Tips on How to Handle Disputes With the Condominium Developer

A. DON’T DO IT YOURSELF Turn the matter over to your experienced community association attorney – otherwise, you will be outgunned and outsmarted, as most developers are sophisticated businesspeople with an army of lawyers. B. DETERMINE WHAT MAY BE AT ISSUE Circulate a questionnaire to all co-owners regarding construction defects and other problems. If the defects…

On the Board: Legal Aid

By Robert M. Meisner, Esq. Listen up, board members: The community association attorney does not work for you. The attorney is accountable to the entity that hired him or her, namely the community association itself. The board members govern the association, but they are not the client. Some community association board members believe the association…