Community Association
Legal Services
Matthew L. Winton serves as general counsel to numerous community association clients, including homeowner, condominium, and neighborhood associations. Legal services provided to these clients include:
Covenant Amendments
- Amending covenants to receive the proper majority at the right time.
- Resolving restrictive period problems
- Amendments under 11 O.S. 42-106.1
Governing Documents & Association Creation
- Drafting and filing of appropriate association creation language.
- Conversion projects/ creating mandatory associations from voluntary neighborhoods
- Rehabilitation and dedication projects
- Amending covenants to receive the proper majority at the right time.
Corporate Counsel
- Nonprofit incorporation
- Corporate filings upkeep
- Representation at annual meetings
- Development of meeting procedures and forms
- Vision/Mission planning
- Continued general corporate counsel
Dues, Collections, and Finance
- Annual and Special Assessments assistance
- Development of effective collection techniques
- Preserving claims through liens
- Small claims collections
- Lien Foreclosure
- Financing for capital improvements
Litigation
- Enforcement of aesthetic covenants
- Injunctions for non-conforming structures
- Recovery of attorneys fees and costs
- Appeals
ADR - Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Mediation of disputes and conflicts
- Board & Architectural Committee appeals and dispute resolution
Real Estate Development
- Creation of complete governance and organizational documents
- Structuring of approved builder programs
- Creation of architectural review committee forms and procedures
- Various forms of community arbitration
- Mediation of architectural standards, party-wall disputes and other conflicts
- Early Neutral Evaluation of community disputes