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Cascade Business News featured Andrew Stamp in an article on 4/26. The piece focuses on VF’s continued growth and commitment to providing state-of-the-art legal services to clients, Andrew’s new role in the firm’s Land Use Practice, and his extensive legal background. Andrew brings more than 25 years of dedicated experience navigating Oregon’s complex land use planning program. He focuses on...

In an effort to preserve integrity, quality of life, and strengthen the local economy the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment established an Energy Efficiency Program. An integral part of this Energy Efficiency Program is the county’s new Benchmarking Ordinance. The ordinance is sited in the Denver Revised Municipal Code, Chapter 4, Article V. Energy Efficiency in Commercial and...

Effective May 2015, local attorney Sean Wells has joined us as a partner! Mr. Wells, previously with a respected Denver plaintiff’s construction defect law firm, is teaming up with VF to offer a deeper level of analysis, advocacy, and education to local homeowner and condominium associations. Mr. Wells has spent years prosecuting claims on behalf of homeowners, homeowners’ associations, and...

What are expansive soils and what damage can they cause? Expansive soil clays are made up of plate-like particles, smaller than the eye can see, which absorb moisture between the plates and can expand to over 100% of the original size when wet. This “swell pressure” between particles can push up and crack concrete slabs, driveways, and walls that have less weight than the soil...

Are Your Association Funds Safe? Protect your association from embezzlement and fraud ─ read our helpful articles on preventative measures your HOA can take, and view a current case of fraud affecting local HOAs quoting VF Law’s Rich Vial. See the Oregonian article at: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/06/northwest_empire_community_man.html Faces of Fraud: Examples of...

Media Alert: House Bill 104 Where the Registry Can Be Found On June 16th, the State of Utah Department of Commerce released a Media Alert regarding the new online Utah Homeowner Associations Registry (a result of 2011 legislative-passed House Bill 104). For the benefit of our local Utah communities, we are passing on this information. Please view the Department of Commerce’s release...