Peter Catalanotti (Partner-San Francisco) was the keynote speaker at the virtual Residential Symposium 2024: It’s All Residential, hosted by the Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute on August 9, 2024. Peter’s presentation, “The Rise of Discrimination Cases Against Appraisers: The Defense Attorney’s Review of Standards, Claims and Liability,” examines complex appraisal areas in residential real estate spawning discrimination lawsuits against appraisers that require careful consideration, such as using language that can be considered code for racial discrimination, using comparables from limited areas and making adjustments between the subject area and surrounding cities. Peter’s detailed analysis of errors committed by appraisers in recent lawsuits presents explicit examples of actions to avoid in order to minimize liability for discriminatory conduct or conduct with a discriminatory impact.