PORTLAND — Michael Lane of Richmond, a partner at Preti Flaherty, is the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA) new Public Policy Committee chair. He succeeds recently elected MEREDA President Gary Vogel of Drummond Woodsum, who had chaired the committee for the last 14 years.
MEREDA’s Public Policy Committee meets regularly during each legislative session reviewing pending bills and regulations, identifying those of interest to the membership, and works to ensure the real estate industry’s concerns are considered. The committee works to influence and shape the final form of proposed laws and regulations, and initiates new ones when circumstances warrant.
“I look forward to working with, and advocating on behalf of, MEREDA’s members during the upcoming session on the legislative and regulatory issues of interest to our membership,” said Lane.
Lane chairs Preti Flaherty’s Real Estate Group and has represented clients in all aspects of real estate and land use law.
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