DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LITIGATION AND REAL ESTATE PRACTICE
The Firm has enjoyed enormous success in the District of Columbia practice which was and is the Firm’s foundation. With more than seventy-five combined years of real estate practice in the District of Columbia, and trial experience in state and federal courts, the Firm counts among its clients a number of lawyers, law firms, and judges.
The Firm is proud to have been selected by the District of Columbia Housing Authority to represent the agency in its landlord-tenant matters.
The Firm is recognized for its transactional and litigation expertise in the full range of real estate and related matters, including:
- Public Housing
- Organizational Formation and Disputes
- Breach of Contract
- Purchase and Sale Disputes
- Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Construction Defects, Liability, and Negligence
- Residential and Commercial Landlord-Tenant Law
- Housing Discrimination
- Banking and Lending
- Title Disputes
- Easements
- Condominium Organization and Operation
- Arbitration
It has secured in District of Columbia local and federal courts seven-figure and eight-figure judgments and settlements for plaintiffs, and defense verdicts and defense decisions for corporations, high net worth defendants, and other clients. The Firm provides advice and counsel to developers, property managers, contractors, property owners, business partners, and lenders.
The Firm has successfully managed class actions as both plaintiffs’ class counsel and as defense counsel in the District of Columbia. It has successfully represented hundreds of named plaintiffs in single or consolidated actions, efficiently manages hundreds of ongoing actions for its real estate-oriented and property management clients, and has litigated hundreds of trials lasting from days to months.
Recognized among their colleagues and peers for their abilities, dedication, and integrity, the Firm’s attorneys are regularly invited to make presentations on DC law and practice to Superior Court judges, and the attorneys are proud to be founding members of the Robert A Shuker Scholarship Fund, an organization of DC judges and lawyers formed for the purpose of providing scholarships to DC students.