Real Estate Law
Protect the legal and financial interests behind one of your most significant assets.
Make intentional decisions before they become urgent — protecting assets, documenting wishes, preparing for care, and organizing what you have built.
Put structure in place before decisions become urgent.
Real estate transactions combine contracts, title, financing, timing, and significant financial exposure. Legal counsel helps clients understand the obligations behind the transaction before they become problems.
For most families the house is the largest asset they will ever transfer, and it usually sits at the center of the estate plan as well.
From contract to closing table.
Residential and commercial transactions carry different obligations. These are the points where legal review changes the outcome.
Residential Transactions
Purchase and sale agreements, contract review, title issues, and closings.
Commercial Transactions
Office, retail, industrial, and investment-property acquisitions and dispositions.
Lease Review & Negotiation
Review and negotiate commercial and other real-estate lease obligations.
Title Review
Identify title issues, liens, ownership concerns, and defects before closing.
Real Estate Closings
Coordinate legal documents, title, lender requirements, and final transfer.
Property Disputes
Represent clients in boundary, contract, title, and ownership disputes.
Partition & Quiet Title Matters
Address ownership conflicts and claims involving competing interests in property.
A closing is the last step, not the first.
The work that protects a transaction happens before the closing table: contract review, due diligence, title, lender coordination, issue resolution, and final document preparation.
What happens before the closing.
Review the Transaction
Understand the property, parties, contract, timing, and financial terms.
Identify Legal Exposure
Review contingencies, title, lease, ownership, and other transaction risks.
Coordinate the Parties
Work with brokers, lenders, title professionals, and opposing counsel.
Resolve Issues
Address title defects, contract disputes, or closing conditions.
Close & Document
Complete the transfer and confirm the necessary legal documentation.
Buying, selling, and what can go wrong.
Do I need a real estate attorney for a New York closing?
New York real-estate transactions commonly involve attorneys for contract, title, lender, and closing coordination.
What does title review involve?
It examines ownership records and issues such as liens, judgments, easements, and other matters that may affect the property.
Can Zeh & Associates handle commercial real-estate matters?
Yes. The firm handles office, retail, and industrial property, including leases and acquisitions, alongside residential work.
What happens if a real-estate transaction becomes disputed?
The matter moves from the closing table to the dispute itself. Depending on what is contested — breach of contract, boundaries, title, or co-ownership — that can mean negotiating a resolution, filing to clear title, or bringing the claim in court. Because the firm handles both the transaction and the litigation, the same team that knows the file carries it forward.
Legal issues rarely exist in isolation.
Trust & Estate Planning
Protect wishes, family, assets, and legacy.
Civil Litigation
Strategic representation in business and individual disputes.
Landlord & Tenant Litigation
Representation in lease, eviction, and housing disputes.
Probate Law
Guide estates through Surrogate's Court and administration.
Christopher W. Zeh, Esq.
Principal Attorney
Chris founded the firm in 2013 and leads its trust and estate practice, handling estate and probate litigation when a plan is contested.
Read biographyAnthony Montanino · Client“Chris and his team are excellent. Highly knowledgeable and very responsive. He assisted me and my siblings with my father’s estate and subsequent property sale.”
Clarity starts with understanding the situation.
Speak with Zeh & Associates about the facts, the decisions in front of you, and the legal path that may make sense from here.