Legal strategy
Kelly McCann · Attorney
Connect the building evidence, potential responsibility and payment sources to a legal strategy.
Our Approach
One property problem. One coordinated strategy.
Getting repairs paid for starts with understanding what the work requires.
Insurance and legal analysis help identify who may owe payment. The needs of the owner, residents, or business shape the decisions along the way. We bring those questions together.
A proposed resolution can fall short if it is assessed without the repair requirements, timing, and owner’s circumstances.
Connected around your property and priorities.
- The property
- Damage, repair, evidence
- The owner
- Priorities, continuity, costs
- The decision
- Authority, information, risk
Your multidisciplinary team
Five perspectives.
One coordinated engagement.
Construction, insurance, community association management, commercial real estate and law each contribute something different. We combine those perspectives in one plan, with involvement tailored to the matter.
Insurance & claims
Former senior insurance adjuster
Identify gaps between the repair evidence, the claim file and the insurer’s stated payment position.
Construction & repair
Former construction superintendent
Test whether a proposed repair accounts for access, sequencing, affected assemblies and the work needed to put the building back together.
Community associations
Community association management expert
Bring board decisions, resident access, owner communication and funding pressures into the repair-and-recovery plan.
Commercial real estate
Commercial real estate expert
Connect repair timing to tenants, operating income, carrying costs and the owner’s constraints.
From engagement to the next decision
Keep the plan current.
Keep the client informed.
The team’s findings inform the repair-and-recovery plan. The initial plan sets the investigation and recovery priorities; decision memoranda address major choices; progress updates explain what has changed. Scope and timing are tailored to each engagement.
Decision-focused progress update
Illustrative excerptHypothetical example following an initial inspection. No client information or actual findings are used.
What changed
The inspection raises a question about concealed damage beyond the visible leak. The current record does not yet establish its extent.
Why it matters
A repair estimate prepared without that information may miss necessary work. The claim position should distinguish known conditions from assumptions.
What the team is doing
Construction and insurance perspectives identify the evidence gaps. The association or commercial expert addresses access and occupancy consequences. Kelly reviews preservation and legal timing.
What you need to decide
Whether to authorize a defined specialist investigation once scope, cost and access arrangements are available. The update identifies who will obtain each item and when it will return for review.
One continuing record
The plan, decision log and current responsibilities carry forward as new evidence arrives, the other side’s position changes, or a board or ownership representative changes.
Illustrative team walkthrough
One leak. Several connected decisions.
This hypothetical example shows how the perspectives work together. It is not a client matter or a prediction of coverage, liability or recovery.
Construction identifies the question
A recurring window leak raises a question about a repeated exterior detail. The former superintendent helps frame investigation with the appropriate building specialist before a patch is accepted as a complete scope.
Insurance tests the payment position
The former senior adjuster compares the claim record and insurer’s explanation with the repair findings. Missing evidence and unresolved coverage questions are brought to Kelly for legal analysis.
Community management plans for the people
The community association expert considers resident access, owner communication, board decisions and continuity. Those needs inform the investigation schedule and the board’s decision packet.
Commercial real estate tests the operating consequences
For an income-producing property, the commercial real estate expert considers tenant disruption, carrying costs and timing. Those constraints inform the comparison of repair and resolution options.
Legal strategy connects evidence to available remedies
The legal strategy addresses preservation, deadlines, potential responsibility and collectible recovery. The client receives the investigation options, remaining uncertainties and the decision needed next.
Published results
The work in actual matters.
Construction and insurance disputes require different evidence. These published matters show the work and the result for each owner.
Explore all case resultsCondominium construction
Full repairsSecured for all 12 units
Building-wide siding and window repairs for a 12-unit condominium.
Built the defect proof and secured a complete repair program with owner-side oversight.
Read the resultCommercial insurance
$1.8 millionRecovered
A Portland strip-center water loss and insurance shortfall.
Brought policy language, repair pricing, code upgrades, and loss-of-rent evidence into the claim.
Read the resultRepresentative results are examples only. Every matter depends on its own facts, evidence, timing, contracts, policies, parties, defenses, damages, and applicable law. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Construction and insurance experience, on one team.
From analysis to action
A strong claim.
A considered next move.
Put the evidence to work in pursuit of the owner’s objectives.
These are connected parts of the work, not a fixed sequence. New evidence or a changed position can require us to revisit the proof, the decision, and the next move.
Build the proof.
Connect the physical condition and repair requirements to supporting evidence. Investigate what failed, preserve the proof, and document relevant household, community, or operating impacts.
What happened? What can we prove?
Understand the decision.
Assess who may be responsible and where payment may come from. Identify who has decision-making authority and which factual or legal issues shape the other side’s position.
Who can change the outcome?
Choose the next move.
Pursue negotiation or litigation as the matter requires. Evaluate each next step and proposed resolution against the evidence, risk, timing, repair needs, and owner’s objectives.
What should happen next?
Settlement or trial. The decision is yours.
The owner’s priorities
What a resolution needs to address.
Practical impacts shape decisions; whether they are legally recoverable depends on the facts and applicable law.
Homeowners
The home.The household.The path to repair.
Durable repairs, temporary housing, disruption, and household costs help define the owner’s priorities for resolution.
Associations
The buildings.The board.The community.
The board needs to weigh repair options, communicate with owners, and plan around access, disruption, and funding pressures.
Commercial owners
The asset.The tenants.The operating business.
Restoration timing affects tenants, income, and carrying costs. Those operating pressures help shape the owner’s decisions.
Kelly McCannAttorneyConversations with our team
Construction and insurance problems, explained.
What does getting repairs paid for involve? Who controls payment? How do you weigh settlement against trial? Explore the questions that matter to property owners.
Explore the video libraryStart with your property
Put your property
and priorities in context.
Tell us what happened, what needs to be fixed, and what the disruption means for you. You do not need a complete file to begin.