy and credit management and contains over 30 commonly used contract forms. Register Here
3/11/2020	Georgia Materialman’s Liens: How to deal with lien waivers About the Webinar This webinar will focus on lien waivers in the state of Georgia, deal with conditional versus final lien waivers, affidavits of nonpayment and the effects of same. About the Speaker Emory Potter is a construction, commercial and civil litigation attorney with extensive trial experience. His specialties include materialman’s lien practice, bond work related to construction, creditors’ rights, and commercial collections, handling a large volume of litigation from initiation of suit through post-judgment collection. He has worked on all aspects of lien law, state bond claims, and Miller Act claims. Since 2009, Mr. Potter has acted as a Special Master for the Superior Court of Fulton County where he is asked to assist the Court with property disputes, quiet title actions, and other matters that the Court deems warrant special attention. He founded and served as the Charter Chair of the Creditors’ Rights Section of the State Bar of Georgia, which has since grown to be one of the largest sections of the Bar. Mr. Potter has served as the chair of numerous committees and sections of The Commercial Law League of America and is presently serving on the Board of Governors. As a member of the CLLA, he has presented programs on topics relating to construction litigation, lien and bond issues, general litigation, and worker’s compensation premium issues. Mr. Potter also presented at DePaul University College of Law on material men’s lien law throughout the United States and served as a moderator. He is also an associate member of the International Association of Commercial Collectors. Mr. Potter earned his J.D. at Georgia State University College of Law and holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from Auburn University. He is admitted to practice in Georgia, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Register Here

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Event

3/2/2020

Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Waivers: Reading and Revising Waivers to Protect Security Rights

About the Webinar

Creditors are typically asked to sign waivers in exchange for payments received. The customer and project owner are certainly entitled to a receipt for payments. However, common Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim Waiver forms go much further than this. You can easily waive your lien and bond rights for retention and change orders. Some waivers actually extinguish your lien and bond rights for future deliveries. What if you sign a waiver and never receive the payment?

You must learn to be careful with the effective dates of waivers to make sure you are not waiving rights for recent deliveries not included in this payment. Exclude retention and pending change orders. What if your customer files bankruptcy within 90 days of the payment? Was this payment a bankruptcy preference, even though you had lien or bond rights at the time of payment? Learn to make all Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim Waivers conditional to protect against all these problems. Protect and preserve your lien and bond secured creditor status.

About the Speaker

James Fullerton, Esq., the president of the law firm of Fullerton & Knowles, P.C., which has attorneys licensed in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, is a Martindale Hubbell Peer Rated Lawyer AV^® Preeminent.^™ Jim represents owners, lenders, design professionals, suppliers, subcontractors, general contractors and other members of the real estate and construction industries region-wide. Fullerton’s system allows his company to file mechanic’s liens, surety bond and other construction claims across all of the states in the Mid-Atlantic region and represent creditors in bankruptcy issues nationwide, particularly defense of bankruptcy preference claims. He advises on all real estate and construction law issues; public procurement and bidding, contract formation and disputes; defects in labor and materials; design defects in plans and specifications; inefficiency, impact and delay claims; mechanic's lien and bond rights; litigation, arbitration and mediation in public and private projects; joint ventures, mentor protégée agreements and other arrangements for minority and disadvantaged business enterprises; bank and lender representation; commercial transactions and loan closings; sales contracts and leases. In connection with his comprehensive representation of clients, he offers diverse experience in general business matters, including corporate formation and decision-making, buying and selling businesses, bankruptcy, employment issues, governmental regulation and real estate.

Jim is also a master brick mason, a licensed real estate broker and the owner of Summit Real Estate. He is Counsel to Board of Directors, Virginia Precast Concrete Association; and is Counsel to Board of Directors, Central Atlantic Precast Concrete Association. He graduated from the University of Colorado and the University of Virginia School of Law.

The firm’s Construction Law Survival Manual is well known and widely used by participants in the construction process. The 750-page manual provides valuable information about construction contract litigation, mechanic’s liens, payment bond claims, bankruptcy and credit management and contains over 30 commonly used contract forms.

3/11/2020

Georgia Materialman’s Liens: How to deal with lien waivers

About the Webinar

This webinar will focus on lien waivers in the state of Georgia, deal with conditional versus final lien waivers, affidavits of nonpayment and the effects of same.

About the Speaker

Emory Potter is a construction, commercial and civil litigation attorney with extensive trial experience. His specialties include materialman’s lien practice, bond work related to construction, creditors’ rights, and commercial collections, handling a large volume of litigation from initiation of suit through post-judgment collection. He has worked on all aspects of lien law, state bond claims, and Miller Act claims. Since 2009, Mr. Potter has acted as a Special Master for the Superior Court of Fulton County where he is asked to assist the Court with property disputes, quiet title actions, and other matters that the Court deems warrant special attention.

He founded and served as the Charter Chair of the Creditors’ Rights Section of the State Bar of Georgia, which has since grown to be one of the largest sections of the Bar. Mr. Potter has served as the chair of numerous committees and sections of The Commercial Law League of America and is presently serving on the Board of Governors. As a member of the CLLA, he has presented programs on topics relating to construction litigation, lien and bond issues, general litigation, and worker’s compensation premium issues. Mr. Potter also presented at DePaul University College of Law on material men’s lien law throughout the United States and served as a moderator. He is also an associate member of the International Association of Commercial Collectors.

Mr. Potter earned his J.D. at Georgia State University College of Law and holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from Auburn University. He is admitted to practice in Georgia, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.