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2016 LEGAL
INDUSTRY
UPDATE
Total coverage from top experts
on the latest legal developments
to hit the housing industry . . .59
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Marcy Ford
Jeffrey Raff
Jeffrey Weisserman
Marlon L. Bates
Debbie Hoffman
Elizabeth Pophal, Esq.
Nicole Dunn
T. Robert Finlay
Santo Longo, Esq.
Curt Trisko
Louis Manetti
Neil R. Sherman
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Michael Anselmo
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2016
LEGAL
INDUSTRY
UPDATE
Total coverage from top experts
on the latest legal developments to
hit the housing industry