SECTION UPDATE
REAL ESTATE
Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the
street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell
books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers–the
guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.
~John Grisham
Real Estate Bocce Ball Team
“Dirt.” That’s what someone called the Atlanta Bar
Association Real Estate Bocce Ball team. I liked it—it
was better than “Real Estate,” our official name. It also
takes into account the dirt bocce ball court at Empire
State South. If you know the dirt court, you have a
better chance of winning. Margaret Atwood probably
did not have bocce ball in mind when she said, “In
spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like
dirt.” But bocce ball is such fun and embodies what
the section is trying to accomplish: find a place to get
away from the cares of law, get dirty, and get to know
some other attorneys in a fun venue. Good call Kevin
Rys, Section Chair!
March 2 Breakfast Meeting
Apart from his immediate decision to embrace bocce
ball, Real Estate Section Chair, Kevin Rys, hit another
home run when he invited Bill Dodson,
Amanda Callaway, and Leonard Gray
to speak at the breakfast meeting for the
Dirt Section on March 2, 2017. The title
of the talk, New Title Problems Arising with
Inner City Redevelopment, does no justice
to how exciting Bill, Amanda, and Leon-
ard made the talk. If you have ever seen
a masterful teacher read a good book to
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young children, you have an idea about
what it is like to hear Bill Dodson speak.
Bill regaled his listeners with stories and
factoids from his vast experience, and the
audience listened with mouths agape, ut-
terly quiet except for the loud explosions
of laughter when Bill told a joke. Amanda
Callaway from Callaway Title and Escrow
kept pace with Bill, telling, for example,
a story about how the basement of one
famous downtown building goes beyond
the surface boundaries and what kind of
title problems that can create. Leonard
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28 May 2017
Upcoming May Breakfast Meeting
As the year winds down, Jonathan Nev-
ille—Mr. Energy—will present a breakfast
presentation on commercial leases in May.
Jonathan has also given presentations at
the ICLE presentation for the state bar
real estate section and will do so again this
year at the meeting in Sandestin, Florida
next month (Don’t Let the Tail Wag the