Sky Stanfield, panelist, "Going Green": What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Being Eco-Friendly.
Cisco Campus, San Jose CA

Second Annual
Half-Day Bay Area Development Conference
Development in a Changing Landscape

Keynote Speaker: John Rahaim, San Francisco Planning Director

Presentation Titles:

• What You Need to Know to Satisfy San Francisco's New "Green Building" Requirements
• The New AIA Requirments for Sustainable Development
• Past Tense, Future Perfect: Best Practices for Builder/Developers Going Forward

Farella Braun + Martel LLP office

Steve Vettel, panelist, "Moving Through the City- Is San Francisco's Transit First Policy Working?" 
The City Club of San Francisco, San Francisco

Wine Industy Education Series hosted by:
Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance 

Katherine Philippakis & Skip Spaulding, speakers, "New developments in CEQA, land use permitting and environmental regulations relating to vineyards and wineries"

Steve Vettel, speaker, Commercial Property News seminar San Francisco Property Opportunities, "Multi-Family Views"
The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, CA

An informative half-day seminar to provide guidance to the development community on a full range of issues, from evaluating the market to obtaining project approvals and financing through avoiding construction disputes.  Join attorneys from Farella Braun + Martel, as well as guest presenters from the City of San Francisco and other experts at:
Mission Bay Community Center at UCSF, San Francisco

Tony Ratner, speaker, Tackling Use and Radius Clauses
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV

Richard Van Duzer was a featured speaker at the 18th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. He participated in a panel discussion on the opportunities and risks presented by the development, sales and marketing, and operation of condominium hotels, one of the fastest growing segments in the industry.

Said Kordestani spoke on historic tax credits and new market tax credits at this Lorman conference.

Said Kordestani presented on the ins and outs of historic tax credits and new market tax credits at the 31st Annual California Preservation Conference.  His presentation was entitled "The Road to Success, Federal Historic Tax Credit and Financing Incentives for Adaptive Reuse Projects."

Brian Donnelly spoke on the topic "The Redevelopment of the San Francisco Embarcadero" at the Historic Tax Credit Conference being held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.