At Stone & Sallus, our firm handles a wide range of real estate litigation cases throughout the Los Angeles area. We are our client’s legal needs and provide exceptional value for optimal success. Regardless of the area of litigation we have years of experience. We litigate lease agreements, create contracts, conflict disputes, breach of contract, earnest money disputes, construction defects, partner disputes or fraud concealment and/or failure to disclose.
Who Our Real Estate Litigation Lawyers Represent
Stone & Sallus represent lease holders, business owners, developers, buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, brokers, agents, and title companies. We litigate lease agreements, conflict disputes, breach of contract, earnest money disputes, construction defects, partner disputes or fraud concealment and/or failure to disclose, land-use and zoning disputes.
Types of Real Estate Litigation
Civil litigation is considered a non-criminal dispute made by one party of another. Litigation can be time consuming and expensive. Many people chose another legal mechanism to avoid trial. Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR) arbitration and mediation.
What are the differences between the two? Mediations are done by a neutral third party who assists the parties in reaching a mutually agreeable voluntary compromise. Arbitrations are whereby the parties submit their disagreement to a third party whose decision is binding. We do real estate litigation for commercial, residential and industrial dispute resolutions such as:
- Real estate fraud and negligent misrepresentation
- Failure to disclose problems on seller disclosure forms (nondisclosure)
- Purchase and sale litigation
- Partnership disputes
- Claims involving breach of fiduciary duty of real estate professionals
- Insurance disputes
- Construction contracts and design defect disputes
- Injunctions against adjacent property owners v. construction company disputes
- Mechanic’s lien
- Property tax assessments
- Title disputes
- Faulty deeds of trust
- Broker transaction problems
- Easement involving connected or boarding properties
- Ownership disputes
- Breach of contract
- Lender liability
- Eminent domain
- Landlord-tenant disputes
- Leasing disputes
- Foreclosures
Land-Use Litigation
State legislatures have the power to authorize zoning, within separate cities enact their own zoning ordinances. This is a process, usually, integrates with city planning programs. Zoning is the main tool of the government to manage the future development of a community.
Its goal is to map out neighborhoods, concentrate retail business, and industry, channel traffic. Protect overgrowth of urban sprawling and suburban construction and removing congestion and other defects of existing plans. Typically, zoning regulations pinpoint areas of building heights, bulk, setbacks, lot area, signage, density and parking-related issues. It is imperative to hire attorneys who are knowledgeable in Los Angeles.
Here are just some over the areas of land-use litigation cases we handle:
- Easement disputes and boundary lines and
- Development plans
- Inverse condemnation and eminent domain
- Soil and groundwater contamination
When planning to build or buy property, make sure to hire Stone and Sallus Los Angeles-based firm experienced in local regulations, ordinances and statutes of California. Try to avoid the pitfalls just by making the first right decision to hire a team of experts.
Commercial Contracts and Leases
A lease agreement is a document that is signed by the parties and becomes binding. Claims of fraud, broken contracts, or misrepresentation result in commercial contract disputes that almost always require effective representation. Real estate litigation must be handled by lawyers that understand the proper course of action for the property and case type.
A commercial contract is a legally binding document that puts one party into a binding position either to do something or not to engage in the stated activity. It is used in business and organizations and its key requirements is to ensure that legal arrangements allow full benefits of the contract. The Uniform Commercial Code is the primary authority that governs business transactions and contracts. States also have regulations related to commercial contracts. Under the UCC, we explore the response for resolution or a claim through litigation.
How Our Los Angeles Real Estate Litigators Can Help
Stone and Sallus are the leading real estate attorneys in Los Angeles and Southern California, with many years of land-use litigation. Our team of attorneys litigate lease agreements, breach of contract, earnest money disputes, construction defects, partner disputes, fraud concealment and/or failure to disclose and land-use litigations for varying reasons. No matter what your legal issue, Stone & Sallus are ready to aggressively fight for your rights in these complex matters.
The chat line is a click away. Hire Stone & Sallus to defend your case, no time to waste. Please call us at 310.889.0233 for a consultation. We are experts here to advocate for your rights.
