Harris Properties CEO Lionel Harris Tapped to Speak at Community Associations Institute Conference

CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionel Harris, Founder and CEO of Harris Properties, a prominent Southern California based property management company, will be a featured panelist at the Community Associations Institute (CAI) conference, Wednesday, January 25th at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. The panel will be reviewing recent legal decisions that impact community associations and their homeowner members.

According to Harris, "A key point of interest and concern is the recent application of the Lambden Ruling which sought to extend 'judicial deference' to Boards of Directors from their decisions, based upon the business judgment test. Briefly stated," continued  Harris, "the court was not about to overrule the Board of Directors' decisions provided those decisions were taken properly. However, that immunity is not necessarily absolute as the recent Affan vs. Portofino Cove decision demonstrates."

The nearly 40 year-old Community Associations Institute is an international organization dedicated to fostering vibrant, competent and harmonious community associations and advocates legislative and regulatory policies that support responsible governance and effective management.

Founded in 1981, Harris Properties is a leading Southern California residential property management company, managing both apartments and condominium associations.  In order to maintain the highest level of professional competence, it is the company's policy that all managers receive certifications from the California Association of Community Managers and Community Associations Institute.  Founder and CEO Lionel Harris holds a California real estate license as well as certifications from the Institute of Real Estate Management and the previously noted Community Associations.  www.harrismgmt.com

A frequent guest speaker, Harris recently penned a nationally recognized article on electric vehicles and their potential challenge to condominium associations.

SOURCE Harris Properties