The Irons Law Group has significant experience litigating disputes involving a wide range of construction and real estate-related matters. Our attorneys draw upon their extensive knowledge of the construction and real estate industries and their clients’ businesses when crafting the most practical and cost-efficient strategies to successfully resolve a construction or real estate dispute. We first explore alternative dispute resolution methods, such as negotiation, settlement, or mediation. When litigation becomes inevitable, our attorneys serve as effective advocates for our clients’ interests in the courtroom, in arbitration proceedings, and before administrative boards as well as federal, state, and local government bodies.
In the area of construction law, we represent building owners, developers, design professionals, sureties, contractors, suppliers, and persons seeking their services. We litigate a wide range of construction-related matters, such as:
- Adjoining landowner disputes
- Americans with Disabilities Act, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Federal Housing Administration violations
- Breach of warranty disputes
- Catastrophic building system failures
- Concealed and differing site conditions
- Construction workmanship defects
- Construction-related environmental claims
- Default, termination, and surety matters
- Delay, disruption, acceleration, and time impacts
- Design changes, deficiencies, and defects
- Insurance coverage issues
- Lien, bond, and contractual payment claims
- Permitting and regulatory issues
- Protection of contractors’ trade secrets and data rights
- Wrongful death actions
In the area of real estate litigation, we represent buyers, sellers, developers, lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, managing agents, investors, title companies, brokers and agents, mortgage companies, and mortgagees with regard to such matters as:
- Administrative code and safety violations
- Brokerage commissions disputes
- Claims arising out of escrow agreements
- Condemnation cases
- Contract disputes in rehabilitation, renovation, and construction projects
- Demolition and construction disputes
- Disputes involving the development and management of large-scale commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects and medical facilities
- Disputes over real estate purchase agreements and options, including actions for money damages and for specific performance
- Eminent domain disputes
- Environmental issues, including property contamination and clean-up
- Insurance disputes
- Landlord-tenant disputes
- Mortgage foreclosure actions
- Premises liability actions
- Property tax cases and tax-exemption issues
- Real estate syndication and partnership disputes
- Receiverships and related proceedings
- Title insurance claims
- Title issues, including disputes over boundary lines, access, easements, licenses, and adverse possession
- Secured transaction claims
- Zoning and other land use disputes
