Legal Services
Drawing on our firm's background in real estate and our successful completion of thousands of commercial, industrial, and residential real estate transactions spanning nearly three decades, Lorimont brokers can provide litigation consulting and expert witness services for real estate-based legal matters.
We have expertise in local and regional market valuation, practices, and customs, as well as subject matter expertise in nearly all facets of real estate transactions. As the leading regional commercial real estate services firm, our professionals have access to proprietary market data, which allows us to deliver value-added litigation advice and support, valuation opinions, dispute analysis, and expert testimony.
Examples of our experience include the following:
- Valuation of real property and real property interests across most property types and asset classes
- Damages calculations resulting from breaches of contract or breaches of fiduciary responsibility
- Market and feasibility studies
- Property tax assessments and related valuations
- Eminent domain proceedings and related valuations
- Real estate brokerage and industry best practices and customs
Chris W. Cole, JD, CCIM, ALC, a licensed attorney in the State of Missouri and Of Counsel with The Cooper Law Firm, can also handle a wide range of real estate, corporate, and estate planning matters, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Real estate contracts (commercial/industrial, farm, multi-family, residential)
- Real estate leases (commercial/industrial, ground, farm, residential)
- Deeds (quitclaim, special warranty, general warranty)
- Business entity formation (LLCs, corporations, professional corporations, limited partnerships)
- Estate and wealth planning - trusts, wills, powers of attorney, etc.
