CAI-NJ May 2017

ULTIMATE PARTNER Profile Ansell, Grimm & Aaron, PC Questions answered by David J. Byrne, Esq.

co-ops along with others connected to the overall planned unit development industry and/or community uninterrupted for more than 22 years. I provide clients with a full range of legal advice and services including the drafting and negotiation of service contracts, rules and regulations and alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”), collections and delin- quent assessments, transition negotiations with developers and/or sponsors, construction defect litigation, municipal services and relations, fair housing compliance, restrictive covenant enforcement and interpretation, litigation-related services, governance, creation and amendment of govern- ing documents and the fiduciary duties of board members. We are particularly proud of our “smart” assessment and maintenance fee management and recovery program. This program recognizes the unmistakable truth understood by every community association board – every owner must pay each assessment, and pay it on time, or they place the plans and hopes of the community in jeopardy. Our “smart collections” program rejects clerical- and/or paraprofes- sional-driven collection efforts as those efforts ignore the importance of unpaid assessments. We appreciate how crucial the payment of assessments and maintenance fees are. We appreciate the difficulties faced by communities and buildings ravaged by widespread arrearages, bank- ruptcies, foreclosures, and abandoned homes and units. That appreciation allows us to use a more efficient, modern and cost-effective approach to the difficulties. Our program depends upon total transparency, as well as attorneys that work side-by-side with boards and managers to devise strategies tailored to the particular situations, arrearages and/or disputes presented We consider every strategy -– always with the client’s financial position in mind – whether it be negotiation, monitoring, settlement, money judgment, foreclosure, seizure of ‘surrendered’ units, generating reve- nue from rentals and/or rent receiverships. That is all done Is there a specific project or program that you would like to highlight? Please describe.

A nsell Grimm & Aaron, PC has been dedicated to providing excellent legal representation, zealous advocacy, and skilled legal advice to our diverse clientele for more than 85 years. Over the years we have been fortunate to count among our ranks a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and the presiding Judge of the Criminal Court for the Monmouth Vicinage of the Superior Court of New Jersey, the Majority leader of the State Senate and an adjunct law professor at Yale University. Our attorneys all practice with a common philosophy...a commitment to excellence and a commitment to people. AGA attorneys practice in a broad spectrum of legal fields including community association, condominium and co-op law, family law, commercial & residential real estate, litiga- tion, bankruptcy, land use, creditors’ rights, wills, trusts and estates, personal injury/medical malpractice, municipal court defense and criminal defense. We welcome the opportunity to expand the firm’s clientele. What is your role in the organization? What is your background? How long have you been in the industry? I am a partner of AGA, and chair of the firm’s community association group, as well as its condominium & co-op group. I have been representing condominiums, HOAs,

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