Common-Interest Community Associations

• Mr. Via is experienced in representing community associations through Maryland and the District of Columbia

Counsel to Boards of Directors

• Advises association boards on day-to-day business operations, compliance with governing documents, operating procedures, meetings, quorum, voting and proxy issues, insurance matters, director issues and disputes, member issues and disputes, financial and real property transactions, land use and rezoning issues, assessment collections, and appropriate responses to changing federal, state and local laws

Contract Negotiations and Dispute Resolution

• Experienced in negotiating agreements for construction, maintenance and improvements of the Association's property and common facilities

Real Estate and Land Use

• Represents large master property owner association clients in obtaining rezoning for capital improvements to the community facilities
• Represents community association clients before local, county and city governments on land use and zoning issues
• Represents large and small association clients in real property transactions involving the acquisition and sale of land, boundary dispute issues, and the negotiation of public and private easements, licenses and covenants, including considerable experience in negotiating bulk cable television and internet contracts

Governing Documents

• Extensive experience in consulting on and preparing amendments to the governing documents for both traditional and age-restricted communities
• Prepares corporate and governing documents for large master property owners' associations and smaller property owners' associations

Community Association Litigation

• Represents both large and small association clients in litigation and administrative proceedings involving fair housing disputes, foreclosures, eminent domain and condemnation matters, covenants and rules compliance, and contract disputes.  Mr. Via is also regularly retained by insurers to defend Common Interest Communities in claims against associations involving alleged breach of fiduciary duty by Directors
• Recently successfully defended a DC condominium association in a several hundred thousand dollar breach of fiduciary duty/retaliation claim in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the DC Court of Appeals

Developer/Warranty Issues

• Negotiated favorable results for associations in numerous statutory warranty claims in Maryland and DC

Other Litigation

• Successfully litigated numerous cases in Maryland and the District of Columbia in a wide variety of issues including  employment law, fair housing complaints, contract disputes, construction law and insurance coverage issues

Commercial and Residential Development

• Advises real estate development clients on the formation and administration of  both residential and commercial common-interest community associations, including preparation of condominium instruments, declarations, corporate documents and rules and regulations, and common-interest community association administration during the development control period