HOA & condominium associations
Legal strategy, construction and insurance experience, and community association management expertise for serious building-wide repair problems. Give the board a clear account of the work, the funding questions and the decisions ahead.
No fee unless money is recovered on accepted matters, subject to a written fee agreement.
Representative results
12-unit condominium property
Defective siding and window installation
The settlement secured full, complete repairs for the 12-unit condo property, including a building-wide repair process and owner-side supervision of the work.
Read the case 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.
Your multidisciplinary team
The community association management expert connects the board’s practical responsibilities with construction and claims analysis. Kelly brings those observations into the legal strategy, while the board retains its decisions.
Kelly McCann · Attorney
Connect the building evidence, potential responsibility and payment sources to a legal strategy.
Former senior insurance adjuster
Identify gaps between the repair evidence, the claim file and the insurer’s stated payment position.
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 association management expert
Bring board decisions, resident access, owner communication and funding pressures into the repair-and-recovery plan.
Commercial real estate expert
Connect repair timing to tenants, operating income, carrying costs and the owner’s constraints.
For the board
We organize the repair, claim and community questions into a Board Decision Packet, tailored to the association and the decisions ahead. The board can see what is known, what remains unresolved and who is responsible for the next step.
Illustrative excerpt · Recurring window leaks in a condominium. This is a hypothetical example, not a client record.
Owner reports and dated photographs identify recurring leaks. The extent of concealed damage and whether the same detail repeats elsewhere remain questions for qualified investigation.
Compare the reported locations, prior repairs and available plans. Define any proposed openings, access arrangements, evidence-preservation steps and specialist scope before authorizing the work.
Review potentially responsible project participants, applicable insurance, defenses and collectibility. Compare those possibilities with urgent repairs, reserves and any interim funding needs; a claim does not eliminate possible assessments.
Identify the investigation decision, the board meeting at which it is needed, and the information still required. Plan resident access notices and owner updates that distinguish confirmed conditions from open questions.
Northwest handles the agreed claim and litigation work. General counsel advises on governance; management coordinates community records and access; engineers, architects and contractors provide their defined technical services. The board approves association decisions.
Maintain a dated decision log, current responsibilities and upcoming deadlines. When board membership changes, the incoming board receives the current position, prior decisions and unresolved choices.
Decide whether to authorize the proposed investigation after scope, cost, access and preservation requirements are explained. Name the responsible adviser and the date for the next report.
Repair obligations and funding decisions may arise before a claim resolves. Recovery, coverage and timing are uncertain; litigation does not guarantee that every repair cost will be paid.
Organizing building and unit recordsYour existing advisers
Our community association management expert works with the board’s existing manager and general counsel. The former superintendent helps examine repair and investigation questions; the former senior adjuster helps evaluate the claim record. Kelly connects their observations to the legal strategy and the board’s next decision.
We coordinate with the association’s engineer, architect, contractor and other advisers rather than automatically replacing them. The engagement defines litigation counsel’s role, and the board, management and general counsel retain their respective governance and operational responsibilities.
Through a change of board
Dated decision logs, current responsibilities and decision-focused updates help new board members understand prior choices without starting the claim again. We identify what is settled, what remains open and what needs action next, with management and general counsel involved as appropriate.
Owners need a clear distinction between investigating a possible recovery and funding repairs now. Neither a claim nor a lawsuit guarantees full funding or removes the need to consider reserves, assessments or urgent work.
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.
Fees & costs
Before representation begins, the written agreement explains attorney fees, the expenses advanced, and how reimbursement is handled—including if there is no recovery.
We generally handle accepted matters on contingency. The agreement sets the fee and the terms that apply to your representation.
We advance litigation costs, including agreed expert and investigation expenses. These are the costs of developing and pursuing the claim.
The money needed to perform construction repairs is separate. Advancing claim expenses does not mean Northwest finances the building work or guarantees full repair funding.
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.
