Real Estate Litigation

Slotkin Law has vast experience representing clients in all aspects of real estate litigation. Our clients include homeowners and purchasers, contractors, commercial and industrial property owners, national and community banks, and title insurers. The firm serves as national counsel to its clients in litigation involving title disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, HOA’s, construction, wrongful foreclosure, lien enforcement and cancellations, boundary lines and easements, zoning and land use, and real estate fraud. We help our clients navigate complex competing claims and obtain meaningful results efficiently and aggressively.

Landlord Tenant Law

Slotkin Law have been representing commercial and industrial property owners in landlord/tenant disputes their entire careers. They have a firm handle on the particularized nuances between residential and commercial eviction law, and have worked complex cases from Magistrate Court, to Superior Court, to the Court of Appeals. The following is sampling of some of the firm’s experience in dispossessory or unlawful detainer actions:

Successful representation of commercial and industrial property owners in dispossessory, unlawful detainer and rent collection actions
We represent clients in the removal, liquidation and disposal of industrial equipment abandoned on premises and subject to competing claims by secured creditors

Representation of commercial and industrial tenants in claims made by landlords related to use of premises, property damage and rent collection
Represent clients in litigation involving use of premises, breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment and enforcement of rental obligations

Title Litigation

Slotkin Law is frequently retained by title insurers to represent lenders and owners in claims to perfect title or claims of lien. Such representation includes pursuit of claims for equitable subrogation, deed reformation, quiet title and wrongful foreclosure. The firm’s representation in this area often includes pursuant of claims for professional malpractice against real estate closing agents.

Frequent representation of lenders in reforming defects in security deed that preclude lenders from foreclosing on property
Successfully obtained lien cancellations on behalf of property owner for liens unlawfully recorded against property for a tenant’s nonpayment of contractors
Representation of property owners in claims for wrongful foreclosure

Successfully representing lender in claim for equitable subrogation of security deed following fraud by borrower
Prosecuted claims for professional malpractice against title agents for failing to clear title prior to closing

Construction Litigation

Slotkin Law represents property owners, architects, engineers, contractors and builders in disputes related to construction and engineering standards, architectural integrity and contract performance. This work frequently involves representation of clients in mediations and arbitrations, working with expert witnesses and trial work. Some of the firm’s representative experience includes:

Representation of home builder in claims made by homeowner regarding construction delays and work product
Representation of engineer in professional malpractice claim related to building failure after flooding

Representation of homeowners in claims against builder for failure to adhere to contract specification, poor workmanship and delays

Fraud Litigation

Real estate fraud is frequently an aspect of any dispute involving land or title. Allegations of fraud are often present in cases where a lender loses the security that was bargained for at closing or where buyers discover concealed property defects post-closing. Proving real estate fraud is fact-specific and typically a matter for a jury to decide. The firm’s experience in bringing and defending claims involving real estate fraud include:

Successfully representing lender in claim for equitable subrogation of security deed following fraud by borrower
Trial counsel in shareholder derivative action brought against bank alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty
Successfully represented homeowners in claims brought by buyers alleging fraud related to seller’s disclosure statement

Trial counsel to commercial property owner in claims against broker for fraud
Trial counsel in federal litigation brought against a trustee over fiduciary duties in trust and accounting dispute where fraud was alleged

Banking Litigation

Slotkin Law has served as national counsel to banks and lenders around the country who seek to enforce collection on notes, exercise rights under security instruments, foreclose on properties and pursue remedies against competitors. Some of the firm’s experience in this area includes:

Represent banks and other lenders in lending disputes, priority disputes, foreclosure litigation, participation agreement litigation and securing collateral
Successfully representing lender in claim for equitable subrogation of security deed following fraud by borrower

Litigation counsel to numerous national and community banks in claims to reform title, cancel liens and pursue foreclosure
Litigation counsel to lenders and guarantors in actions seeking to enforce personal guaranties

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TITLE LITIGATION

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION

FRAUD LITIGATION

BANKING LITIGATION

Landlord Tenant Law

Title Litigation

Construction Litigation

Fraud Litigation

Banking Litigation