Alabama RLI Real Estate Continuing Education

Thursday, April 14
Open to the Public 

8:30 am                       Registration & Refreshments
9:00-12:00                  Conveyancing in Alabama
12:00-1:00                  Lunch Provided 
1:00-4:00                    Real Estate Asset Protection Strategies I
4:00-5:00                    RLI Members Only - Marketing Session

Cost: $65 RLI Members / $90 Non-Members
   *Open to the public 

Space is limited! Pre-Register to ensure your reserved seat.  

Conveyancing in Alabama  The Conveyancing courses discuss how land is measured, how interests in land are created and described, and how they are translated into a legal document. They also discuss the different ways that land ownership can be divided. Restated, other than owning the land in fee simple absolute, how to “slice off” pieces of ownership such as easements, life estates, leasing, specialty deeds and finally how to put those interests into place in the sense of what type of legal document is used to achieve the result. 

Asset Protection Strategies 1 (Course #279, 3 hours CE)  Asset Protection Strategies I is designed to discuss exemptions, deeds and basic “structures” such as using LLC’s wisely.

About the Instructor: 

David C. Skinner was raised in Birmingham Alabama, received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University and his J.D. summa cum laude from The University of Alabama School of Law where he was ranked first (1 of 87) in his section, was Order of the Coif and published in, and a member of, the Alabama Law Review.  Mr. Skinner practices law full time, serves as a mediator, special master and expert witness in attorney ethics, real property and employment matters.  He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (top 3%), Super Lawyers in Alabama (top 5%) and Top Lawyers in Birmingham (top 5%); his firm was listed in the inaugural version of “Best Law Firms” and continues to be listed in “Best Law Firms” in the Real Property category, all of the forgoing by anonymous peer review.  He has authored numerous articles, pamphlets and books including the 2017 release of The Alabama Ad Valorem Tax System.  Mr. Skinner is an Instructor of Real Property Law for the Alabama 

Center for Real Estate (ACRE) at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce. He was an inaugural member of the Center’s Leadership Council, and is now a Senior Member of the Council.  He also routinely lectures for IREM, CCIM and the Alabama Association of Realtors. Mr. Skinner has years of service on the Alabama Law Institute’s Real Estate Study Committee.  Mr. Skinner is primarily responsible for the committee’s ad valorem tax legislation and is also a frequent contributor on leasing, financing and title legislation. Mr. Skinner is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve (Ret.) and he is the distinguished graduate of the Army Field Artillery Officer Course (1 of 152), the honor graduate of the Army’s MLRS (Rocket/Missile) Leader’s Course (2 of 32), the distinguished graduate of the Army Judge Advocate Officer Advanced Course (1 of 96 lawyers), and a graduate of the United States Army Command & General Staff College.