Condominium Unit Owner Services
We have a sub-specialty in representing condominium unit owners in the following services.
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW
Disputes with your Condominium or Homeowners Association, Property Manager and Neighbors
- Defend Association’s lien, foreclosure action, rejection of payments, incorrect accounting or charges
- Bring or defend COVID-related claims
- Bring claim for damages to your unit (leaks, mold, etc.), to recover money damages and to demand repairs to common elements
- Defend claim for damages to other units or common elements
- Obtain Association’s official records
- Challenge Association’s rejection of new buyer or tenant
- Bring or defend claim for excessive noise
- Bring or defend claim for parking spaces, storage units, boat slips and other appurtenances
- Defend termination of condominium
- Defend receivership for entire community or for placement of one unit in receivership
- Bring or defend claim for service and emotional support animals
- Bring or defend claim for fair housing discrimination
CONSTRUCTION LAW
Disputes with your Building and Zoning Department, Developer, Contractor, Subcontractor, Material Supplier and Design Professional
- Challenge and address building code violations, fines and liens
- Bring warranty claim against developer
- Prepare and review construction contracts
- Challenge construction liens
- Bring breach of contract claims for delays or construction defects
REAL ESTATE LAW
Disputes with your Buyer, Seller, Developer and Bank
- Defend foreclosure actions by your Bank and Association
- Bring claims to recover pre-construction deposit from Developer
- Bring or defend claims against your Buyer or Seller for breaches of purchase and sale agreement
- Bring or defend claims for Seller’s failure to disclose facts which materially affect the value of the property, such as mold or special assessments
- Pre-purchase analysis of community association documents for material issues, such as leasing restrictions, parking spaces, storage spaces and boat slips
- Pre-purchase analysis of Developer’s pre-construction or condo conversion contract and prospectus
INSURANCE LAW
Disputes with your Insurer, Condominium or Homeowners’ Association Insurer or Neighbor’s Insurer
- For insured property owners (including Condominium and Homeowners Associations, unit owners and homeowners), filing first property damage insurance claims against your insurance company (from reporting of claim and working with adjusters and experts, to negotiating the claim, to litigation and trial, as necessary) (first property damage insurance claims)
- For uninsured property owners, bring claims against the party who caused the damage to your property and their insurance (from quantifying damages and working with experts, to demand letters, to litigation and trial, as necessary)
- For uninsured condominium unit owners, defend claims from your neighbor’s insurer for damages allegedly caused to their unit (subrogation defense)
- For uninsured condominium unit owners, defend claims from Association’s Insurer for damages allegedly caused to the common elements (subrogation defense)
MEDIATION
Mediation of civil disputes prior to and during litigation
- Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator (2010- 2015)
- Certified Condominium Mediator with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes
- Certified Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediator with the Florida Department of Financial Services
