Our real estate practice is aware of changes in the real estate market, including financing, over or
under supply of commercial and residential housing, building code related matters, construction litigation
and negligence suits and laws related
to the building and real estate industry at all levels, local, state and national.
Real Estate Litigation
We offer a full range real estate litigation services.
We represent owners, financial institutions and investors, property managers, tenants, developers, owners,
in all types of disputes, including those arising from:
- Acquisitions
- Brokerage commissions
- Construction contracts
- Mechanic's Liens
- Foreclosures
- Landlord-tenant
- Leases
- Property management
- Adverse possession
- Boundaries
- Easements
- Rights of way
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Homeowners' Associations
We offer Southern California homeowners' associations and
cooperatives comprehensive legal counsel. We are often called on to provide counsel on a number of diverse
issues such as teh drafting of documents for condo communities, directing annual meetings and
officer elections and formulating rules and policies.
Our homeowners' practice encompasses:
- Annual meetings
- Assessment collections
- Compliance issues related to financial-reporting requirements
- Contract matters, including preparation and negotiation
- Dispute resolution
- Document drafts and amendments
- Foreclosures
- Rules and regulations enforcement
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Commercial Real Estate
In the area of commercial real estate, we draft, review and litigate all manner of documents
from routine purchase agreements to complicated development plans. We work with owners, developers,
tenants, property managers, financial institutions and
investors. Anyone in the busines of buying, selling or renting real property is a potential client.
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Our real estate practice includes:
- Acquisitions
- Brokerage commission disputes
- Clean-up reimbursements
- Construction-contract issues and litigation
- Contract negotiations
- Debt restructurings
- Environmental remediation
- Foreclosures
- Landlord-tenant disputes
- Lease negotiations and contracts
- Loan workouts
- Project finance, including mortgages, sale-leasebacks, like-kind exchange and non-traditional financing sources
- Property-management issues
- REIT formations and related issues
- Title-insurance matters
- Zoning issues
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Products Liability
We litigate business and commercial product defect
claims brought against manufacturers and corporations.
We can develop factual and legal defenses for complex scientific and technical
issues, including mold in housing and other structures. We seek the best business result for our client.
We can also profice risk
management methods to minimize the impact of an anticipated problem and work closely with corporate counsel.
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Mortgages
Real Estate Buyers
Sometimes we work with clients with mortgage loan modification. We represent individuals and businesses
in the structuring of commercial and residential real estate loan transactions.
Mortgage Holders
We offer services to mortgage holders, including:
- Collecting delinquent mortgage payments
- Conducting foreclosure sales
- Bidding at foreclosure sales
- Obtaining certificates of title
Mortgage Foreclosure
We can pursue foreclosures for both residential and commercial properties. We offer our services to
private investors, public banks, and private financial institutions. We assist our clients through
the entire mortgage foreclosure process.
- Notice of Default
- Notice of Sale
- Trustees Sale
- Real Estate Owned (REO) by lender
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Premises Liability
The general rule of law
is that the owner or operator of the premises has a duty to keep the premises in reasonably safe
condition or at least warn customers of a dangerous condition of which the owner or operator caused,
knows about, or should know about. We have substantial experience in defending various businesses and
individuals in premises liability claims. We represent plaintiffs and defendants in matters
related to injuries occurring in residential and commercial buildings,
shopping centers and parking facilities, hotels and casinos, amusement parks, airports, healthcare
facilities, nightclubs and bars, as well as universities and public schools.
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Eminent Domain
We represent clients when the state, through its regular organization,
asserts its dominion over any portion of the soil of the
state on account of public exigency and for the public good.
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Zoning and Planning
We represent clients when dealing with local zoning and land use laws and ordinances, in such
matters as structural and architectural
designs of buildings and of regulations prescribing use to which buildings within designated
districts may be put.
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