Real Estate Litigation

Real estate transaction used to consist of a handshake, a check, and a deed. Today, real estate transactions, especially in California, are some of the most complex matters in business. Any missteps with environment reviews, contamination, title defects, financing issues, land use restrictions, insurance coverage, long-term leases, encroachments, entitlement denials, and defective construction can destroy the profitability of an acquisition, a commercial lease, or a development project.

FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP has represented a broad spectrum of clients, including, private and public developers, investors, property owners, syndicators, tenants, and landlords. Our experience encompasses a diverse range of disputes, such as those involving:

• Purchase and sale agreements

• Lease and sale of properties

• Landlord-tenant

• Material misrepresentations or nondisclosures made in real property transactions

• Boundary disputes

• Title disputes

• Nuisance and trespass

• Restrictive covenants

• Adverse possession

• Zoning, subdivision, planning, and other land use issues

• Brokers, agents, and their fiduciary and other common law duties

• Secured lending and financing transactions—promissory notes, deeds of trust, and guarantee agreements

• HOA disputes