Eminent Domain Litigation

At The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, in Houston, we represent residential, commercial, and institutional property owners whose interests are affected by eminent domain litigation, condemnation, or inverse condemnation. If you need legal advice about your rights in the face of a public taking or government-sponsored infrastructure project such as pipeline construction, contact us for a free consultation with an experienced Texas eminent domain attorney.

We take a comprehensive approach to eminent domain proceedings on behalf of clients throughout the state. We make a close examination of the public use and necessity findings that support the condemnation. Whenever possible, we will argue that sound alternatives to the taking of our client’s property are available and should have been considered.

Establishing Your Right to Full Compensation in Eminent Domain Litigation

When the primary issues in your eminent domain case involve the valuation of your property, you can count on The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, to advocate for your interests in presenting and documenting the full extent of the impact of the condemnation on your interests. These considerations typically include:

• Current land values
• Value of unexpired leases, mineral rights, or other interests in the property
• Water Rights
• Value of improvements
• Business volume and profits for commercial property owners
• Moving or relocation expenses

Our first objective is to achieve full and fair compensation through focused negotiations with the lead agency responsible for the eminent domain process. If a satisfactory amount cannot be determined by agreement, our trial experience can make the decisive difference in proving fair compensation in court.

Protecting Business Property Interests in Inverse Condemnation Cases

As well as representing property owners in conventional eminent domain cases that involve a direct taking of private property, we also represent clients in so-called inverse condemnation cases. In these actions, our challenge is to show that a project will adversely affect existing interests — removing commercial parking spaces, making productive farmland less suitable for cultivation, or routing traffic away from a business dependent on drive-through or walk-in customers.

Call 713-626-2100 for a Lawyer’s Advice about Eminent Domain in Texas

Whether your case involves eminent domain or inverse condemnation, The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, can help you. To learn more about our experience with these challenging cases, Contact an experienced Texas eminent domain attorney at our office in Houston.

Based in Houston, The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, serves the needs of clients in complex environmental, oil and gas, personal injury and commercial litigation throughout Texas, including greater Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Panhandle, Midland/Odessa and Lubbock. We also handle litigation in other states through association with local counsel in California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.