Sandra Gottlieb, partner of SwedelsonGottlieb, and President of Association Lien Services, was also nominated by the Channel Islands Chapter for its Speaker of the Year for her program on boards of directors’ fiduciary duties and responsibilities. Sandra is a new member of the Channel Islands Chapter’s Board, was elected President…
On February 24th (this Wednesday), David Swedelson, along with Tim Cline of the Timothy Cline Insurance Agency will be presenting a program on how technology can help you, as a board member, manager or community association vendor, to be more productive by taking advantage of new computer technology. They will…
David Swedelson and Sandra Gottlieb were recently nominated for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of CAI’s Excellence in Education Award. Sandra was nominated, along with Karen Kokowicz, Manager of Westview Towers HOA (our client), for their program entitled How to Say No and Keep Your Job. David was nominated, along…
We have all heard stories about accidental e-mails. How about accidental voice mails? I guess it can happen. The Los Angeles Daily Journal reported that a lawsuit is moving forward based on a voicemail that was accidentally left on an attorney’s system. The article states: “The three men thought they…
By: David C. Swedelson, Esq., Senior Partner at SwedelsonGottlieb Community managers have been telling us over the last year that much of their time has been consumed by matters relating to delinquent assessments. And they are not just referring to the basic mechanics of the collection process. They are also…
We see it on the web all the time, articles highly critical of politicians, actors, pop stars and others. Then come the highly inflammatory comments from readers using anonymous names. There are websites where you can critique restaurants, shops, services, etc. Sometimes these criticizers write some of the nastiest things.…
SwedelsonGottlieb is proud to announce that our firm’s senior and managing partner Sandra Gottlieb has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Channel Islands Chapter of Community Associations Institute (CAI). She will serve as President-Elect in 2010 and as the Chapter’s President in 2011. Sandra looks forward to…
You have most likely received emails regarding proposed new legislation that would allow California community associations’ Boards the power to enter into long term contracts for water or energy efficiency programs. After considering the pros and cons as expressed in these emails, we have let the Governor know that we…
On July 30, 2009 the California Association of Community Managers (CACM) awarded SwedelsonGottlieb’s senior partner Sandra Gottlieb with the organization’s coveted 2009 Vision Lifetime Achievement Award. This is only the second time in CACM’s history that it has awarded an affiliate (meaning a member who is not a manager) the…
Click here to read an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about complaining entitled “From Attitude to Gratitude.” We all do it. And we know that homeowners at community associations like to complain a lot. They complain about management. They complain about the board. Heck, sometimes they even complain…