GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATIGATION
The firm represents clients in a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation, including breach of contract, general business matters, negligence and real estate, lead paint, underground storage and contamination, federal truth-in-lending, litigation, employment and discrimination claims.
REAL ESTATE
The firm handles the full spectrum of commercial and residential real estate transactions, including, residential and commercial purchase, refinance, tax free exchange, foreclosure, shared equity agreements, residential and commercial leases, development and zoning, complex debt restructuring, settlements and title insurance, tax deeds, questions of title, rent control, landlord and tenant, settlements and real estate broker disputes.
CORPORATE AND BUSINESS
The firm serves clients in traditional areas of corporate and real estate, as well as clients who seek expansion of operations or are pursuing new opportunities. The firm assists them in developing creative alternative sources of financing, including real estate investment. It also provides counsel to its clients in protecting their interests and maximizing growth opportunities, as well as preparing them for incorporation, limited liability companies and partnerships, shareholder and partnership agreements, drafting and negotiating contracts and employment agreements.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
The firm's environmental practice assists clients with remediation of contaminated sites; defense of lead paint actions; federal, state and local permits and compliance; administrative and judicial enforcement; developing environmental audits and compliance programs; procurement and performance of federal, state and private party environmental contracts; and environmental issues in real estate transactions and development.
LANDLORD & TENANT
Loewinger & Brand, PLLC is the pr-eminent firm in the practice of both commercial and residential landlord and tenant law in the District of Columbia. Leading principal, Kenneth J. Loewinger, is the author of the definitive test on Landlord and Tenant law in DC - a book designed for attorneys, property management companies and landlords-Loewinger on DC Landlord and Tenant Law. Originally published by the Michie Company, the book was released for its second printing in February 2000 and is now sold by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (http://www.badc.org/html/pub.htm). It is also provided to judges in the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the DC Superior Court as a basic L&T resource.
The firm maintains a daily presence at DC Landlord and tenant Court. The firm historically files more L&T suits than any other firm in the city, and is capable of almost "instantaneous" representation in court. If a tenant walks into L&T court without prior notice, the chances are that a Loewinger & Brand lawyer will be there. Even if the firm's business is done for the day, the firm's offices, at 471 H Street, NW, are only a few blocks away, so that a lawyer can be dispatched to court almost immediately.
