REAL ESTATE & CIVIL LITIGATION

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The practice of real estate law involves a varied and often highly complex set of activities centering on sales and acquisitions

We offer a full range of services related to real estate matters and, because the unexpected can occur at any time, civil litigation.

Our team provides valuable legal resources to our clients in areas such as real estate contract negotiation and drafting; real estate development, including benefit district applications; and advising real estate professionals. We also provide litigation services for disputes ranging from boundary disputes to business deals gone bad…and partition actions to personal injury cases, including appellate advocacy.

Our attorneys also provide our clients with assistance in lease negotiation and enforcement—whether through eviction proceedings or enforcement of leases in bankruptcy cases. We can provide assistance to landowners whose property is threatened by condemnation proceedings to obtain just compensation for the loss occasioned by the condemnation.

The professionals at Melvin & Joans LLP represent clients involved in all aspects of real estate purchases, sales, leases, like-kind exchanges, financing, land use planning and development. From buying and selling your home or investment property to securitized commercial financing packages, our real estate attorneys provide prompt and practical legal advice and guidance to our clients.

Our Real Estate Practice

Our office offers our expertise in the following areas

Sales and Acquisitions

The representation of buyers and sellers in the acquisition and disposition of the various kinds of real estate including office buildings, retail centers, hotels, industrial properties, residential properties, and manufactured housing communities.

Land Use and Environmental

Land use entitlements, due diligence investigations, Brownfield developments, and compliance with Environmental Laws and federal and state Endangered Species Acts.

A very large proportion of real estate transactions involve joint ventures between capital sources and developers. Therefore, a real estate firm must be in a position to structure and negotiate partnership agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and other forms of joint venture arrangements and advise on the tax aspects of the transactions.