Taft attorneys Kiamesha-Sylvia Colom and Norman Newman will speak at the seminar “Real Estate Law Boot Camp” presented by National Business Institute on Aug. 2. Colom will present “Real Estate Closings 101” and Newman will present “Purchase and Sale of Real Estate” and “Environmental Laws and Liability.”

Colom focuses her practice on real estate transactions (acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, sale leaseback transactions and real estate municipality work), real estate lending and commercial finance transactions and related business transactions. She has closed numerous SBA, USDA and conventional commercial loans for commercial lenders and borrowers related to real estate, equipment, machinery and C&I lending.

Newman represents both local and national developers for all types of real estate development projects, including shopping centers, industrial parks, office buildings, apartment projects and residential subdivisions, and in all phases of such projects, including land acquisition, zoning, leasing, environmental compliance, financing and construction.