On May 28, 2013, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled in Cook v. Town of Pinetop-Lakeside that there is no statute of limitations for a quiet title lawsuit. 1 CA-CV 12-0258. In short, if an owner of real property gives permission to a neighboring owner to drive over their property for ten or twenty years, the owner could still file a quiet title lawsuit against the neighboring property owner. The neighboring property owner will never have a right to a roadway easement. If the owner does not give permission to use the roadway, after the ten-year adverse possession statute of limitations, the neighboring property owner will have a prescriptive easement to use the roadway.

Call William A. Miller with any Arizona real estate questions. We have been at it for 25 years!

602.319.6899 8170 North 86^th Place, Suite 208 Scottsdale, AZ 85258

It’s hard to figure out why lawyers will not quote what the cost of a suit will be. While, variables do exist, your lawyer should know what these variables might be. That can be factored in. Well, the legal marketplace is changing, and companies are now demanding value-based engagements with their outside firms that create alignment and incentivize the elimination of waste and excessive work. Large corporations—the ones law firms covet as clients—find better value and achieve better results with value-based alternative fee arrangements (VBFs).

According to data provided by members of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), home-appliance maker Whirlpool put in place a system that emphasizes hitting benchmarks on budgets and giving bonuses for ending legal claims sooner rather than later. In the process, it cut its legal costs by about 15 percent. Sherwin Williams cut its spending by a similar amount using VBFs. And Home Depot adopted new billing procedures in 2008, hiring outside lawyers using fixed fees and retainers. As a result, Home Depot cut its legal fees in half.

At the Law Firm of William A. Miller in Scottsdale, Arizona we are happy to arrange a value-based fee agreement and we will stick to it, after all… your word is your bond.

Feel free to call William A. Miller, Esq. 602-319-6899

We also handle, Breach of contract, Non-compete agreements, Non-disclosure agreements, Employee theft and embezzlement, Insurance purchases and enforcement of policy coverage, Negotiation and/or enforcement of commercial leases, Negligence and gross negligence resulting in losses, Intentional acts causing a company to suffer damages, Tortious interference with contractual relationships, Unjust enrichment, Real Estate fraud, Consumer fraud, Conversion/Theft, Intentional and/or negligent misrepresentation, Business torts and Real estate title & escrow.

At the Law Firm of William A. Miller located in Scottsdale Arizona we are often asked to represent buyers who purchased defective homes. Here is a simple legal analysis we perform: What is the timing? The statute of limitations for breach of a written contract is six years from the date that the breach occurred….

COMMUNITY PROPERTY: Arizona is a community property state. There is a statutory presumption that all property acquired by husband and wife is community property.  Community property is a method of co-ownership for married persons only.  Upon death of one of the spouses, the deceased spouse’s interest will pass by either a will or intestate succession….

Some folks love and others hate the recent $25-billion federal-state mortgage foreclosure settlement, but there’s no getting around one huge and significant issue: Besides, prolonging the crisis, there’s a large, sink hole right in the middle of it. The hole is that if your home loan has been bought from your lender by Fannie Mae…