Our Services
Our goal is to offer high quality individualized legal representation to landlords and tenants. Each situation is different but in all of the cases we handle the disputes require that we forcefully advocate for our client's interests.
If you need an experienced landlord tenant attorney to represent you, we understand the unique concerns of Property Management Companies or large landlords, and individual property owners or small landlords and commercial and residential tenants. Ms. Fairbanks represents clients in Maryland and the District of Columbia in residential and commercial landlord-tenant disputes, including:
- Litigation services:
- suits for possession of property due to unpaid rent or lease violations
- tenant petitions
- Housing Conditions Court
- civil or collections cases involving disputes over rent or damages after a tenant has moved out
- security deposit disputes
- emergency motions for access
- subsidy disputes
- Proactive & pre-litigation services:
- reviewing existing leases
- lease drafting and negotiation
- bylaws disputes
- property inspections and risk evaluations for future litigation
- assistance and advice through the DC landlord licensing process, including helping landlords attempting get business licences, certificates of occupancy or rent control registration for occupied properties