PRACTICE AREAS
Guala Law Firm offers clients professional representation and personalized service. Keep reading to learn more about the firm’s practice areas.
Practices
BUSINESS LAW AND CONTRACTS
Assisting entities and business clients with legal issues in numerous areas such as:
- Business transactions;
- Contracts and agreements;
- Dispute resolution;
- Risk management;
- Business and entity formation;
- Legal compliance;
- Corporate matters.
CONDOMINIUM AND HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION LAW
Condominium and planned development law is the practice of law that involves: (1) serving as counsel to community associations, property owners, community association members, sellers, purchasers, developers, lenders, governmental agencies, and investors in matters related to community associations and planned developments; (2) drafting governing documents or their amendments, and preparing filings with governmental agencies that regulate community associations or planned developments; (3) serving in or for governmental agencies which regulate community associations or planned developments; (4) representing parties in construction lien and defect claims, collection of assessment actions, governing document and community association statutory enforcement and dispute actions, and other litigation, arbitration, and mediation in matters relating to community associations or planned developments; and (5) planning, development, construction, and financing of condominium or planned development communities.
Guala Law Firm’s Managing Shareholder, Peter J. Guala, is a Board Certified Expert in Condominium and Planned Development Law. This practice area is also referred to as community association law. We have extensive experience in representing condominium associations, unit owners, and homeowners’ associations before, during and after transfer of association control from the developer to unit owners. Among our experience and services in this specialized practice area include:
- Condominium association representation;
- Homeowners’ association representation;
- Outside general counsel and representation;
- Legal advice regarding day to day matters;
- Negotiation of bulk telecommunications (cable and internet services) agreements including, new system installation and overbuild scenarios;
- Assisting management and the board of directors with preparation for board and membership meetings including, board of directors elections;
- Attending and conducting meetings and elections;
- Preparation of notice packages regarding regular and special meetings of the board and membership;
- Guidance on fair housing issues;
- Preparation and negotiation of service agreements;
- Interpretation and enforcement of the governing documents;
- Litigation, arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution;
- Drafting amendments to governing documents, and providing counsel on related issues such as adoption by the association;
- Preparation of board resolutions and unanimous consents to board action;
- Partial and full transfer of association control to unit owners other than the developer;
- Guidance on electronic voting including formalities for the association to authorize an online voting system;
- Collection and foreclosure regarding past due assessments;
- Tenant rent demands and their enforcement, landlord/tenant issues and eviction matters;
- Review and negotiation of agreements for operation, maintenance, or management of the association or property serving the owners;
- Official records issues including assisting the association with preparation and adoption of reasonable rules regarding the frequency, time, location, notice, and manner of record inspections;
- Covenant / community preservation from Marketable Record Title Act;
- Preparation and negotiation of easements, licenses and access agreements;
- General real estate issues.
Outside General Counsel
Ongoing legal assistance designed to fit your needs in various legal matters such as:
- Contract drafting, review, and negotiation;
- Strategic legal counsel and advice on day-to-day matters;
- Legal compliance;
- Risk management;
- Dispute resolution.