The Illinois Self Storage Association (ISSA) will hold its 2012 Downstate Summit on Nov. 1. The half-day event will focus on self-storage legal issues and includes industry attorney Jeffrey Greenberger as the featured speaker. There will also be exhibits from industry suppliers.

The event will be held 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Eastland Suites Hotel in Bloomington, Ill. The summit includes three sessions about self-storage legal issues: The 3 Ds of Self-Storage (Death, Divorce and Disappearance), Whats Wrong With My Rental-Payment Clause?, and Common Lien-Sale Problems.

Greenberger is a partner in the Cincinnati law firm of Katz, Greenberger & Norton LLP, where he focuses his practice on commercial real estate, with a concentration in self-storage. Greenberger assists operators around the nation in the design and implementation of legal policies and procedures, as well as other operational issues, with a focus on litigation avoidance and liability reduction.

Greenberger serves as legal adviser to several state self-storage associations and has been a featured speaker at national and state self-storage conferences, including the Inside Self-Storage World Expo. He is a regular contributor to Inside Self-Storage (ISS) magazine, where he serves as a member of the editorial advisory board, and an instructor of the Self-Storage Training Institute, which is operated by ISS. Copies of several Greenberger presentations, including video of seminars from the ISS Expo and recordings of webinars in the ISS Legal Learning Series, can be purchased via the ISS Store at www.insideselfstoragestore.com.

ISSA provides members government advocacy, education and business services, including a legal-information service and credit card processing.