Practice group · Lakshmi Varadan
Real estate litigation
Land disputes get personal fast, because they're about where you live or work. We start with the deed, the survey and the lease.
We represent owners, buyers, sellers, landlords and commercial tenants. Some of these cases are about a line on a map; others are about a closing that fell through or a tenant that stopped paying. We bring quiet title and partition actions, defend them, and handle the commercial lease cases that end up in court.
We act for
Homeowners and neighbors
Buyers and sellers
Commercial landlords
Commercial tenants
Disputes this group handles
Boundaries and easements
Fences, driveways, access roads and the survey nobody agrees with.
Title and quiet title
Clouds on title, old liens, and claims that the land is someone else's.
Failed closings
Earnest money, a buyer who walked, or a seller who wouldn't sign.
Commercial lease defaults
Unpaid rent, early exits, repairs and the owner who signed for the lease personally.
Sample matters
Property cases like these
Quiet title
Cabin lot in Summit County
Title cleared for our clients after a decades-old deed error
Settled
Shared driveway easement
Neighbors signed a recorded maintenance agreement instead of going to trial
$38,000
Earnest money dispute
Returned to a buyer after the seller failed to deliver the promised survey
Invented sample matters for this template, to show the kind of case we take. Past results don't guarantee a similar outcome; every case turns on its own facts.
Questions about property disputes
My neighbor's fence is on my land. What now?
Start with a current survey. Then we look at how long the fence has been there, because time can change who owns the strip.
The buyer backed out. Do I keep the earnest money?
The purchase contract decides that, usually with notice deadlines on both sides. Send it with the dates and the emails.
Can you help a tenant, not just a landlord?
Yes, on commercial leases. We don't handle residential evictions.
A problem with land or a lease?
Send the deed, the survey or the lease. Lakshmi or Idris will tell you what it says.
The first call is free and doesn't make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.