General Counsel
General Counseling: We Know the Day-to-Day Workings of Associations
Every day you’re faced with dozens of problems and decisions to keep your community a good place to live. HindmanSanchez has a team of experienced and knowledgeable attorneys, paralegals and support staff available to counsel associations regarding the corporate, real estate, and business transactions and matters that regularly arise.
“But Lawyers Are So Hard to Understand . . .”
We know that “legal mumbo jumbo” is no one’s favorite topic. You probably don’t want to spend any more time with a lawyer than you have to. That’s why the temptation is always there to handle things yourself – and make it more difficult in the process.
Speaking Your Language
HindmanSanchez lawyers are different. We thoroughly understand community associations and are skilled problem solvers and preventers. We make it easy for our clients to talk and work with us, because we know your business and speak your language. Here are just some of the things our lawyers do every day to help hundreds of associations run more effectively – and to take the worries off association managers and directors.
You don’t have to go it alone with the questions and problems you face each day – if you have the assurance of HindmanSanchez’s “Strength in Association®.”
Every day you’re faced with dozens of problems and decisions to keep your community a good place to live. HindmanSanchez has a team of experienced and knowledgeable attorneys, paralegals and support staff available to counsel associations regarding the corporate, real estate, and business transactions and matters that regularly arise.
“But Lawyers Are So Hard to Understand . . .”
We know that “legal mumbo jumbo” is no one’s favorite topic. You probably don’t want to spend any more time with a lawyer than you have to. That’s why the temptation is always there to handle things yourself – and make it more difficult in the process.
Speaking Your Language
HindmanSanchez lawyers are different. We thoroughly understand community associations and are skilled problem solvers and preventers. We make it easy for our clients to talk and work with us, because we know your business and speak your language. Here are just some of the things our lawyers do every day to help hundreds of associations run more effectively – and to take the worries off association managers and directors.
- Interpreting governing documents, Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the association.
- Answering day-to-day questions regarding operational, governance, practical, and legal issues.
- Reviewing and drafting contracts for the maintenance, repair, and operation of the community.
- Reviewing and interpreting insurance policies for compliance with governing documents and making sure they reflect good risk management policies and procedures.
- Advising on how state and court decisions affect the operation of community associations.
- Amending governing documents to eliminate obsolete provisions and to modernize the documents so to conform with the current needs of the community.
- Ensuring compliance with applicable federal laws, such as the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Fair Housing laws, the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995, and Employment Discrimination Laws, as well as similar state and local statutes and ordinances.
- Addressing maintenance and repair issues and identifying whether the association or owner is responsible. This analysis includes distinguishing between those repairs that can be done by the board acting alone and those that require unit owner approval.
- Assisting the board of directors on fiscal matters, such as budgeting, levying special assessments, and establishing reserves.
- Reviewing loan documents and arranging sources of financing for repairs, capital improvements, and other projects.
- Providing legal counsel regarding board member fiduciary duties and safeguards to reduce your risk of liability.
- Counseling owner ad-hoc committees and boards in the pre and post transition phases of the community’s evolution.
- Providing legal counsel for post-transition, owner-controlled associations, including the resolution of warranty, construction, and accounting claims, as well as the establishment of on-going operational controls.
You don’t have to go it alone with the questions and problems you face each day – if you have the assurance of HindmanSanchez’s “Strength in Association®.”
