Real Estate Litigation We provide a full range of real estate litigation and arbitration services, as well as planning and design review advocacy services to owners, developers, purchasers, lessors and leasees in both commercial and residential matters, including: - Disputes involving sales of commercial and residential property
- Disputes involving leases, easements and other interests in land
- Defense and prosecution of non-disclosure and fraud cases
- Defense of eminent domain and “taking” valuation disputes
- Litigation of maritime lease issues with Ports
- Defense and prosecution of environmental contamination of real estate
- Litigation of outdoor advertising lease and ownership disputes
Representative Matters - Represented developer in inverse condemnation case affecting 1,000-acre residential development.
- Successfully obtained arbitration award for contract recission, and return of deposit plus interest for a residential purchaser in a non-disclosure action against a seller of a multi-million dollar residence.
- Represented residential purchaser in non-disclosure lawsuit against seller and seller’s broker involving water leakage and mold.
- Represented real estate developer in litigation involving groundwater contamination of a Napa Valley storage facility.
- Successfully obtained environmental indemnity and damages for developer client in litigation of contamination of shopping center caused by a major oil company.
- Represented developer to enforce environmental indemnity agreement against former owner of solvent contaminated site.
- Successfully defended seller of gas station property from buyer’s claims of non-disclosure and environmental indemnity.
- Obtained $1.5 million settlement for outdoor advertising company client in revenue dispute between two Southern California outdoor advertising companies involving billboard leases with real property owner.
- Successfully obtained possession of leased premises for commercial landlords.
- Litigation of unrecorded easement with title insurer.
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