Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation

Our Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation group is the largest practice of its kind in the United States. Our eminent domain attorneys practice across the country and have offices in California, Arizona, Texas and Washington. Our lawyers have handled some of the largest eminent domain and inverse condemnation cases, and we have led some of the highest-profile public works projects that shape infrastructure across the United States. 

Nossaman has decades of expertise handling condemnation cases and valuation issues involving all property types including vacant land, agricultural, residential, industrial and commercial. Our past successes provide a solid foundation and motivate us as we work closely with our clients to resolve their legal issues and challenges.

Our experience representing parties on both sides of condemnation proceedings gives our firm a unique advantage that benefits all our clients. We represent condemning authorities such as: public agencies, cities, utilities and other entities with the power of eminent domain to acquire real property for various projects; including right-of way for Transportation projects, rail, flood control, utility and resilience projects. Our public agency clients appreciate our partner level attention and cost-efficient results, so they stay with us for years and even decades.

Our eminent domain lawyers also represent landowners and business owners facing whole property acquisitions and partial takings in a wide variety of contexts. Our landowner and business owner clients recommend us enthusiastically to their family, friends, and colleagues.

The range of our experience enables us to handle all aspects of condemnation litigation; from thoughtful pre-condemnation planning to final resolution, whether through settlement, jury verdict or published appellate or Supreme Court opinion.

We have an enviable record of trial success, including many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. We have successfully litigated eminent domain issues across the country and have won several key appellate decisions. Those appellate decisions have played a major role in shaping the law of eminent domain and inverse condemnation in the United States.

We are the go-to eminent domain attorneys for the most complex cases, including but not limited to:

• new or unique legal issues
• large-scale right-of-way projects
• business and tenant claims for compensation and relocation
• high-stakes eminent domain or inverse condemnation matters

Our eminent domain lawyers work in conjunction with other Nossaman lawyers nationwide, who possess legal expertise in areas such as project finance, infrastructure provision and procurement, environmental law, real estate transactions, water rights, public utilities regulation, construction claims, and other related fields. We maintain solid alliances with leading right-of-way consultants, appraisers, engineers, land use experts, environmental specialists, and other experts.

Regardless of whether a case is simple and routine, complex and novel, or somewhere in between, our goal always remains the same—to achieve the very best results for our clients in the most cost-effective and efficient manner.

Our eminent domain attorneys frequently write about all aspects of the condemnation process and eminent domain, including inverse condemnation and regulatory takings, on our blog EminentDomainReport.com. We also keep track of current cases, project announcements, budget issues and legislative reform efforts and report on all major eminent domain conferences and seminars. We invite you to subscribe so you don't miss our updates!

Noteworthy

"Nossaman is the premier eminent domain counsel and real estate legal consultant for any project involving complex right-of-way acquisition...".  Read more about the recent experience Josh Cosper, Senior Project Manager with Mark Thomas & Company, Inc., had with Nossaman.