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Signature Event

Fair Housing

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
235 Seats Remaining

Event Details

Fair Housing and Beyond

During this seminar, you will learn how to deal with the latest issues in Fair Housing.  Using video modules, activities featuring real-life situations, and classroom training you will: 

  • Identify the need for fair housing education of staff, the property owner and the vendors contracted to the property. 
  • Describe the federal protected classes
  • Determine the state or local government protections that may exceed the federal protections
  • Explain how fair housing rights extend to all residents and guests of lease signatories
  • Recognize the difference in discrimination between treatment and impact
  • Ascertain excuses and justifications for discriminatory practices in order to remove them

 This training will benefit:

 - Management Company Executives

 - Property onsite Managers

 - Leasing Professionals

 - Maintenance Technicians

 - Business Partners

Breakfast Sponsor

Sponsorship Opportunities Available:
Book Sponsor (3) - $500
Lunch Sponsor (2) - $300

This seminar will be presented by Robert W. Chesson, Esq.

and Adam Schweickert of Landlord Law Firm

Robert W. Chesson, Esq. is the managing partner of the Landlord Law Firm.

He has been representing the interests of property owners and managers in

Connecticut for over 18 years. Robert has managed more than eighteen thousand

summary process matters and countless other disputes between landlords and

tenants, including low-income public housing and large commercial lease

litigation alike. He has also worked on a wide range of fair housing related

matters in private negotiations, public agencies, state courts and federal court.

 

Adam Schweickert is a partner and trial lawyer at the Landlord Law Firm.

As a trial lawyer, Adam has prosecuted thousands of summary process and

collections actions on behalf of landlords and property managers against

problem tenants, and resolved the problem or removed the tenant by agreement

or trial and collected the money due. He has defended landlords facing

fair housing, criminal prosecution, and other litigation, and consulted with them

to avoid facing the underlying issues in the first place.

Adam is also primarily responsible for managing the “complex” matters

that the Landlord Law Firm Team handles.