Years in Practice in Virginia:
Date Admitted to the Virginia Bar:
Admitted Elsewhere:
1. Percentage of Practice Devoted to Real Estate Practice:
Currently ____ 5 years ago ____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
2. Percentage of Residential Matters of any kind:
Currently ____ 5 years ago
____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
3. Percentage of Commercial Real Estate of any kind:
Currently ____ 5 years ago ____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
4. Percentage of Leasing Transactions:
Currently ____ 5 years ago ____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
5. Percentage of Title Insurance Matters:
Currently ____ 5 years ago ____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
6. Percentage of Litigation of Real Estate Matters:
Currently ____ 5 years ago ____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
7. Percentage of Builder/Developer Matters:
Currently ____ 5 years ago ____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
8. Size of Firm:
Currently ____ 5 years ago ____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
9. Location: Rural______ Urban______ Suburban______ City_______ Other______
10. How many Lawyers in your firm have a Real Estate Practice:
Currently ____ 5 years ago
____ 10 years ago ____ 15 years ago ____ 20 years ago ____
11. Where do your Clients currently come from:
Firm's Existing Client Base _______Your Own Client Base______
Referrals from Others in your Firm:
_______ Out of State Lawyer Referral Others
Comments: __________________________________________________________________
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12. Does your client base include clients who you have represented:
Over 5 years_______ Over 10 years________ Over 15 years______ Over 20 years_________
13. Where do you expect new clients to come from?____________________________________
14. What is the average life of a real estate client?______________________________________
15. What should Virginia
real estate lawyers do to prepare for the future?___________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
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16. What kind of CLE programs
do you attend?__________________________________________
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17. What kind of CLE program
would you like to see presented in the future? _________________
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18. Describe your real estate
practice area in some detail:___________________________________
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19. Do you see your own practice area changing in the future? _____
How has it changed over the past years?___________________________________________
If so, why did it change?_______________________________________________________
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20. Do you see yourself doing more or less matters involving real estate in
the future?_____
21. Do you see any entirely new real estate practice areas arising in the future?____
What are they, and if so,
do you intend to become proficient or concentrate in such areas?______________________________________________________________________
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22. Have you seen a decline in your real estate practice areas over the last five years, and if so, do you know why? If so, please describe_______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
23. Are you becoming a specialized real estate lawyer? ______ Is that good or bad?_____________
24. To what do you attribute the change in your practice?__________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
25. With what type of practice areas, real estate or otherwise, are you looking to add to your practice?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
26. How did you acquire your real estate practice expertise in the first place?
Mentors________ Firm _______ Clients________ On your own____________
27. List real estate experience
and expertise prior to admission to the Bar______________________
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28. What can the Real Estate section do to help you in meeting the future needs in your real estate practice?
CLE Programs: ______________________________________________________________
Legislature matters:_____________________________________________________________
Other:______________________________________________________________________
29. Please list your areas of real estate expertise and the percentage of each, including the following?
UCC Matters (Title 9 or Title 2)
Form of and endorsements to Title Policies
Title examination/review of the report
Review and drafting of complex real estate documents
Opinion Letters
Litigation
Instrument preparation and review
Mechanic lien matters of all kinds
Closing services
Residential closings
Courthouse title matters
Title agency
Commercial closings
Others:
30. When you find that you
need to add to or replace your legal staff to handle your or your firm's real
estate practice, where do you look?
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What are the qualifications
for which you look?_______________________________________
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For what specific real estate
experiences do you look?________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
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31. Please give us any comments
or insights about the future of real estate practice you may have for the real
estate bar. (If you cannot find time to complete this survey, please write,
call me or any other section member or send me an email or a note on any real
estate matters you feel should be considered in regard to his survey.)
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