Scott D. Weiss
Of Counsel
Phone: 615.780.7498
Email: sweiss@ortalekelley.com
Homeowner Association & Condominium Law
Community Association Law
Collections
Real Estate
Landlord Tenant Law
Mr. Weiss is Tennessee’s first and only Community Associations Institute (CAI), College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL) Fellow. Mr. Weiss’s practice is dedicated primarily to the representation of homeowner and condominium associations throughout Tennessee which includes a portfolio of roughly 400 associations. Services include but are not limited to delinquent account collections; restrictions enforcement; composition of new Association governing documents; amendments and legal interpretation of existing Association governing documents; composition of Association rules and regulations, fine and enforcement policies and related documentation; parliamentary services to Associations and attendance at Association annual, special and board meetings upon request.
Publications
- “How Homeowners Associations Can Protect Against Short-Term Rentals” By Scott Weiss – The Tennessean, October 3, 2018
- “Where There’s Smoke, There’s … Smoking” By Scott Weiss – Tennessee Bar Journal
- “Community Associations: The New Protectors of Civil Rights?” By Scott Weiss – Tennessee Bar Journal
- “Caught in Between” By Scott Weiss – CAI Common Ground Magazine
July/August 2017
Presentations
- “Community Association Law in a Nutshell” Tennessee Bar Association
- “Community Association: The New Guardians of Civil Rights?” 38th Annual CAI Community Association Law Seminar
- “Top 10 Title Defects-Cured,” National Business Institute (NBI)
- “Title Law: A to Z,” National Business Institute (NBI)
Military Service
- United States Marine Corps
- Tennessee Army National Guard
- Tennessee State Guard
EDUCATION
University of Georgia
B.A. Psychology
Nashville School of Law
Juris Doctorate
MEMBERSHIPS AND ACCOLADES
- College of Community Assoc. Lawyers (CCAL) Fellow
- Community Associations Institute
- 2017 Tennessee Chapter President
- Board of Directors 2014 to present
- Legislative Action Committee 2011 to present
- Tennessee Bar Association
- TN Homeowners Assoc. Act Drafting Committee & Co-Author
- Continuing Education Faculty
- National Association of Parliamentarians
- Tennessee Association of Parliamentarians
- Delta Unit By-Laws & Procedures Chair
- National Business Institute Faculty
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- Attorney for Justice, Pro Bono Service Award 2015 and 2016