Practice Areas
REAL ESTATE LITIGATION
Our firm's strengths in real estate and zoning complement our experience in real-estate related litigation. Familiarity with local real estate markets, potential experts and other real estate professionals is crucial to this type of litigation. We handle matters including:
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Eminent domain and condemnation
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Partition
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Real Estate contract litigation
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Easement and title disputes
Illustrative Representation and Transactions:
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Favorably resolved litigation concerning multi-county business arrangement involving partition, joint venture and breach of fiduciary duty claims for commercial agriculture operation.
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Successfully challenged "downzoning" and other efforts to thwart subdivision of over 500 acres in Loudoun County, allowing for negotiation and sale of property in excess of $15,000,000;
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Obtained dismissal of slander of title claim in case of first impression for Virginia state courts on statute of limitations;
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Handled varied eminent domain cases and obtained favorable resolutions in cases against VDOT, County of Loudoun, and other localities, including settlements with valuable non-monetary compensation and tax advantages;
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Defeated attempts to revoke or alter development permits by prosecuting successful Board of Zoning Appeal and Circuit Court challenges.
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Favorably resolved eminent domain proceeding by Virginia Power against major commercial landowner involving installation of power transmission lines.
Attorneys for this Practice Area:
William H. Atwill, Jr.
Benjamin D. Leigh
Michael A. Mattock
C. Patrick Tench
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