Litigation

Overview

There are times when litigation is inevitable, and when that occurs, Jellum Law has an experienced team of litigators ready to protect the interests of our clients in business, banking and commercial real estate disputes.

Banking Litigation

Jellum Law represents financial institutions of every size and scope throughout the country with litigation, loan documentation, enforcement process, and regulatory matters. We are not just litigators who happen to be handling a matter for a financial institution. We are uniquely suited to handle the litigation of cases involving claims and defenses faced by financial institutions today. The attorneys at Jellum Law protect the interest of our clients in virtually every nuance of lending and collection including:

• Commercial loan document enforcement
• Default credit transactions
• Loan workouts
• Receiverships
• Foreclosure
• Repossession
• Bankruptcy
• Creditors’ rights
• Judgments, execution, fraudulent conveyance
• Collections
• Lending Operations
• Contracts
• Insurance coverage
• Truth-in-Lending (TILA)
• Privacy issues
• Federal Reserve Act Sections 23A and 23B
• Lending limits, state and federal
• State and federal regulatory issues
• Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
• Lender liability claims
• Fiduciary duty
• Negligence
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
• Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
• Minnesota’s Equity Stripping laws
• SBA Loan Liquidation and Collection

Business and Commercial Real Estate Litigation

Jellum Law’s attorneys are particularly attuned to the impact of legal issues on our clients’ business. We take a pragmatic approach to business disputes, putting the long-term health of your business first. Our skillsets, experience in litigation and appeals, effort, and persistence results in successful outcomes for our clients.

Our Business and Commercial Real Estate Litigation Clients:

• Contractors
• Real estate developers and brokers
• Lumber and building suppliers
• Manufacturers
• Software companies
• Real Estate
• Landlords
• Homeowners associations

Likewise, Jellum Law represents businesses, developers, and landowners of single-family dwellings, residential and business condominiums, commercial buildings, manufacturing facilities, office complexes, planned unit development, and residential single-unit or multi-unit housing plats. When it comes to real estate and property development disputes, Jellum Law attorneys have the skills and experience to assist our clients in resolving those disputes. We go toe-to-toe if the matter calls for offensive pursuit or look for creative ways to resolve the matter, keeping legal fees manageable and optimizing potential outcomes.

Jellum Law attorneys have decades of experience serving as effective advocates for our clients in real estate related litigation, including:

• Adverse possession
• Contract disputes
• Closing disputes
• Common Interest Community law
• Assessment and judgment collection
• Covenant violation disputes
• Construction law
• Mechanic’s liens and construction liens enforcement, defense, and foreclosure
• Creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, and collections
• Finance
• Land Development
• Landlord/Tenant Law
• Commercial leasing
• Residential leasing
• Landlord/Tenant disputes
• Unlawful Detainer/Eviction actions
• Rent Abatement actions
• City Ordinance compliance
• Misrepresentation and fraud
• Property tax appeals
• Title Disputes
• Abstract property issues
• Contract for deed
• Land registration matters
• Torrens-proceedings subsequent to registration
• Title examination and clearing
• Title actions
• Quiet title litigation
• Zoning and Land Use Restrictions
• Boundary disputes
• Condemnation
• Easement and encroachment issues
• Environmental issues
• Permitting
• Wetlands