Real Estate Disputes
Title, boundary, easement, and restrictive covenant litigation affecting the value or use of real property.
What this case is really about
Complex real property disputes between private parties call for the same trial-ready approach we bring to condemnation work. Whether the issue is a disputed boundary, a blocked easement, or a restrictive covenant that no longer fits the land, the case is won on facts assembled long before the pleadings.
Owners in these situations
- Owners in boundary, easement, and prescriptive-rights disputes
- Parties enforcing or challenging restrictive covenants
- Riparian and littoral owners with waterfront rights at issue
- Buyers and sellers pursuing broker liability or title claims
Common matters
Quiet title actions, prescriptive and implied easements, boundary line disputes, restrictive covenant enforcement and challenge, riparian and littoral rights, adverse possession, and broker liability.
Approach
We invest in surveys, title chains, and historical records early. Real property disputes are won on facts assembled before the pleadings — plats from the 1800s, chain-of-title research, and boots-on-the-ground site work.
Where litigation meets negotiation
Many private disputes settle once the record is built. We prepare each matter to try — which is what makes settlement possible on the owner's terms.
A trial-ready process, start to finish
Title & Survey
We commission the survey and pull the title chain that anchor the factual record.
Historical Research
Deeds, plats, and prior litigation going back decades — sometimes a century — build the story of the parcel.
Pre-Litigation Resolution
With a strong record in hand, most disputes settle without a filed complaint.
Trial When Needed
Quiet title, easement, and covenant cases go to bench trial. We're ready when the other side won't move.
Signals it's time for counsel
Any one of these means the clock is running. Early counsel almost always improves the outcome — and sometimes preserves rights that would otherwise be lost entirely.
Request a Consultation- 01A neighbor claims a portion of your parcel based on use or a disputed line
- 02A recorded easement is being used beyond its scope — or is being blocked
- 03A restrictive covenant is being enforced selectively or has arguably been abandoned
- 04A survey or title issue is holding up a sale or refinance
Frequently asked
Do you handle contract-only real estate matters?
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Our focus is litigation. We often work with transactional counsel to resolve disputes when contracts break down.
How long does a boundary or easement case take?
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Simple matters resolve in months once the survey and record are in place; contested trials can run a year or more.
Ready to discuss your real estate disputes matter?
Initial consultations are confidential and without obligation. Bring the notice, offer, or letter that brought you here — we'll tell you what we see.
Other practice areas
Eminent Domain
Direct condemnation by state, federal, or quasi-public entities for roads, utilities, pipelines, and infrastructure.
Inverse Condemnation
When government action takes or substantially damages property without formal condemnation.
Land Use & Regulation
Zoning, permitting denials, and regulations that strip economic value from real property.
Property Valuation
Highest-and-best-use analysis, before-and-after valuation, and cross-examination of opposing appraisers.