George E. Nowack, Jr., founding partner of the Community Association Practice at Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C., has represented condominiums, cooperatives and homeowner associations since 1981. In addition to his extensive community association work, he is a nationally recognized expert on community association insurance issues, especially Directors & Officer’s claims. He has assisted three national insurance companies in drafting D&O policies and the firm is approved counsel for eight national insurance companies for D&O defense. He currentlyserves as counsel to Common Interest Risk Management Specialists (CIRMS).
In the Profession
An active member of the Community Associations Institute (“CAI”) since 1982, George has served two terms on the Board of Trustees and was President-elect 1993-1994 and President 1994-1995. In 1994, his peers named him to the charter class of the College of Community Association Lawyers. One of only four attorneys in the state of Georgia to be elected to the College, he was voted to serve on the Board of Governors in 2002 and is currently serving his second term. Effective January 1, 2007, he was elected to serve a two-year term as the Dean of the College. George was awarded the 2007-2008 Award of Excellence in Designations at the 2008 CAI National Conference in recognition of the work he has performed to revitalize the College. He received the Educator of the Year award from Community Associations Institute of Georgia in 2003. CAI presented him with its National Presidents award in 2004 and 2005 for his extraordinary services to the Presidents of the CAI Board of Trustees.
A dynamic speaker, he has been a featured presenter on numerous issues at 30 of the CAI National Conferences since 1984. He has also been a favorite speaker at local chapters of CAI from Massachusetts to Hawaii. George is a member of the faculty of the annual Community Association Law Seminar and since 2000 has been the opening session speaker where he presents a review of the 50 most significant cases affecting community associations and discusses the trends created by these cases.
George also wrote a weekly column in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution from 1984 to 1990, as well as a weekly column in the Gainesville Times from 2003 to 2005. He has published articles in Common Ground, Real Property & Probate, The Atlanta Journal, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, The Newsletter of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, and several other publications. He has authored amendments to the Georgia Condominium Act and Georgia Property Owners’ Association Act and is currently writing a handbook for Board of Directors of Community Associations.
