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How we got 300% more by challenging NCDOT research1
$152,150
Initial Offer
$625,000
Settlement Amount
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How a phone call helped get one man 10x more money for his property1
$38,000
Initial Offer
$400,000
Settlement Amount
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How we got the NCDOT to pay for all costs and attorney’s fees1

Every once in a while in this business you get a case that is beyond frustrating for the client simply because the NCDOT decides to drag its feet. It makes you wonder if they are hoping some clients will simply give up and go away. This case was one of them. Our client, Jay, first received a letter from the NCDOT in 2011 stating that they would be widening the highway and that it would come...

“That firm was great. Wonderful.”

The Smiths are a retired couple who have worked hard all their lives. Mr. Smith worked for 40 years and drove a Coca-Cola truck for 30 of them. Mrs. Smith was a Medicare specialist in the local hospital for 25 years. They raised two children who now have kids of their own. The Smith's retired about a year ago and were looking forward to living out their golden years in, what they had assumed, would be...

Good people to have on your side

100-Year-Old family land Marty R and his sister inherited land that has been in their family since the 1800s. The core of it was the farm their father grew up on. During the Depression their grandfather was among the few Americans who had no debt – and even had some cash. So he was able to take advantage of low prices to buy adjacent property for cash. Marty recalled family stories of how they came to...

How we helped increase the NCDOT’s initial offer by 2,085% through research and negotiation1

Why does the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) make lowball offers? In many situations, it may be because they are in a hurry or get careless. Maybe it’s a little bit of both, maybe it’s neither. No matter the situation, the government always has to justly compensate the owner based upon the impact to the highest and most valuable use of the property being taken. That much is enshrined in our Constitution’s Fifth Amendment. And...