Commercial apartment building
$3.6 million recovered
Construction delays, excessive change orders, water intrusion, and construction defects
The matter resolved with a $3.6 million recovery after a $0 settlement offer.
Read the case result
Commercial property owners
The repairs. The business. The claim.
A multidisciplinary team helping commercial building owners address construction defects, builder disputes, insurance claim problems, and lost income alongside repair and operating decisions.
No fee unless money is recovered on accepted matters, subject to a written fee agreement.
Representative results
Recovery connected to the cost of restoration.
Representative 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.
Your multidisciplinary team
Five perspectives.
One coordinated engagement.
The commercial real estate expert brings the owner’s operating constraints into the same conversation as construction, insurance and law. A repair choice and a claim choice need to be evaluated together.
Legal strategy
Kelly McCann · Attorney
Connect the building evidence, potential responsibility and payment sources to a legal strategy.
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.
Protect the building—and its balance sheet.
Owner decisions
Coordinate the claim with the operating decisions
Owners may need to make repair, leasing, cash-flow and financing decisions while the claim is still disputed. Organize those decisions around a shared timeline so the legal review reflects how the asset operates.
Practical impacts shape decisions; whether they are legally recoverable depends on the facts and applicable law.
Our Approach to the proof, recovery options, and operating decisionsDecisions and the information behind them
| Owner responsibility | Information to put in context |
|---|---|
| Tenants and operations | Affected space, access restrictions, tenant communications and operating changes. |
| Repair sequencing | Scope options, contractor availability, dependencies and restoration milestones. |
| Lenders and ownership | Reporting dates, financing constraints and decisions requiring approval. |
| Income and carrying costs | Rent records, repair payments and the connection between damage and the claimed financial effects. |
- Owner responsibility
- Tenants and operations
- Information to put in context
- Affected space, access restrictions, tenant communications and operating changes.
- Owner responsibility
- Repair sequencing
- Information to put in context
- Scope options, contractor availability, dependencies and restoration milestones.
- Owner responsibility
- Lenders and ownership
- Information to put in context
- Reporting dates, financing constraints and decisions requiring approval.
- Owner responsibility
- Income and carrying costs
- Information to put in context
- Rent records, repair payments and the connection between damage and the claimed financial effects.
A decision memo for the next owner choice.
The commercial real estate expert helps connect these operating records with repair and claim choices. Legal analysis addresses the available claims and remedies, alongside input from your existing property manager, counsel, technical consultants and financial advisers.
Explore the illustrative Property Decision MemoPrepare for the first conversation
Begin with a short summary of the issue, the property and the decisions ahead. Prepare the records listed here; the firm will explain which documents to provide and how to provide them.
- An overview of the damaged property and affected operations
- Repair milestones and pending ownership decisions
- Existing counsel, consultants and other participants
- The policy, contracts, rent and accounting records to prepare for later review
Next step
Put your property and responsibilities in context.
Tell us what happened, who is involved and the decisions you need to make. A complete repair scope or a settled legal theory is not needed to request the initial review.
No fee unless money is recovered for you on accepted matters, subject to a written fee agreement.