He also holds a lifetime teaching credential for business law in the California Community College system.

Rich is renowned for several appellate decisions involving community associations, which include two published landmark decisions: Cohen v. Kite Hill, regarding the fiduciary responsibilities of an association’s board of directors toward the owner members; and Cohen v. S&S Construction Co. (the companion appeal to Cohen v. Kite Hill) in which the Court of Appeals found that a developer in control of the board of directors has a fiduciary duty to the association and its members. Rich has litigated through trial numerous association cases ranging from an association’s election process to CC&R enforcement issues.

More recently, two more published appellate opinions were added to his list of successful appeals. Moran vs. Oso Valley Greenbelt Assn. (#1) which dealt with identifying the appropriate costs which can be charged by an association and Moran vs. Oso Valley Greenbelt Assn. (#2), which decided the appropriateness of attorney’s fees.
During his career, Rich has been active in several industry organizations. He is a past director and former president of the Orange County Regional Chapter of Community Association Institute (CAI), leading it to be recognized as Best Chapter in the Nation. He also served as chairman of the Chapter’s Legislative Action Committee and continues to serve as one of the Chapter’s two delegates to the California Legislative Action Committee and a member of its Executive Committee. In 1994, Mr. Neuland was one of 35 lawyers nationwide who were inducted as the first class of members into CAI’s College of Community Association Lawyers.

Over the past 15 years, Rich has been a frequent lecturer at the annual CAI Law Seminar on both the East and West Coasts. He has spoken on timely topics at several CAI National Conferences and has lectured for CAI in its Professional Management Development Program and Leadership Training Program on CC&R Enforcement and
Rules Development.

He has been a featured speaker on other topics of interest at local CAI luncheons and management programs for several years. He is one of a few select recipients of the prestigious May Russell Award, the highest honor given by the Southern Counties Chapter of CAI, for outstanding service and contribution to the organization.