Blog Posts in December, 2017

Stay in Forgery Case: James J. Quail & Associates Successes

James J. Quail & Associates, P.C. is known throughout Massapequa and the rest of New York for taking on complicated real estate law cases and coming out on top for our clients. In a recent case, we had the opportunity to represent the owner of a piece of property that was conveyed several times over the years for the purpose of bank fraud. Conveyance of a piece of property is the transfer of ...

Probate & Real Estate Matter: James J. Quail & Associates Successes

There will always be an inherent conflict of an interest between every attorney and their client. A law firm earns money by billing the client for legal fees, but the client trusts the law firm to conclude a case as quickly as possible. However, taking a case into litigation often has the opposite effect on resolving the ongoing matter in a “timely” fashion. Only by approaching the matter with an ...

Stay of Auction and Traverse Hearing for Service: James J. Quail & Associates Successes

James J. Quail & Associates, P.C. recently had the chance to represent a client who owned more than a dozen properties and ran into some real estate law trouble. One of the properties owned by our client appeared to be involved with a bank that walked away from enforcing a loan. A foreclosure action had been commenced in 2010 but then dismissed years later for impropriety. Our client was not ...

Displaced Tenant from Foreclosure: James J. Quail & Associates Successes

James J. Quail & Associates, P.C. and our Massapequa real estate attorneys were retained to represent a tenant who resided in a property location that was foreclosed . This is always a difficult and legally sensitive situation. On one hand, the bank has the right to foreclose property that has fallen behind on mortgage payments. On the other hand, a third-party tenant has the right to housing, ...