Practice Areas

Real Estate

Developers, builders, real estate brokers, lending institutions and private individuals alike rely on our firm to provide them with legal assistance for real estate-related transactions. We often handle the acquisition of properties, and we regularly assist our clients in obtaining zoning and land use approvals and in coordinating professional services like environmental permitting.

Our real estate attorneys are experienced in all areas of real estate transactions, including:

• Commercial and Residential Development
• Acquisition and Sales (including tax deferred exchanges)
• Building and Ground Leases Acquisition 
• Development Financing
• Structuring & documenting condominium and homeowner projects
• e-zoning Special Use and Variance Matters
• Comprehensive Plans
• Concurrency Requirements

Our attorneys frequently render title opinions on everything from single-family homes and undeveloped tracts of land to major developments. Our firm can provide title insurance through virtually any insurance company that does business in the Southeast. We are an agent for several state and national title insurance companies, and we work closely with these companies to identify and resolve any title issues that might arise.

Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon can handle any type of litigation that concerns real property, including:

• Mortgage Foreclosure Actions
• Condemnation and Inverse Condemnation Actions
• Suits to Quiet Title
• Real Property Disputes
• Lender Liability Claims
• Construction Litigation, Including Construction Liens

Attorneys Who are Board Certified in Real Estate

• Alan B. Bookman
• Patrick G. Emmanuel, Jr.
• Sally B. Fox
• John W. Monroe, Jr.

Attorneys Who Practice in Real Estate

• John H. Adams
• Alan B. Bookman
• Gerald L. Brown
• Patrick G. Emmanuel
• Patrick G. Emmanuel, Jr.
• Sally B. Fox
• Charles P. Hoskin
• John W. Monroe, Jr.
• Alan C. Sheppard, Of Counsel
• Cecily M. Welsh

For more information, email us at info@esclaw.com or fill out our online form on our Contact Us page.

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