Other Services
Mediation
While the attorneys at Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett, P.C., are highly skilled litigators, they believe that litigation is not always the best option. By combining aggressive mediation skills, thorough knowledge of applicable laws and common sense, the firm’s alternative dispute resolution team provides prompt satisfaction of client objectives. Located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, our attorneys are experienced, knowledgeable, and trained to facilitate resolution from a neutral and objective perspective. Mediation is often more cost-effective, less acrimonious, and results in more rapid resolution of matters than traditional litigation.
Construction Contract Review
Individuals, businesses, and contractors can encounter many misunderstandings and problems when building a home, office, industrial, or retail facility. The interests and desires of parties are often difficult to balance; everyone benefits from documents that clearly define the builder’s, architect’s, and owner-customer’s separate responsibilities.
The construction law attorneys at Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett, P.C., draft construction contracts that protect client’s rights by establishing legitimate expectations and achievable results. The firm also reviews contracts to ensure enforceability.
Pre-Condemnation Planning
Owners of property that may be subject to condemnation can take steps to ensure the best possible result. The firm’s attorneys combine years of experience in eminent domain, real estate valuation, and environmental matters in putting clients on the right footing prior to condemnation. The attorneys counsel property owners regarding the need for unified land title and use attributes, lease and easement and right of entry agreements, and what actions will aid or hamper the case.
Road Abandonment and Road Closing Cases
Frequently, transportation agencies close or reconfigure public roads in a fashion which presents an opportunity to adjacent landowners to acquire right of way no longer being used by a public agency. Landowners abutting public roads have a statutory process to have these areas judicially declared to be abandoned and to seek vesting orders from the court. Strict compliance with the statutory process is necessary to limit challenges to these potentially valuable acquisitions. The firm is familiar with the court processes and internal procedures of the public agencies to facilitate the prompt handling of these matters, which are often required by title companies prior to issuing title opinions on land acquired from those agencies.
Driveway Encroachment Permits
Landowners are entitled access to public roads under South Carolina law, however there is a regulatory and statutory process for applying for such access rights and appealing the denials of such applications. Often, expensive disputes can be avoided by counseling with the firm about the rights of owners of land abutting public streets and roads.
