ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Womble Carlyle
Land Use & Zoning attorneys
John Cooke and
Mike Thelen will be among the speakers at the 2016 North Carolina Association of Municipal
Attorneys Summer Conference. The event takes place Aug.
5th-6th in Asheville.
Cooke and Thelen will speak on "Vested Rights" at the
NCAMA Summer Conference.
An affiliate organization of the N.C. League of Municipalities, the
North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys was founded to
encourage a greater degree of cooperation among municipal
attorneys; offer opportunities to discuss and exchange information;
and offer opportunities to keep informed in the field of municipal
law. Active members include full- and part-time municipal attorneys
and others who have demonstrated a past or present interest in the
practice of municipal law.
John Cooke has more than 30 years of experience in
land use/zoning law and real estate litigation. Based in the
Raleigh-Durham region, Cooke practices throughout North Carolina.
He represents all types of business clients – developers, end
users and land owners – when they attempt to use their land
or maximize its value through securing entitlements, forming
public-private agreements or handling litigation.
Mike Thelen focuses his practice on land use,
local government law and real estate development litigation, having
handled rezoning, quasi-judicial proceedings before local
governments, negotiation and drafting of development agreements,
site plans, land use planning, eminent domain, construction and
lien disputes, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, commercial
foreclosure and loan litigation, partnership dissolution, business
torts, and civil fraud matters.
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