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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS & LITIGATION:
General.
The firm's extensive residential real estate
practice provides a complete range of services
from contracts to closing and title abstracts to
title insurance. Our real estate clients include
realtors, brokers, developers, contractors,
private investors, and numerous homeowners.
Title Insurance
Services.
As a vital component of our real estate
transactional practice, we routinely assist
clients by examining title searches, preparing
title opinions, and reviewing the status of
title reports. We also serve as approved
attorneys to issue title insurance commitments
and policies on behalf of major national title
insurance underwriters.
Real Estate Transactions.
The firm has a strong practice involving the
closing of both residential and commercial real
estate transactions.
Commercial and
Residential Leasing.
We handle many commercial and residential
leasing transactions for landlords, developers,
and tenants of residential investment property,
office buildings, shopping centers, and various
other properties. Our experience includes
prosecuting and defending eviction actions for
both residential and commercial real estate.
Lease Litigation.
Our lawyers have significant experience in
litigating matters arising out of both simple
and complex lease relationships, representing
both landlords and tenants. The majority of
lease litigation conducted by the firm is
related to residential real estate for the
firm's numerous real estate transactional
clients, including realtors, developers, and
private investors.
Mortgage
Foreclosure.
We handle numerous loan foreclosures for both
residential and commercial properties. Our
clients include private investors, public banks,
and private financial institutions. Along with
prosecuting mortgage foreclosures for our
clients, we track the foreclosure process all
the way to the public auction to ensure that our
clients' financial interests are protected.
Condominium Law.
We represent developers, owners, and
associations of both residential and commercial
condominiums. We provide a full range of
services including formation, government
approval (if applicable), and sale and transfer
upon completion.
BANKING & FINANCE:
Mortgages &
Foreclosures.
The firm offers a variety of services for
mortgage holders, including collecting
delinquent mortgage payments, conducting
nonjudicial foreclosure sales, bidding at
foreclosure sales, and obtaining certificates of
title.
BANKRUPTCY:
The firm
represents numerous clients seeking to protect
their security interest in real property when a
mortgagor files bankruptcy, including the
maintenance of foreclosure actions
contemporaneous with bankruptcy proceedings.
BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL:
General.
The firm provides a wide variety of services for
corporations and other business entities,
including the formation of limited liability
companies, partnerships, and corporations, along
with a full range of business oriented services
such as drafting contracts, leases, and other
documents, and facilitating transactions such as
the purchase or sale of real property.
Collections.
Our practice includes prosecuting and defending
all types of mechanics' lien claims and
collection claims. When the firm assists a
client in obtaining a judgment, we often assist
that client in obtaining final payment or
satisfaction of the judgment. We also advise our
business clients on avoiding collection
disputes, including the development and
implementation of programs to enhance the
effectiveness of their accounts and credit
process. This includes preparation and advice
regarding contracts, change orders, releases,
lien waivers, notice to owners, claims of lien
and other documents.
Commercial
Leasing and Property Management.
We handle many
commercial leasing transactions for developers,
landlords, and tenants of office buildings and
other commercial properties. We also represent
and advise real estate brokers concerning their
general corporate and professional business
operations. The firm has extensive experience in
representing parties involved in leasing
commercial real estate including representing
both landlords and tenants in eviction claims
and proceedings. We can also assist landlords in
drafting leases for use in a wide variety of
leasehold situations.
CONSTRUCTION:
General.
The firm represents numerous clients involved in
the construction industry, including builders,
developers, realtors, and homeowners. Services
to these clients include contract preparation
and negotiation; contract administration;
analysis and resolution of claims and disputes;
litigation; mediation; and arbitration
proceedings. Firm lawyers represent owners,
developers, general contractors, and
subcontractors in virtually all types of
construction matters.
Litigation.
The firm routinely represents contractors,
developers, and owners involved in construction
litigation arising from a variety of
construction projects. We handle construction
defect claims brought by homeowners, as well as
countersuits by developer/owners. Our lawyers
prosecute and defend mechanics' lien claims. We
also handle cases involving liability theories
and work with contractors and developers to
defend a myriad of negligence claims in many
types of construction projects. We have
represented contractors and homeowners in AAA
arbitration proceedings.
Contract
Disputes.
Our experience in both the construction and real
estate fields, coupled with the diversity of our
clientele, is sufficiently broad that our
practice includes virtually every type of
contract dispute.
Contract
Preparation and Negotiation.
We prepare simple and complex construction
agreements, along with providing essential
advice to both builders and homeowners in the
negotiation of both residential and commercial
construction contracts.
Construction
Claims.
We have extensive experience in preparing,
analyzing, defending, and prosecuting virtually
all types of construction claims, including
disputes related to plans and specifications, as
well as problems related to defective
construction. Our experience includes
prosecuting and defending construction defect
claims and mechanics' liens.
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