Welcome to the ECBA Online CLE Center

Our knowledgeable speaker, Attorney Nicole D. Sloane, is an experienced trial attorney who focuses on criminal defense work, is an Army Veteran and has an Industrial engineering background. She has represented clients in numerous jury trials since 2006, including capital homicide cases. Attorney Sloane has been the lead attorney for almost 4,000 cases in 13 years for an average of over 300 cases each year. She is a published author of articles on topics including correcting illegal sentences and in 2017 was the recipient of The Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania's Gideon Award for indigent defense work.

Attorneys practicing in the criminal law area won't want to miss this much-anticipated annual update. Those attending will benefit from a comprehensive review of the latest case law developments as well as valuable materials. Close Full Description

Emotional Support & Service Animals and Reasonable Accommodations in Light of Act 118 of 2018: Landlords and community associations now have an ally in attempting to limit the abuse of emotional support animals in housing. Act 118 of 2018 allows the housing provider to inquire into the need for a support animal. But can Pennsylvania Law supersede the federal Fair Housing Act? Are support iguanas permissible? Real-life cases of turning residents away give rise to thorny questions. We will explore this new law and what it has done to Fair Housing, with practical tips and lots of remaining questions.

Speaker
Marshal Granor, Esquire

Attorney Granor has many job titles and licenses, all surrounding his love of real estate and community associations. With his father, Bernard, Marshal practices law at Granor & Granor, PC, concentrating in community association document drafting and problem-solving, as well as real estate transactions (commercial and residential sales and leasing). He was a principal author of Pennsylvania's Uniform Planned Community Act and is a member of the Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and American Bar Associations.

Mr. Granor is Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and was the Executive Editor of the RPPT Section Newsletter. Marshal is a member of Community Associations Institute's Pennsylvania Legal Action Committee and is a fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers. He serves as an expert witness in community association cases and has testified before committees of the Pennsylvania state legislature. Close Full Description

Attorney Brendan Lupetin is a partner with Meyers Evans Lupetin & Unatin, LLC and has been conducting focus groups for ten years. He has run hundreds of focus groups for his own cases as well as for other lawyers and law firms. Attorney Lupetin has seen first-hand the invaluable benefits focus groups have on how we litigate, settle and try our personal injury cases. He wants to help other lawyers see how easy and cost effective it is to set up and benefit from focus groups. Close Full Description