Speaking to over 250 attendees, Dickenson Gilroy Founding Partner, Monica Gilroy, recently led a Litigation Panel at the Georgia Real Property Law Institute held in Amelia Island Plantation, Florida. The conference, held May 10th through May 12th, 2012, was also attended by Dickenson Gilroy Partner Deborah Bailey. Ms. Gilroy was the program chair and a featured…..
Jennifer Dickenson Discusses ‘Subprime Meltdown’ at Georgia Bar Real Property Law Institute
How We Got Here In 1927 the English writer Aldous Huxley observed “facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” In the future when historians dissect the anatomy of the “Subprime Meltdown” they will most likely agree that this shock to our financial market is one of the most severe credit illiquidity crises…..
Summary: First-time Home Buyer Tax Credit
In February 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 First-Time Home buyer Tax Credit took effect. We’ve summarized the benefits of the Act for you in a downloadable PDF here.
AJC: Lenders’ Closings Open Up Trouble
Read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s piece on loan transfers, and Jennifer Dickenson’s recommendations for resolving issues that may arise.
Key Provisions of The Housing & Economic Recovery Act of 2008
H.R. 3221, the “Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008,” passed the House on July 23, 2008, by a vote of 272-152. On Saturday, July 26, 2008, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 72-13. The President signed the bill on July 30, 2008. The bill is aimed at stimulating economic factors which…..
Monica Gilroy Elected to Executive Committee of GBA Real Property Law Section
Monica K. Gilroy, one of the two founding partners of the residential and commercial real estate and litigation law Dickenson Gilroy, LLC, has been elected to a three-year term on the executive committee of the Georgia Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section. The Real Property Law Section, which has more than 2,600 members, is the…..
Dickenson Gilroy Celebrates 1st Anniversary
Dickenson Gilroy Attorneys at Law celebrated their first anniversary as a residential and commercial real estate and litigation law firm. “It’s been a good and productive 12 months,” said Jennifer Dickenson, one of the firm’s two founding partners. “Before we opened our doors in May 2007 we had set three major business objectives for our…..
DG Partner Deborah Bailey Elected to Board of GREFPAC
Deborah S. Bailey, a partner with the real estate law firm of Dickenson Gilroy, LLC, has been elected to the board of directors of the Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention and Awareness Coalition (GREFPAC). GREFPAC is an educational organization comprised of concerned individuals and professionals from all aspects of the real estate industry. It works…..
RESPA Refresher for Lenders
This article originally appeared in the April 2008 edition of The Georgia Mortgage Press. Click here to download the full text.
Jennifer Dickenson on HomeBanc Failure: ‘Lessons Learned’
Twice during the last two weeks of August metro Atlanta’s newspaper for the legal community, the Daily Report, turned to Dickenson Gilroy founding partner Jennifer L. Dickenson for her expert commentary on the HomeBanc Corp. bankruptcy filing. “Although HomeBanc’s failure had no effect on us,” said Ms. Dickenson, “we were prepared to respond to the…..