The real estate market was booming for years, and caused a flurry of new development and construction.  Many people invested in preconstruction condos and homes based on statements by unscrupulous and unethical developers and brokers.  The real estate development business took liberties with the rights of the buyers, and often forced buyers to sign contracts where the buyers could not negotiate any terms at all.  As a result, many developers trampled on the legal rights of their buyers.

Now, the economic downturn has made it difficult or impossible for many buyers to close on those contracts. Both Florida and Federal laws, such as the Condo Act and the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA) may help the buyer to cancel the contract and get his or her deposit returned.  There are many reasons that a buyer might have the right to cancel the contract and get their deposit back, depending on the individual circumstances of any given transaction.

We have extensive experience in helping people who bought homes or condos before they were built.  The right to cancel a contract and seek return of the deposit may be there for you, but we will need to review the documents relating to the sale of the home or condo before advising you.   We would be pleased to be of service to you.  There is no charge at Winston & Clark for the review of documents to tell you if you have a good case, and we take these cases on a contingent fee basis.

At Winston & Clark, we thoroughly investigate all of our claims, and “work them up”. This means we will pay to develop it with the right investigators and experts. For instance, a slip and fall case may require an expert in the building code, a medical malpractice case will require doctors, an airplane crash will likely require pilots and engineers to testify about exactly why you are entitled to money from the defendant who caused your injury.  If you’re badly hurt, we may hire an economist to tell the jury about how your lost wage claim works out in the future, or we may hire a vocational rehabilitation expert to set up a life care plan for your future care.  The firm prides itself on its use of technology as well.  Our offices are paperless and organized, and we use Legal-Eze Graphics Company for accident animations, medical illustrations Power Point presentations whenever possible.  We will spend the right amount of money to make your case the best it can be before we present it for a settlement or trial.  See our trial exhibits page for some examples of our work in trial.

You don’t have to go to court if you don’t want to.  We will often try to settle your case before we file suit, to spare you time and expenses out of your money recovery.  It is nice to know that the insurance companies keep track of which attorneys will go to trial in the first place, and who have the experience and the ability to do an excellent job.  If you are being represented by another attorney, ask him of her to tell you exactly how many jury verdicts he or she has obtained in your kind of case.  Then ask how many were in excess of a million dollars. 

We pledge to work your case up aggressively and settle it for its fair and just value (when YOU are ready), and if necessary we will litigate your claim to a court settlement, resolution or jury verdict, depending on what is right for you and your family.  We pay the costs in advance and you pay nothing if we don’t get you money.