Your home is your castle, and likely the biggest investment that you will make in your life.  When your property value is threatened, a good attorney can make all the difference.  Whether dealing with contractors, neighbors, landlords, tenants, or buyers/sellers, Andrew Paris Law is ready to help protect your rights as a property owner.  

Real Estate Sale Disputes

For most individuals and businesses, your real estate is your biggest asset.  Andrew Paris law can assist clients in purchase and sale disputes. For most residential home sales, Oregonians typically have a special dispute resolution clause that requires buyers and sellers to participate in mediation, followed by binding arbitration. Oregon also requires most sellers to provide buyers with a standard disclosure form. These disclosures form the basis for most litigation between residential buyers and sellers in Oregon as buyers claim that sellers misrepresented the condition of their new home. Andrew Paris represents both buyers and sellers in these disputes through the OREF standard dispute resolution process.

Neighbor Disputes and Adverse Possession

Unfortunately, we don't get to pick our neighbors.  Individuals and businesses have rights under Oregon Law and City Codes to protect their property from difficult neighbors.  Andrew Paris Law can help you deal with issues of trespass, encroachment, and property damage.  Sometimes it simply takes a strongly worded letter to achieve a client's goals.  Sometimes it takes litigation through a jury verdict.  Either way, Andrew Paris Law is here to help you.

Some of the most heated litigation in Oregon can be over the question of where your property line is.  Adverse possession claims seem to be becoming more and more common in Oregon as old surveys are re-evaluated and people discover that property lines aren’t where they thought they were.  Adverse possession is a particularly complicated claim to bring or defend against.  Andrew Paris is experienced in these cases and can help you to protect your real estate against people trying to take it from you.  

Commercial Landlord/Tenant Law

Unlike the highly regulated residential landlord/tenant sector, commercial landlord/tenant cases rely highly on the right to contract, with courts relying on what the parties agreed to to determine the rights of owners and tenants. A good contract and a good understanding of your rights can help businesses avoid disaster by anticipating risks and future problems. Andrew Paris represents both commercial landlords and tenants in disputes over possession, payment, and contract enforcement. Andrew Paris also advises both landlords and tenants on leases.

Construction Disputes

Oregon law requires that most people follow a special process through the Construction Contractors Board, including mediation, before suing a contractor in order to have access to their bond.  Whether you are a contractor or property owner, Andrew Paris Law can assist you with the Oregon CCB process and any subsequent litigation. Andrew Paris represents homeowners and businesses in cases against bad contractors, especially in breach of contract cases.  If you are a contractor looking to defend yourself against a problem client or collect on unpaid invoices, Andrew Paris Law can help protect your business.

Partition

There is a common situation where unmarried people own property together, whether as a business or as inheritance. When two or more people own a piece of property jointly, you are likely tenants in common with a right to partition- the right to force a sale or buyout of your property.  Andrew Paris Law represents clients in partition cases and knows how to negotiate good outcomes for his clients when co-owners no longer get along.