Construction Law

Real Estate Law

Labor + Employment Law

Business Litigation Law

Corporate Law

Estate Planning

Miller, Morton, Caillat and Nevis has a broad real estate practice with expertise in all areas of the real estate industry. Our transactional attorneys handle all facets of acquisition, financing, planning, utilization, development, operation, and disposition of real property. We recognize that the lawyer’s role goes beyond merely preparing the appropriate documents. Our lawyers analyze each transaction in an effort to understand our client’s objectives and, when necessary, to arrive at creative solutions to achieve those objectives. As a result, our attorneys are known as “deal makers,” rather than “deal killers.”

Our litigation attorneys represent owners, developers, buyers, sellers, commercial and residential real estate brokers and agents, lenders, borrowers, mortgage brokers, landlords, tenants and property managers. Our attorneys represent these clients in disputes arising from the purchase, ownership, use, development, sale and lease of real property in both residential and commercial matters. Our attorneys have tried many cases before juries and judges and participated in numerous binding arbitrations. Based upon their experience and success, our attorneys are hired as private mediators and arbitrators to resolve other disputes.

TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES

	•		Purchase and Sales Contracts for commercial, residential, industrial and agricultural land including real estate acquisition and sale advice for tax planning and real property exchanges.
	•		Retail, commercial and residential leases including office, ground and shopping center leases.
	•		Commercial lending.

LITIGATION SERVICES

	•		Residential homeowner disputes representing buyers, sellers, agents, brokers, and inspectors.
	•		Commercial litigation arising from the purchase and sale or lease of real property.
	•		Boundary disputes including encroachments, nuisances and easements.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

	•		Formation and representation of an investor group to acquire a retail shopping center containing approximately 228,139 square feet of rentable space situated on leased land, to refinance the existing financing with a conduit lender and to coordinate the eventual sale of the shopping center for $51,000,000
	•		Negotiation and documentation of the sale of a 422,536 square foot downtown office complex
	•		Successful representation of the buyer of a residential property in a dispute with the seller, a beneficiary under a deed of trust, and a title company where the title company failed to identify a deed of trust recorded against the seller’s interest in the property prior to the sale.
	•		Currently serving as corporate counsel for several residential real estate brokers to provide advice as to specific issues involving residential real estate transactions and the operation of the business, as well as serving as defense counsel in actions filed against the brokers and their agents