New York condemnation attorney, Michael Rikon, will speak at the 10th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference October 18, 2013.
I hope to be able to contribute the perspective of an active condemnation trial lawyer to these discussions. Hopefully, my background of 44 years of eminent domain litigation will provide some insight to the practical effect of these cases.
New York, New York (PRWEB) August 20, 2013
The Owners’ Counsel of America is pleased to announce that Manhattan-based condemnation lawyer, Michael Rikon, has been invited to speak at the 10th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, October 17-18, 2013. Mr. Rikon, a partner at Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C. and the New York member of Owners’ Counsel of America, will take part in a roundtable discussion regarding the impact of recent U.S. Supreme Court property rights decisions.
The Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference is sponsored by the William & Mary Law School Property Rights Project. W&M’s Property Rights Project promotes the exchange of ideas between scholars and practicing attorneys through lectures and the annual conference, which is renowned for its outstanding panels including members of the bench, bar, and academia. Each year, the Project recognizes the outstanding contributions of a single individual to the field of property rights scholarship and awards the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize. The 2013 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize will be presented to Thomas W. Merrill, the Charles Evans Hughes Professor at Columbia Law School.
Both the Conference and Prize are named in recognition of property rights attorneys Toby Prince Brigham and Gideon Kanner for their lifetime contributions to defending the right of private ownership, their efforts to advance the constitutional protection of property, and their accomplishments in preserving the important role that private property plays in protecting individual and civil rights.
“I am honored to be invited to speak among such a distinguished group of property law scholars and lawyers,” said Rikon. Mr. Rikon will participate on a panel tasked with considering whether recent Supreme Court decisions in Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, and Horne v. United States Department of Agriculture simply clarify or shift the direction of takings law.
“I hope to be able to contribute the perspective of an active condemnation trial lawyer to these discussions,” said Rikon. “Hopefully, my background of 44 years of eminent domain litigation will provide some insight to the practical effect of these cases.”
ABOUT MICHAEL RIKON:
Michael Rikon, Esq. and the attorneys at Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C. limit their practice to the representation of private property owners in eminent domain and condemnation litigation. Eminent domain refers to the government’s power to take private property for a public use, provided that just compensation is paid. The firm offers its landowner clients the opportunity to retain counsel highly experienced in obtaining just compensation. Mr. Rikon frequently lectures and regularly publishes articles on topics related to eminent domain law and just compensation. To learn more about his practice visit http://www.ggrgpc.com or follow him on Twitter @MichaelRikon.
ABOUT OWNERS' COUNSEL OF AMERICA:
The Owners’ Counsel of America (OCA) is a nationwide network of experienced eminent domain attorneys dedicated to protecting the rights of private property owners large and small, locally and nationally, and to advancing the cause of property rights. The lawyers affiliated with OCA are in private practice in nearly every state and represent property owners against federal, state, and local governments, utilities, redevelopment authorities and other entities that may be armed with eminent domain power. For more information or to locate an eminent domain lawyer in your state, please visit http://www.ownerscounsel.com.