Careers Our Firm Expertise Professionals News & Events Insights SEARCH REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION You are here Home » Expertise » Industry Experience Payne & Fears LLP attorneys have significant experience in guiding clients through various real estate transactions, including property acquisitions and sales, development, construction, leasing, operations, and insurance coverage. Our clients include brokers, real estate investors, commercial and residential developers, title companies, financial institutions, design professionals, contractors, and property owners. Payne & Fears LLP attorneys also represent clients in real property and construction disputes in both state and federal courts and in arbitration. When our clients' real estate and construction interests intersect with other areas of law, we leverage our experience in other practice areas to help them achieve their objectives. Payne & Fears LLP has unparalleled experience representing companies in all types and sizes of construction matters. We take a proactive approach to our clients' legal needs, advising them on practices to help them minimize exposure to risk and strengthen their positions should they need to pursue or defend a claim. Our Real Estate & Construction Team routinely counsels clients on the following legal issues: Employment discrimination, harassment and wage-and-hour claims Experience before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) Class and collective action litigation Employment law counseling Purchase and sale Leasing Financing and entity formation Construction and development Mechanic’s lien and course of construction disputes Insurance Indemnity and property loss disputes Construction defect litigation Premises liability Warranty disputes Commercial Lease and Unlawful Detainer Disputes Representative Real Estate & Construction Clients: Centex Homes Del Webb Corporation K. 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Related News 2020 HR Annual Legal Update Top Ten Mistakes Employers Make: Litigation Prevention Tactics #MeToo in 2019 Continuing Education of the Bar (California): Key Developments in Employment Law 2018 OCBA Corporate Counsel Section: Annual Employment Law Update OCBA Labor & Employment Section: Annual Employment Law Update Successes MAR 18 At Payne & Fears’ Urging, Illinois Federal Court Dismisses Hostile Coverage Action Payne & Fears (P&F) achieved another significant victory this week on behalf of a national homebuilder by securing the dismissal of a coverage action filed by its subcontractor and insurer in a hostile forum. The client-homebuilder’s subcontractor’s liability insurer agreed to defend the client-homebuilder as an additional insured against a construction defect lawsuit pending Texas. The subcontractor filed a declaratory judgment action against its insurer in Illinois seeking a ruling that... Attorneys: Sarah J. Odia, Scott S. Thomas 2019 Payne & Fears Represents Builder in Largest Recovery in Firm History Payne & Fears represented a publicly-traded home builder in a complex, high-stakes insurance coverage dispute that was resolved in the builder’s favor. Although the terms of the settlement are confidential, the homebuilder was “thrilled” with the settlement. And the Payne & Fears partner that handled the matter calls the settlement a “once in a lifetime” victory. The odyssey that led to this recovery began in 2011, when the builder sued two of its liability insurers for denying several claims that, together, totaled more than... Attorneys: Blake A. Dillion, J. Kelby Van Patten, Jared De Jong, Nathan A. Cazier, Scott S. Thomas 2018 Recovered More Than $1.65 Million on Behalf of Homebuilder in Insurance Coverage Case Irvine partner Scott Thomas and associate Kevin Brantley recovered more than $1.65 million from several insurers on behalf of a homebuilder, reimbursing the homebuilder for all defense costs it had incurred, or would incur in the future, after the insurers denied coverage and refused to defend the homebuilder in a single-home construction defect action. After being rebuffed by the insurers for more than five years, the homebuilder retained Payne & Fears to recover roughly $1 million in past defense costs and negotiate a going-... Attorneys: Scott S. Thomas 2018 Recovered Almost $1,000,000 in Insurance Proceeds for a Fortune 500 Homebuilder Irvine office partner Scott S. Thomas and Las Vegas partner Sarah J. Odia recently recovered almost $1,000,000 in insurance proceeds for a Fortune 500 homebuilder. Several liability insurers that insured the homebuilder as an additional-insured under policies issued to the homebuilder’s subcontractors refused to defend the homebuilder in two multi-plaintiff construction defect actions in Clark County, Nevada. One of the insurers filed a motion to dismiss the homebuilder’s insurance recovery complaints, citing the “ongoing... Attorneys: Sarah J. Odia, Scott S. Thomas 2017 Recovered More Than $2.75 Million On Behalf of a Homebuilder Irvine partners Scott Thomas, Nathan Cazier, and Jared De Jong recovered more than $2.75 million from several primary and excess insurers on behalf of a homebuilder, reimbursing the homebuilder for defense costs it shouldered after the insurers denied coverage and refused to defend the homebuilder in several construction defect lawsuits. Payne & Fears negotiated favorable settlements with all but one insurer. After the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the remaining insurer, the homebuilder appealed.... 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