Burling, an attorney and director of property rights at the Foundation, litigates extensively on issues involving environmental regulation and private property rights before courts across the country. A morning panel discussion will feature a group of individuals, each of whom is or has been involved in critical property rights litigation. This will be followed by a second panel, made up of attorneys and public policy experts, who will comment and advise the property owners regarding their individual cases and discuss pertinent legislation that may assist them. The conference is sponsored the by the Property Rights Foundation of America Inc., a Stony Creek, New York non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the constitutional right to own and use private property. Cosponsors of the private property rights conference have included the Albany County Farm Bureau, Land Rights Foundation, Ulster County Federation of Sportsmen, Civil Property Rights Associates Inc., Adirondack Fairness Coalition, People for the West, New York State Taxpayers Alliance, and The Heartland Institute.
Space is limited and reservations are suggested.
James Bovard, last year's keynote speaker, addressed the outlandish rules of local zoning boards and the extremes of federal forfeiture impositions. In addition, a panel of attorneys discussed various lawsuits against the state, New York City, and Suffolk County challenging the state and local governments' refusal to justly compensate private property owners for the loss of their entire rights to their land. The proceedings are also available through PolicyFax .