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PATERSON LEGAL FIRM

Practice Area

Real Estate Law

Purchases, sales, leases, title questions, and property disputes in and around San Antonio.

Real estate work at the firm is about what the documents transfer, what they leave out, and what still has to happen before anyone should treat the deal as finished. The office advises buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants from its San Antonio practice.

On a purchase or sale, the review covers the property being transferred, the price and the conditions, the period between signing and closing, and who bears the risk if a defect appears or a condition is not met. Title questions and the permitted use of the property are raised before the client is committed.

Leasing work looks at rent, the term, maintenance, the right to renew or assign, and how the lease ends. A landlord and a tenant often remember the negotiation differently from the pages they signed. The firm reads the lease that exists, not the conversation that preceded it.

If a transaction becomes a dispute, the lawyers who read the documents can explain the clauses that govern it. The firm does not promise that a closing will occur or that a dispute will end on particular terms.

Matters in this area

These are the kinds of questions the firm discusses. The list is not a promise that every matter will be accepted.

Purchase and sale

Contracts, conditions, and the allocation of risk before closing.

Leases

Commercial and residential leasing questions for landlords and tenants.

Title and due diligence

What the records show, and what they do not, before a transfer.

Use of the property

Whether the intended use fits the documents and the restrictions on the land.

Closing issues

The items that still have to be completed between signing and transfer.

Property disputes

Disagreements that arise from a contract, a lease, or a failed closing.

How a matter begins

The first conversation is used to understand the facts, the documents, and the timing. The firm then says whether it can assist.

  1. 1

    Describe the matter

    Use the consultation form and name this practice area. Do not include highly sensitive facts in the first message.

  2. 2

    Share the papers

    If the firm can review the matter, it will ask for the contract, notice, or other documents that control the next step.

  3. 3

    Agree the scope

    Representation begins only when the firm agrees to act. Until then, there is no attorney-client relationship.

Attorneys in this area

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Michael Brennan

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