Business Law
Ragsdale Liggett’s clients include publicly and privately held businesses, ranging from startups to companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Our lawyers provide services in the areas of business entity formation, acquisition and merger as well as complex litigation, financing and class action defense.
From corporate advice regarding contractual issues to litigation over disputes, Ragsdale Liggett has the background and experience to help businesses and professionals achieve their objectives. We promote our clients’ interests through all legal means at our disposal, providing sound legal and business counsel.
We also provide Estates, Wills, and Trusts services as well as Lobbying and Government Relations services.
Litigation
Effective litigation for our clients, whether defense or plaintiff, has been a foundation of Ragsdale Liggett’s practice since the firm’s inception. The lawyers of Ragsdale Liggett have substantial courtroom trial and appellate experience, and our clients benefit from the reliability and flexibility of our tightly-knit practice group. Our team of trial lawyers has been involved in high-stakes litigation on such issues as:- Corporate governance and control
- Shareholders’ rights
- Intellectual property disputes
- Water rights
- Environmental liabilities
- Insurance coverage for disaster victims
Ragsdale Liggett’s diverse client base has allowed our trial lawyers to develop a comprehensive practice that offers litigation services in many substantive areas, including disputes involving construction, contracts, franchises, distributorships and transactions.
We have a creditor’s rights and collections practice group, and we handle business tort litigation, including misappropriation, fraud, construction fraud, breaches of fiduciary duties and interference with contracts. Our real estate lawyers practice in the areas of title, use, and water rights issues, as well as routine landlord/tenant matters.
Insurance Defense
In the area of insurance defense, Ragsdale Liggett provides legal counsel with regard to construction defects, coverage questions, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. We handle matters relating to injury and liability, whether personal, product or professional. Our firm will construct an expert defense against a bad faith claim. We are knowledgeable about insurance bad faith law, including legal rules, fact situations and developments from every U.S. jurisdiction.Real Estate
With six lawyers focused on commercial and residential real estate, Ragsdale Liggett’s Real Estate Practice Group is one of the largest in Wake County. Our lawyers are specially equipped to give sound legal and business advice with respect to the complete range of commercial and residential real estate transactions.We are approved attorneys for all major real estate title insurance companies in North Carolina, as well as state and national financial institutions. Ragsdale Liggett represents real estate developers, lenders and title companies, and our practice focuses on closing real estate transactions, forming corporate entities for ownership of real estate, and representing various lenders and developers. William A. Mann, the Chair of the Real Estate Group, has been involved in all cycles of the commercial real estate market in North Carolina since the early 1970s. Robert J. Ramseur, Jr. the Chair of the Residential Real Estate Group, handles over 1000 real estate transactions each year and has extensive experience representing buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate, real estate developers, homebuilders, banks and mortgage brokers, real estate brokers, landlords and tenants.
Ragsdale Liggett’s real estate practice includes the following services:
- Sales and purchases of land, residential and commercial property, including single family homes, condominiums, townhomes, office buildings, warehouses, shopping centers and multi-family residential dwellings
- General representation of developers and homebuilders
- Real estate financing
- Leases and subleases of real property
- Construction, development and architects' contracts
- Brokerage agreements and management agreements
- Easements, restrictive covenants and dedication of public rights-of-way
- Option and Lease-Option agreements
- Commercial real estate loan refinancings, renewals and extensions
- Loan workouts
- Foreclosures and Evictions
- Like-kind exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code
- Real estate litigation, including partitions actions and boundary disputes
- Formation of corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies
- Tax-credits and tax-exempt bond transactions
- Non-recourse institutional debt financing
- Residential real estate closings, including purchases, refinances and equity lines of credit
