35 Best Washington DC Real Estate Lawyers

With 20 offices across the globe, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, & Feld LLP is a civil litigation law firm serving the people of Washington, D.C and the nearby communities. The firm works with industrial and commercial clients, such as senior living facilities, retail stores, and educational centers, and its attorneys handle acquisitions, development, and contracts between purchasers and sellers. Managing partner Alan Feld is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Asmar, Schor, & McKenna is a general practice law firm providing the people of Washington, D.C., with legal representation and mediation services. The firm's areas of focus include real estate litigation, and its legal team works with developers, owners, and purchasers and sellers. The team handles transactions, acquisitions, mortgage loans, and contract negotiations between tenants and landlords. The office and its attorneys have been recognized by Thomson Reuters' Super Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell.

Battino & Sokolow provides expert representation in real estate legal matters. The firm’s experienced attorneys help clients in residential and commercial real estate matters like landlord-tenant disputes, sale evictions, condominium assessment collections, lease contract negotiations, and rent control issues. Attorney Morris Battino has more than three decades of experience in real estate and landlord-tenant law and has helped reform local laws. The firm serves individuals, investors, brokers, landlords, and developers in every aspect of real estate law.

Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans offers more than 40 years of experience in legal representation for real estate, estate planning, business planning and disputes, and litigation. Attorney David Bradford Law assists individuals, partnerships and other business entities in real estate transactions and other matters, including acquisitions, sales and financings, private placement syndications, commercial leasing, and condominium conversion. Experienced legal guidance is also available in mergers and acquisitions, business planning and restructuring, entity formation, employment law matters, business dispute resolution, various business transactions, and general corporate matters.

Friedlander Misler has been providing experienced legal representation and advising since 1964. The firm’s attorneys assist regional and national clients in commercial real estate matters such as leasing, management agreements, loans, construction contracts, property development, zoning, land-use, acquisitions, and dispositions. The firm represents developers, banks, landlords, family-owned businesses, institutional investors, and individuals in complex commercial real estate transactions, contract negotiations, disputes, and financing matters. Professional legal support is available for real estate litigation, and fire property loss claims.

With over 200 lawyers across multiple disciplines, Goulston & Storrs is a real estate powerhouse with leading-edge corporate, litigation, tax, and private client and trust practices. Goulston & Storrs employs a team approach that values client outcomes first and foremost. The firm’s dedication to providing prompt, practical legal advice, cost-efficiently and tailored to their clients’ business needs, has resulted in Goulston & Storrs being acknowledged for excellence by leading industry, client, and peer rankings including Chambers USA, BTI’s A-Team for Client Service, and U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers. Goulston & Storrs is an Am Law 200 law firm with offices in Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Griffin, Murphy, Moldenhauer & Wiggins is a full-service law firm dedicated to real estate, business formation, civil litigation, and estate planning. The firm’s real estate attorneys offer cost-effective advising and assistance in commercial and residential property matters like sales and purchasing, transaction structuring, Section 1031 exchange transactions, condominium conversions, zoning issues, and land-use issues. Additional personalized service is available for building management, construction, tax planning, commercial leasing, and property development.

Joel W. Anders is an experienced attorney who provides over 35 years of experience and personal attention for real estate litigation, and personal injury, family, and probate. The attorney represents clients in real estate litigation involving purchase agreement disputes, construction defects, building code violations, defective manufacturing, malfeasance, faulty electrical works, and toxic mold issues. Professional support is available in real estate contract disputes. Prospective clients can call the attorney for a free initial consultation for any real estate litigation matters.

Kass, Mitek & Kass is a general practice law firm that focuses on residential and commercial real estate matters. The firm’s knowledgeable attorneys assist clients with basic real estate sales and purchases, compliance issues, evictions, building code violations, refinancing, foreclosures, land development, and the creation of condominium and homeowners’ associations. Commercial real estate services include experienced representation and advising in contract dispute resolution, evictions, rent collections, insurance defense, fair housing issues, and architectural violation matters.

Lerch, Early, Brewer is a civil litigation law firm taking cases for the people of Washington, D.C. The firm works with developers property owners, and investors, and its legal team handles property sales and purchases, financing, construction, and acquisitions. The team also helps clients who are looking to build or renovate a high-end residential building. Managing partner Harry Lerch is a recipient of the Professionalism Award from the Montgomery Bar Association.

Linowes and Blocher Attorneys At Law provides experienced, focused representation in commercial real estate and business law matters. The firm’s dedicated real estate team assists regional and national clients in sales and acquisitions, construction financing, development agreements, easements, ground leases, and environmental due diligence. Additional real estate services include structuring private and public development projects, drafting design agreements, and drafting of commercial and residential property lease agreements. Knowledgeable representation is available for condominium associations, and environmental and zoning matters.

Maddox, Hoppe, Hoofnagle & Hafey provides 65 years of general legal practice experience, an assist clients in real estate, estate planning and administration, family law, and criminal defense. The firm’s attorneys offer personal attention in residential and commercial real estate matters such as landlord-tenant disputes, title disputes, condominium conversions, tax foreclosure auctions, sales and purchases, and general real estate transactions. Attorney Jon A. Hoppe has over 25 years of experience in legal practice and supports clients throughout the complex real estate process.

Maginnis Law Office is a full-service law firm with more than 30 years of experience in family law, divorce, child custody, and property disputes. Attorney John C. Maginnis III understands the complexity of dividing property in the case of divorce and represents clients in litigation involving the distribution of properties and real estate, and assets such as bank accounts, retirement funds, business assets, and investments. The attorney is experienced in providing compassionate service for clients involved in divorce-related property disputes and divisions.

Mehri & Skalet PLLC is a civil practice law firm that has been working with the people of Washington, D.C., since its inception in 2001. The firm advocates for the rights of tenants during leasing agreements with their landlords. It also litigates claims involving violations of the Fair Housing and the Equal Credit Opportunity Acts. Founding partner Cyrus Mehri was recognized among Washington's Ten Most Feared Lawyers by Regardie's Power magazine.

In 2016, Miller, Miller & Canby celebrated 70 years of serving the legal needs of metropolitan Washington, DC. As the oldest law firm in Montgomery County, MD, the firm recognizes that this milestone reflects the relationships built and maintained with our clients, friends and the business community, many spanning multiple generations. The firm maintains its focus on its core areas of practice: Land Development, Real Estate, Eminent Domain, Property Tax Appeals, Litigation, Business and Tax, and Trusts, Estates, and Elder Law. In all of our practice areas, an overarching concern for quality of product and efficiency of accomplishment assures clients that we strive for true value in legal representation. Miller, Miller & Canby is proud to have maintained this standard of service since the firm’s founding in 1946.

Shapiro Lifschitz & Schram is a team of experienced attorneys who represent clients in construction and real estate matters, business law, power and energy law, and litigation. Every member of the firm’s real estate team has more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate issues and transactions, including financing, purchases and acquisitions, title and survey review, loan restructuring, and commercial foreclosures. The team assists commercial landlords, tenants, owners, developers, investors, and financial institutions.

The National Law Chambers of Julius P. Terrell provides in-depth representation and advising in real estate and other civil proceedings. The attorney assists and advises residential real estate clients in matters such as home sales and purchases, construction contracts, zoning and permit appeals, and foreclosures. Commercial real estate services include support in new construction projects, landlord-tenant disputes, mortgage issues, financing, and entitlements. Legal assistance is also available for government contracting, advanced estate planning, and family law matters.

Founded over 40 years ago, Van Ness Feldman LLP is a civil litigation law firm serving the community of Washington, D.C. that has three other offices in the country. The firm works with universities, developers, and property owners, and it handles acquisition and development, real estate loans, commercial leasing agreements, and contract negotiations with service providers. Additionally, the firm is practiced in the fields of wildlife, water, and land use law.

Watt, Tieder, Hoffar, & Fitzgerald LLP is a civil litigation law firm that has been working with the community of Washington, D.C., for over 40 years. Some of the firm's attorneys, such as partner Christopher Harris, are experienced in real estate litigation. They handle disputes between landlords and tenants, as well as those involving boundary issues. The law office was recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its 2019 Best Law Firms ranking.

Whitman Legal Solutions LLC is a real estate and business law firm serving the people of Washington, D.C. Founding attorney Elizabeth Whitman has over 25 years of experience with real estate transactions, and she helps clients with the legal side of development, acquisition, and financing. She also negotiates and prepares lease agreements between landlords and tenants. Whitman is a member of the Real Estate Property and Trust Section of the American Bar Association.