Real Estate Law

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Areas of Practice


REAL ESTATE LITIGATION

JLG’s real estate litigation practice focuses on being tough advocates for our clients from local administrative board hearings all the way up to the State Supreme Court. However, we recognize that there is no one-size-fits-all litigation strategy and that the most effective counselors provide honest legal analysis of a case and that it is important to revisit that analysis as the case evolves. No client should decide on a litigation strategy without first understanding its true cost. Therefore, JLG emphasizes strong client participation and education in cooperatively developing a litigation strategy. 

We assist clients in all manner of real estate disputes and general business litigation. This includes: 

  • Real Estate Purchase and Construction Contract disputes

  • Landlord/tenant work and dispossessory actions

  • General Business Litigation

  • Title litigation including quiet title actions and boundary line disputes

  • Leasing Disputes

  • Foreclosure Related Actions

  • Eminent Domain Claims

  • Community Association Lawsuits

  • Creditor Debtor Litigation

  • Corporate Management Disputes


Property tax Litigation 

JLG’s founder, Allie Jett, has spent the length of her legal career working closely in the property tax industry and has litigated many cases up to the appellate level, developing a depth of experience matched by few in the state. Her work in this area includes: 

  • Property Tax Assessment and Exemption Appeals

  • Advising parties on the acquisitions of tax liens and tax deeds and effective management of those portfolios

  • Procedures for foreclosing the right of redemption

  • Confirmatory quiet title actions

  • Surplus funds management and claims

  • Representing county and municipal taxing agencies in judicial in rem tax sales and other matters


Trusts and estates

So often, many of the title issues raised in our property litigation practice arise from heirs property issues. Therefore we end up in probate court far more frequently than we expected. To that end, JLG’s probate work includes:

  • Administrations of Intestate Estates

  • Probate of Testate Estates

  • Actions for Year’s Support

  • Petitions for No Administration Necessary

  • Guardianship and Conservatorship Actions