Landlord Tenant Lawyers

Our New Jersey Landlord Tenant lawyers offer residential and commercial representation to landlords in New Jersey. The relationship between a landlord and tenant is a complicated area governed by statute and case law.  Our attorneys have the experience and knowledge to help you navigate this complex area of law.

Evictions

The Anti –Eviction Act protects non-owner occupied residences with more than two rental residential units. Among the seventeen allowable grounds for removing the tenants are:

  1. Nonpayment of rent.
  2. Disorderly tenant.
  3. Gross negligence and damage to property by the tenant.
  4. Habitual late payment of rent.
  5. Tenant uses the property for illegal purposes.
  6. Tenant violates terms of the lease.
  7. Damage to property by Tenant.

Whether you are a residential landlord or a commercial landlord whose tenant is not paying rent or violating other lease conditions our experience landlord tenant attorney can help you. 

Litigation

Our Landlord-Tenant Lawyers are also skilled trial attorneys and are experienced in going before Bergen County and other Northern New Jersey trial courts.  Knowing the difficulties and nuances of New Jersey Law, we offer the following services:

  1.  Filing eviction actions for nonpayment of rent and other statutorily allowable grounds.
  2. Sending Notices to Cease and Notices to Quit to tenants to comply with the statute.
  3. Filing holdover eviction actions.
  4. Negotiating settlements between Landlord and Tenant.
  5. Filing Ejection actions for tenant and non-tenants.
  6. Defense in actions for failure to repair.
  7. Bankruptcy litigation.

We pride ourselves in offering quick, efficient and knowledgeable representation and understand that each day’s delay can result in lost profits and as well as other liabilities for the landlord.

Compliance/ General Counseling

Our New Jersey landlord-tenant attorneys represent individuals, management companies, and corporate landlords with the operations of residential and commercial property. Our knowledgeable landlord-tenant attorneys can help you navigate the legal requirement under state and federal law.  We handled a variety of matters including:

  1. Drafting residential and commercial lease agreements.
  2. Compliance with Rent Control and Statutory Regulations.
  3. Unauthorized property use.
  4. Illegal sublets.
  5. Legal Notices.
  6. Handling bankruptcy matters.

Tenants’ Actions

We handle a variety of tenant actions against landlords including:

  1. Handling instances when there is an illegal apartment.
  2. Wrongful eviction actions.
  3. Improper notice.
  4. Marini hearing due to failure to make repairs.

Our New Jersey landlord-tenant attorneys can help you with all matters involving tenants’ actions against landlords including lease review and contractual issues.

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