Blog
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May 2025
- May 2, 2025 Why I Support Dying with Dignity May 2, 2025
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May 2023
- May 11, 2023 How Would Robert Rule a Community Association Meeting?* May 11, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 16, 2023 Disrupting The HOA Industry—Part III: Shattering the “Us v. Them” Mindset Mar 16, 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Disrupting The HOA Industry—Part II: Why is it “Us vs. Them?” Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 8, 2023 Disrupting The HOA Industry—Part I: Identifying the “Us vs. Them” Syndrome Feb 8, 2023
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January 2023
- Jan 26, 2023 Violence Against HOA Board Members Jan 26, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 10, 2022 The Wisdom of Water Dec 10, 2022
- Dec 8, 2022 Top 3 Secrets From A Former HOA Attorney Dec 8, 2022
- Dec 3, 2022 Dealing with Irrational Boards Dec 3, 2022
The Wisdom of Water
I tried over 60 trials to verdict, litigated at least a couple hundred more, and counseled clients on perhaps five hundred disputes during my 25-year legal career. Along the way I learned, sometimes the hard way, an especially important concept involving legal disputes: Often, the best route to resolution—like water—is the path of least resistance.
Top 3 Secrets From A Former HOA Attorney
With almost two decades as an HOA attorney, I would like to think I had seen it all. Then again, as soon as I think I’ve witnessed it all, I talk to a homeowner who shares an outrageous story of conflict that leaves me shaking my head. The bottom line is community living, whether a condominium or homeowner association, brings out the best--and worst--in us all. Inevitably, conflict arises.
Dealing with Irrational Boards
As a former community association attorney who fought in HOA trenches for almost two decades, I have witnessed many instances where boards or individual board members act outside their authority, act irrationally, or simply ignore legitimate complaints or calls for action by homeowners.