Property Rights and Taking Claims We Handle

Owners’ Counsel of America focuses is on eminent domain takings, inverse condemnation, and regulatory takings. OCA attorneys represent property owners against the government, transportation authorities, utilities, energy companies, redevelopment agencies and any other agency granted the power of eminent domain.  An OCA property rights lawyer can help you navigate the complex and often confusing condemnation process and can assist with any of the following issues:

• Understanding the steps and stages of an eminent domain proceeding
• Pre-condemnation planning
• Negotiations and settlement discussions with condemning authorities
• Challenging condemnation when necessary or the abuse of eminent domain
• Defending against private redevelopment and blight
• Relocation rights
• Obtaining just compensation for private property taken
• Filing and prosecuting an inverse condemnation claim
• Filing and prosecuting a regulatory takings claim
• Pursuing appellate rights in any of these legal areas

Property Issues We Typically Do Not Handle

Owners’ Counsel of America and OCA lawyers strive to help as many property owners as possible. However, there are a number of property-related issues that we typically do not handle. Within this category are the following matters:

• General Real Estate Matters
• Property Disputes Between Private Landowners
• Landlord and Tenant Disputes
• Short Term Rental Disputes
• Housing Disputes and Evictions
• Foreclosure and Real Estate Liens
• Public Nuisance Cases
• Seizures of Property Due to Building and Land Use Code Violations (Click here however for a useful article on this issue)
• Zoning and Land Use Code Violations

If you are dealing with any of the above legal matters, an experienced and knowledgeable real estate or land use lawyer in your community should be able to advise and assist you. If you cannot afford to hire legal counsel, you may wish to contact the Attorney Bar Association in your state, county or city or a Legal Aid organization in your community.