Real Estate Litigation and Title Disputes

Real Estate Litigation

Goldberg Segalla offers a full range of real estate litigation services to help property owners, developers, lessees, and lessors protect their interests and advance their goals in today’s volatile real estate market.

Attorneys on our Real Estate Litigation and Title Disputes team counsel clients on the acquisition, use, and sale of real property, and represent their position in litigation and disputes, and have significant experience with multi-state real estate litigations as well as matters such as litigating complex consumer finance claims on behalf of banks, mortgage lenders, and mortgage services; and representing large developers in land use claims, including the disputes touching on the full spectrum of concerns related to transactional and environmental due diligence

Title Disputes

Goldberg Segalla represents insurance companies, their insured owners and lenders to protect the validity of title. Attorneys on our Real Estate Litigation and Title Disputes team have experience handling matters up to circumstances where seven-, eight-, and nine-figure title disputes are at issue, including but not limited to matters relating to deed theft, fraudulent inducement, forgery, adverse possession, boundary line disputes, and challenges to lien priority.

Our practice includes:

• Title and priority issue litigation concerning property line disputes, mechanic’s liens, easements, notices of pendency, and adverse possession claims
• Reviewing title reports and clearing title exceptions
• Mortgage fraud, fraudulent real estate conveyances, and forgeries
• Lender underwriting procedures and title agent’s due diligence
• Coverage investigation, response, recoupment, and litigation
• Expert opinions in bad faith litigation
• Equity analysis surrounding mortgages, property liens, and subrogation
• Advising on commercial and residential defaults and mortgage disputes
• Bankruptcy proceedings involving motions to lift stays and adversary proceedings
• Tax proceedings and representing municipalities
• In rem tax proceedings and foreclosure sales
• Lease disputes
• Representing developers and property owners in actions concerning land use and zoning
• Lobbying efforts to resolve issues with prior governmental properties