Practice Areas

Transactions: Sale and purchase of residential and commercial properties; vacant land for development; land contracts; options; rights of first refusal; IRC Section1031 exchanges
Leases: Residential and commercial leasing; landlord-tenant disputes, including summary eviction proceedings
Financing: Mortgages; foreclosures; land contracts; tenant in common properties
Easements: Easement issues; conservation easements; licenses
Boundary disputes: Adverse possession; acquiescence; prescriptive easements
Title issues: Quiet title issues; encumbrances; priority issues; Register of Deed issues
Surveys and Legal Descriptions
Property Tax Appeals: Tax appeals; qualifying agricultural property issues; special assessment districts; “uncapping” issues
Land Division, Subdivision, and Plat issues
Eminent domain and condemnation disputes
Condominium and Cooperative Housing Association documents and issues; condominium master deeds and bylaws; condominium operations and disputes
Affordable housing issues

Re-zonings; Planned Unit Developments; variances; special exceptions; special land use or conditional land use approvals; non-conforming uses; zoning administrator issues; site plans; historic preservation issues; liquor license issues

Entity formation; venture structuring; financing; land use and zoning approval; site plan approval; infrastructure improvements; Land Division Act issues and subdivisions; annexation; condominium master deeds and related documents

New construction and remodeling contracts; Michigan Construction Lien Act issues; lien foreclosures and enforcement; financing and title issues

Creating condominiums and Master Deeds, Bylaws; Exhibit B drawings; amendments to documents; on-going operations; dues/assessment/carrying charge enforcement; condominium operation issues

Ordinance drafting and enforcement; Open Meeting Act issues; Freedom of Information Act issues; municipal development projects; Act 425 agreements; annexation; Downtown Development Authority issues and operations; parliamentary procedure; request for proposals; governmental immunity; liquor license issues; property tax issues and appeals

Litigation in Michigan circuit and district courts, most actively in Washtenaw County, but also in Oakland, Livingston, Wayne, and Jackson Counties; Michigan Court of Appeals

Limited liability company and other entity formation; Operating Agreements; small business purchases and sales