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Elizabeth L. White, Esq.

Elizabeth L. White

LeClairRyan
5388 Discovery Park Blvd.
Third Floor
Williamsburg, VA 23188
Tel: (757) 941-2805

Liz White is a shareholder in the LeClairRyan's Real Estate Practice Group and practices from the Williamsburg office. Widely recognized for her experience in planned communities and property owner associations, she is counsel to large-scale national developers, lenders, local governing bodies and community associations. Liz has assisted with the development of master planned residential and commercial communities such as New Town (Williamsburg), Kiln Creek (Newport News), Harbour View (Suffolk) and Warrington Hall (Chesapeake).

As general counsel to large planned communities, Liz serves communities up to 3,700 units (app. 10,000 residents) with many resort complexes offering golf courses and other resort facilities. She is well known for her proactive approach and business philosophy towards community associations operating via sound policies and practices to effectively minimize conflict and maximize long-term community vitality.

You can view her full bio at the firm's website.

Elizabeth has contributed her expert opinion and experience to the HOAleader.com articles below.

Your HOA's Money: Tips for Collecting Interest on Unpaid Fees
June 2010
If your condo or homeowners association board is considering tacking on interest charges when owners are in arrears for assessments, fines, or other fees, be sure you know whether you have the power to do that. Here's the scoop. . . . keep reading

2 Tips for HOA Boards: Get a Handle on Your Homeowners Association Finances
May 28, 2010
This week's tip contains advice that can help your board better understand and control your condo or homeowners association's financial situation. . . . keep reading

HOA Fees: What to Know Before Setting Up Electronic Withdrawal of Association Fees
May 2010
Would the electronic transfer of money due to your condominium or homeowners association enable you to collect more money in a more timely way? Maybe. Here we explain the pros and cons of implementing an automatic withdrawal system and offer tips to keep in mind if you're about to arrange for one. . . . keep reading

HOA Rules: Airing Out Clothesline Disputes
May 2010
With warmer weather, homeowners in more areas of the country may want to air their clean laundry on clotheslines. Can your homeowners association interfere with owners' efforts to air-dry clothes? Here are tips on creating a sensible policy. . . . keep reading

9 Tips for Better HOA Financial Reporting and Management
May 2010
What financial information should the your condo or homeowners association board track, and how? Here are nine tips for creating and understanding the association financial statements that help you monitor and control your association's financial health. . . . keep reading

Parking and HOAs: Avoiding the Terrible Tows
May 21, 2010
This week's tip offers advice for condominium and homeowners association boards considering hiring a towing company to police their parking lots and roadways to haul away parking scofflaws. . . . keep reading

HOAs and Parking: What Your Homeowner Association Board Should Know About Towing
May 2010
Here's what you need to know about creating a towing policy that complies with your local laws and provides owners proper notice before their car gets hauled away. We also provide tips if you're entering into a contract with a towing company. . . . keep reading

HOA Finances: Making the Truly Hard Sale of a Special Assessment
May 14, 2010
In this week's tip, we reveal the secrets of "selling" a special assessment to your "buyer" owners. . . . keep reading

HOA Communications: Tips for "Selling" a Special Assessment
May 2010
If your board is convinced your condo or homeowners association needs a special assessment, it must take the process of getting buy-in seriously. Here's how to "sell" a special assessment by being transparent, having community meetings that allow members to understand the issues and ask questions, and knowing how to overcome objections. . . . keep reading

HOA Leadership Roles and Duties: A Guide to the Positions of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Board Member in Condo and Homeowners Associations
We're hearing from a growing number of association members who want more detail about their responsibilities--or who want an easy way to educate their newly elected fellow board members about what, exactly, board members do. What's the president supposed to do? How about the vice president, secretary, and treasurer? . . . keep reading

What Financial Information Must Your Association Disclose to Prospective Homeowners?
December 2009
One of your members has put her unit up for sale. She gets an offer and accepts it. You then get a request for all kinds of home owners association records from the buyer. What's your response? What must your association provide when prospective homeowners ask for your association's governing documents? What about your financial documents and minutes? What if the buyer asks the number of delinquent owners and the amount of the delinquencies? The answer to those questions depends on your state's law and your internal practices. Some states have rules requiring associations to provide extensive detail to potential buyers. Others are silent on the issue. Here's an overview. . . . keep reading

Discussion Forum Follow-Up: Is a President's Vote-tossing Proper, and Other Election Shenanigans
December 2009
If there are two board positions open for election, must owners vote for two people for their ballot to be counted? . . . keep reading

HOA Voting: Everything You Need to Know About Proxies
December 2009
What's a proxy? Who can assign it and when? Who can it be assigned to? Can your association implement any limits on the use of proxies? Here, our expert contributors answer your questions. . . . keep reading

Robert's Rules for HOAs: What You Need to Know
December 2009
Robert's Rules of Order is a more-than-100 year old guide that provides governing bodies procedural rules to keep their deliberations orderly. What are the pros and cons of following Robert's Rules? If your association decides to follow it, what are the most important rules everyone should know? Here's a summary. . . . keep reading

Has Your HOA Board of Directors Adopted a Model Code of Conduct?
November 20, 2009
If you don't think that a simple list of guidelines would help your condo or HOA board, think again. . . . keep reading

HOA Board Governance: A Model Code of Conduct for Board Members
November 2009
We've asked our experts for their best advice on the conduct that HOA and condo board members should always follow, along with conduct boards should avoid. Here's that list. . . . keep reading

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