McCullough Hill attorneys help clients navigate the complexities of both the threat of condemnation and after agency filing of condemnation litigation. While many condemnation attorneys focus on the “backend” of the process by concentrating on the appraisals and compensation portion, the McCullough Hill team adds unique value by focusing on the preventive side. Our team advances our clients’ interests by seeking to avoid or minimize the harm that a potential condemnation presents to property owners.
Using considerable land use, real estate, government agency and political expertise, our attorneys strive to shape threatened condemnation to prevent or mitigate harm to client real estate. While not always possible, our attorneys have been able to eliminate the threat of condemnation, to obtain city council reversal of condemnation approval, and in the situation of a private utility company condemnation, defeat the claim for public use and necessity required for all condemnations.
When condemnations center on setting the fair market value for a real estate asset, our attorneys again use land use and real estate expertise to assert highest and best use according to appraisal standards and case law