Oct. 15, 2014 – Condominiums have been around for years, but consumers – and the lawyers they consult – don’t always understand the details of this form of home ownership. Once nothing more than converted apartment buildings, today’s condos range from stand-alone single-family houses to high-rise buildings, side-by-sides, huge complexes with hundreds of units, eight-unit buildings, recreational condos, timeshares, and more. The range of services and amenities, advantages and disadvantages is vast, as are the commitments that a buyer should – or should not – undertake. That’s when people turn to lawyers for advice. And careful lawyers turn to PINNACLE.
The Drafters Guide to Wisconsin Condominium Documents, fully revised in 2012 and newly supplemented in 2014, begins with the statutes but goes far beyond. It includes sample forms, filings, and provisions that both satisfy the statutes and provide maximum benefit to your client, whether that client is a potential purchaser or seller, a developer, or an already-existing condominium association. The authors, experienced Wisconsin attorneys Jesse S. Ishikawa and Brian W. Mullins, also point out situations in which the statutes are incomplete, ambiguous, or flawed, and offer suggestions for handling those matters. The Drafter’s Guide also provides practical advice on issues and problems all too often overlooked, ignored, or poorly handled in many existing Wisconsin condominium documents. Erudite, enlightening, more entertaining than a law book should be, the Drafter’s Guide to Wisconsin Condominium Documents belongs in the library of every attorney who deals with, or may someday deal with, condominiums, whether setting up or dissolving them, advising buyers or sellers, working in business or residential real estate, drafting documents or reviewing them.
Lawyers who need the Drafter’s Guide to Wisconsin Condominium Documents also need PINNACLE’s Wisconsin Condominium Law Handbook, which addresses in detail all issues relating to condominiums, from planning and development through buying, selling, and financing, from insurance through governance. This far-reaching and extensive work – each chapter prepared by an experienced Wisconsin attorney – begins with an overview of condominium law and practice, and provides sharp and concise analysis, with appropriate reference to current statutes, regulations, and caselaw, on state, local, and federal levels.
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The Drafter’s Guide is available in print to members for $149, plus tax, shipping, and handling. Subscribers to the Bar’s automatic supplementation service receive will receive future updates at a discount; the Wisconsin Condominium Law Handbook is available in print to members for $179, also with discounts for automatic supplements. Annual subscriptions to Books UnBound start at $149 per title and $769 for the full library (single-user/solo-office prices; call for firm pricing). To order or for more information, visit WisBar’s Marketplace or contact the State Bar at (800) 728-7788 or (608) 257-3838.
