Santa Clara University School of Law student,Michael J. Percy received the first place award in the 2006 American Bar Association’s Real Property Student Section Writing Competition for his submission, “Delta Levees – Tort Immunity vs. Takings Liability.”
The first-place winner receives $2,000 cash and a one-year free membership in the Section (valued at $50), plus free round-trip airfare and weekend accommodations to attend the Section’s Fall Council Meeting. The first-place winner’s essay will be considered for publication in the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Journal, and may appear in an upcoming issue.
The Quarles & Brady Prize is sponsored by the real estate and estate planning practice groups of Quarles & Brady LLP, a distinguished group of more than 70 lawyers practicing nationwide from the firm’s offices in Phoenix, Milwaukee, Chicago, Tucson, Naples, and Madison (Wisconsin).
Quarles & Brady has long supported the Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law with Section officers, Council members, standing committee participants, and committee chairs, and has played a leadership role in many of the key organizations (including ACREL, ACTEC, ACMA, and the American Law Institute) that help to shape the practice.
"Our sponsorship reflects our longstanding commitment to serve the profession as well and as honorably as we serve our clients," according to Patrick M. Ryan, chair of Quarles & Brady’s Executive Committee. "We hope that our participation will encourage the best young lawyers now entering the real estate and estate planning fields to make a similar commitment."
