The Real Estate Litigation team handles any dispute concerning the ownership, improvements, dimensions, use or value of real estate.  Our experienced trial lawyers represent property owners, buyers, sellers, lenders, landlords, tenants and business entities in a wide variety of real estate disputes.  These disputes include boundary and easement disputes, condemnation and eminent domain, construction and design defects, environmental disputes, foreclosures, green/sustainable development disputes, land use disputes, landlord-tenant disputes, liens, property tax appeals, special assessments, transactional disputes and telecommunications, as well as other disputed matters related to or involving real property.

We successfully represent land and home owners in eminent domain actions brought by local government, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, port authorities and utility companies, to name a few.  In these cases, we help clients obtain independent appraisals, reimbursement of certain appraisal costs, compensation and relocation costs.  For clients affected by property tax assessments and special assessments, we have the expertise to competently handle the appeals.

We also represent property owners and lessees in all aspects of commercial and residential lease disputes ranging from an eviction action to a complex commercial lease dispute involving liability for repairs or property damage.  We work successfully with clients to resolve landlord-tenant disputes in arbitrations, housing courts and jury trials.  In the area of liens and mortgages, we represent lenders and condominium/townhome associations in mortgage foreclosures and foreclosures of an association’s assessment lien.  We also walk clients through the highly technical foreclosure process to ensure the best collection remedy for the situation.