Real Estate Law

OUR PRACTICE AREAS

At Tannahill Lockhart & Clark Law LLP, we offer a wide range of legal services for Real Estate Law:

Residential Purchase
Residential Sale
Land Development and Planning
Applications for Absolute Title
Residential Mortgages and Financing

We can help with residential purchases and sales, mortgages and financing, development and planning, and Applications for Absolute Title. We specialize in various forms of litigation, including real estate. Because when things go wrong with a real estate transaction, pending or otherwise, there is a critical, important role for a real estate litigation lawyer to play in areas such as commercial lease disputes, mortgage disputes or title disputes.

Specific examples of when litigation is needed:

There is an alleged breach of an agreement for purchase and sale
A leasing dispute involving non-payment of rent and removal of fixtures
Defending against a claim for payment of a disputed real estate commission

We believe that, for the most part, people and businesses want to avoid being involved in litigation as it can consume huge amounts of time, energy, resources, and money — all of which are better devoted to more profitable activities. Litigation is an unpredictable process that can be slow and frustrating.

Adjudication before a judge or arbitrator who does not know the litigants themselves or their businesses is an out of date and impractical tool for dispute resolution in the modern world. However, when real estate litigation is unavoidable and required, our law firm is well equipped with the experience, knowledge, and resources to protect the interests of our clients.

Over the years we have come to understand that most clients want:

A speedy and fair resolution of their disputes;
And, if necessary, effective and precise use of litigation designed to make parties more willing to resolve the dispute on fair terms.

Our Approach to Litigation with Our Clients:

We review the merits of our client’s position carefully and provide realistic and forthright advice on the strength and weaknesses of our client’s position at the earliest possible stage, and as the matter progresses. We understand that the sooner parties know the legal and factual strengths and weaknesses of their case, the sooner they are likely to settle. A goal for our clients is to get them to this point as early as possible. In all such matters, we work with our clients to form a strategy which we consider to be the most likely to promote the earliest resolution of the litigation in all the circumstances.