Marit Eskelsen
Founding partner · Construction
Contractor, subcontractor and owner claims: payment, delay, defects and liens.
Civil litigation in Salt Lake City
Meet your side of the lawsuit
Business, partnership, construction and property disputes, for the side bringing the case and the side defending it. We represent owners, companies and individuals, in court and in arbitration.
Who's on it
Every case gets two of us by name
One lawyer leads, a second knows the file well enough to step in. You get both names and both phone numbers on day one.
Bahram Tavassoli
Partner · Business and partnership
Broken contracts, owner deadlocks and buyouts, from the demand letter through trial.
Lakshmi Varadan
Partner · Real estate
Boundary, easement, title and commercial lease disputes, including quiet title actions.
Idris Malouf
Associate · All four groups
Runs discovery and motions across the groups, and is often the second name on your case.
Practice groups
Four kinds of dispute, one floor
Each group has its own lead lawyer. When a case crosses lines, like a contractor who is also a co-owner, the groups work it together.
- 01
Business and contract disputes
Unpaid invoices, broken supply deals, non-competes, and contracts each side reads differently.
Business disputes - 02
Partnership and owner disputes
Deadlocked members, a partner taking money out, a buyout no one can price, a family company splitting.
Partnership disputes - 03
Construction disputes
Payment claims, liens, delay and defect claims for owners, general contractors, subs and suppliers.
Construction disputes - 04
Real estate litigation
Boundary lines, easements, title defects, failed closings and commercial lease defaults.
Real estate litigation
How we run a case
The numbers we hold ourselves to
2
lawyers named on every caseA lead and a second, from the first call
1
written case plan before we fileGoals, steps, and a cost range
30
days, at most, between updatesIn writing, even when nothing moved
4
practice groups under one roofSo a mixed case stays in one firm
These figures describe how we staff and report on cases. They are not results or a promise of any outcome.
From clients
What it was like on our side
“We were the ones being sued, and I expected to hear about it when the bill came. Instead I got a written plan in the first week and an update every month.”
Garrett P.Owner, cabinet shop, defended a supply contract claim
“My business partner and I had stopped speaking. Bahram got us to a buyout number both of us could live with, without a trial.”
Renee O.Co-owner, physical therapy clinic
“Marit read every change order on a two-year project before she told us what our lien was worth. She was right about the number.”
Tomas V.Framing subcontractor
Sample quotes for this template. Every case is different, and what we did for one client doesn't predict the result in another.
Start here
Served with papers, or ready to file?
Send the complaint, the contract or the demand letter and a few lines on what happened. A lawyer from the right group calls you back. The first conversation is free.
The first call doesn't make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.