Attorney Travis Scott Eller presented a lecture at the National Business Institute’s “Washington Landlord-Tenant Law 2024” seminar on October 22, 2024. Mr. Eller’s topic was “Terminating Tenancy.” The seminar is now available on demand. Attorneys can use promo code FPDN50A at checkout to get $50 off. See at https://nbi-sems.com/products/99100. Mr. Eller has presented on landlord-tenant law for other organizations for containing legal education credit and for real estate clock hour credit for decades. He has participated in online seminars hosted by the King County Law Library featuring landlord attorneys, tenant attorneys, and judicial officers. Travis Eller is slated to chair […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
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Settled law breeds few appeals for the simple reason that if the law is settled there are fewer issues to appeal. When new laws are passed, they can be interpreted in different ways, leading to more appealable issues. Landlord-tenant law was once well settled but is now with a plethora of new laws it is the opposite extreme. In the past, there were only a handful of landlord-tenant appellate cases each year. Now there are sometimes a handful of appellate developments in a single day. This week there were two important appellate decisions and oral arguments on another case with […]
The CARES Act requires thirty days’ notice for nonpayment eviction for rental properties covered by this law. Covered properties include Section 8 tenants, properties with federally-backed mortgages (FHA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc.), and may apply in other situations. Whether the CARES Act applies to cases other than nonpayment, such as nuisance evictions, has been the subject of two Court of Appeals rulings in recent months. Division Two of the Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the CARES Act applies to covered properties for all eviction cases, regardless of grounds. Meanwhile, Division One ruled just the opposite and held that […]
Attorney Travis Scott Eller frequently presents at continuing legal education and industry group seminars. He presented at the Rental Housing Association 2024 Spring Workshop and Tradeshow on March 23 on the subject “Today’s Eviction Process.” Topics included drafting and serving predicate notices, the CARES Act, recent case law, good cause to evict under state and local laws, and various other topics related to landlord-tenant law and evictions. Travis Eller completed a three-day National Institute for Trial Advocacy workshop on advanced public speaking for attorneys and is active in an advanced Toastmasters club. In addition to handling a volume of residential […]