California Property Condemnation Attorney | Eminent Domain Lawyer in San Diego

San Diego Property Condemnation Lawyers

When the government needs to acquire property for roads, schools and other public projects, it has the legal right to do so through direct condemnation or eminent domain. If you have been served a notice of property condemnation, you have a constitutional right to just compensation for your property.

Contact an attorney at Endeman, Lincoln, Turek & Heater for legal representation you can trust. From our San Diego law office, we represent clients throughout California.

Since 1987, attorneys at Endeman, Lincoln, Turek & Heater, LLP have represented property owners with complex property condemnation concerns. We are skilled in determining the best use of the property, assessing the property value and ensuring clients get just compensation.

Strong Background Representing Property Owners in Eminent Domain

Hundreds of residential and agricultural property owners throughout California have hired our attorneys. We have an extensive background working with appraisal experts, engineers, environmental experts and planners to help clients obtain just compensation for their property.

For example, we represented the owner of an 18-unit apartment complex which was condemned for a school expansion. The property owner was initially offered $1.95 million, but we argued that the complex had a higher value due to its ability to be converted into condominiums. As a result, we obtained a settlement of $2,870,000 for the property owner.

With more than 20 years experience in eminent domain, our attorneys have been relied on by other lawyers, appraisers and engineers to teach a variety of classes in condemnation. We have also held leadership positions with local and statewide condemnation organizations. If you have received notice of property condemnation, you need a trusted legal team to protect your interests.

We have a strong background representing clients in eminent domain. Our attorneys also represent business owners in eminent domain.

To make sure you get the maximum value for your property, contact our law office today and set up a free consultation.

We represented a non-profit organization which developed 116 low income rental townhomes and a six story office building in the City Heights neighborhood in San Diego. Soon after completion the occupants began to experience water intrusion and mechanical problems. We brought suit against the general contractor and architect for construction defects. The defendants claimed our client's damages were in the range of $4 million or less. The matter settled during trial for $11,375,000.

We represented 70 residents against the park owner who tried to illegally remove the residents from the park so that he could develop the property as a commercial shopping center. The owner tried to force the residents out by failing to maintain the park and closing the common area facilities at the park. When the residents tried to sell their homes, the park owner refused to allow the homes to remain in the park. A jury awarded $11,700,000 to the residents. The verdict was reduced by the trial judge and a judgment was entered against the defendants in the amount of $9,917,717.

San Diego Gas & Electric condemned a permanent power line easement over the Stonebridge community in Scripps Ranch which was to replace a temporary easement set to expire. SDG&E initially offered the Stonebridge developers $759,000 for the easement. We were then retained and demonstrated the substantial value of the property interests being condemned and the damages that resulted to the remaining property. We obtained a $10,650,000 in settlement before trial on behalf of the property owner developers.

We represented a group of industrial property and business owners who alleged that the County of Riverside had fraudulently induced them to enter into a contract to support the formation of a Mello-Roos district, and then breached that contract by not providing all the promised infrastructure improvements. After a six week trial, obtained a $3.9 million jury verdict based on the jury's finding of fraud and breach of contract.

We represented a City and Water Company in a complex water/power case involving not only Indian water rights but also the first contested Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hydroelectric project re-licensing case. See also Public Law 100-675,102 Stat. 4000 (1988) and amendments. (Firm members also participated in the drafting of federal legislation designed to settle thirty-year dispute over rights to the San Luis Rey River.)

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San Diego Property Condemnation Lawyers

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