Community Association & Real Estate
Both sides of the association fight, and real estate litigation generally. A special assessment levied without explanation. A records request that goes unanswered. A covenant enforced against one owner and not the next. A deposit withheld at move-out. Chapters 718 and 720 are precise about what a board may do, must do and cannot do — and most of these disputes live in the gap between the three.
What the firm handles
- Unit owners and homeowners — assessments and special assessments, records demands under chapters 718 and 720, selective covenant enforcement, fines and use restrictions
- Associations and boards — assessment collection, covenant and rule enforcement, interpretation of the governing documents, and defense of owner claims
- Landlords, residents and tenants — security deposits, habitability and repair, lease enforcement, eviction and eviction defense
- Governance disputes: elections, meetings, budgets, recall, and conflicts of interest
- Purchase and sale disputes, including escrow deposits and title-policy coverage
- Construction defect, contract and boundary disputes affecting a property
- Claims against and on behalf of developers, management companies and contractors
- Commercial leasing disputes, on either side of the lease
How the firm approaches it
Most of the value here is knowing which arguments the other side actually fears and which it will spend two years ignoring. That read comes from having sat at both ends of the table — for owners against boards, and for boards defending decisions they were right to make. The statute and the governing documents usually answer the question; the difficulty is that both sides have read only the half that favors them.
Most of these arrive already underway.
Mid-stream is the normal starting point here. Bring the dispute as it stands.