Civil & Commercial Litigation

 

General Civil and Commercial Litigation


We have an experienced litigation team with a solid record of successful outcomes in representing condominium associations, homeowner associations, cooperatives, and real estate developers and managers in civil litigation of all kinds, including in federal and state trial courts and specialized courts such as the Land Court in Massachusetts, and other forums throughout New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Maine.

Our litigators use their specialized knowledge of condominium and real estate law to create leverage designed both to position the case for early resolution and increase the opportunity for a successful trial outcome. We have initiated and defended actions for our condominium clients in cases ranging from rules enforcement, document interpretation, homeowner disputes, property damage claims, housing discrimination claims, construction defect matters, contract disputes, premises liability claims, and phasing and development rights claims as well as many more. 

Our firm has been a leader in this practice area for decades and many of the important condominium cases in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire have been prosecuted and defended by our litigation team. We have also been retained with increasing frequency to represent condominium associations in insurance-related disputes, a burgeoning litigation area in which our attorneys have considerable experience.  The firm also serves as panel counsel for several insurance companies, which allows us to provide our clients with continuity of representation in complex matters.

 

We’re More than Litigation


We also work extensively on a broad range of real estate and development issues that are a natural extension of our condominium and homeowner practice, including landowner rights, zoning, and land use issues, environmental claims, easement rights, and view and air rights, among others.

Because of the firm’s reputation as a specialist in community association law, our attorneys are often consulted by other attorneys and recruited by the Community Associations Institute and other organizations to provide input and participate in litigation with national implications for the condominium and homeowner association communities