Roquemore Skierski PLLC provides real estate investors, owners, and operators with litigation and dispute resolution services in Fort Worth.
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Roquemore Skierski PLLC provides real estate investors, owners, and operators with litigation and dispute resolution services in Fort Worth.
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Roquemore Skierski PLLC represents buyers, sellers, developers, contractors, landlords, tenants, and business owners throughout Texas, with a strong focus on the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
You may be facing a dispute tied to a commercial lease, a development schedule, or a project delivery breakdown. You may also be dealing with an internal conflict in a property-owning entity where control, distributions, and decision-making are driving the dispute. A Dallas real estate litigation attorney should understand the claims and the business constraints that sit behind them, including lender pressure, tenant continuity, and the cost of delay.
Our commercial real estate litigation attorneys work to resolve disputes at any stage, including pre-suit negotiations, emergency injunction requests, mediation, arbitration, and trial. When it is possible to settle efficiently, we push for practical outcomes. When the other side will not act reasonably, we are fully prepared to litigate.
Commercial real estate in Fort Worth often involves layered contract documents, multiple stakeholders, and schedule dependencies that can turn a single breach into a cascading problem. A dispute that begins as a notice issue, a draw dispute, or a disputed change order can become a financing problem, a tenant problem, and a partner problem in the same week.
Roquemore Skierski PLLC focuses on early leverage and case control so the dispute does not dictate the timeline. That approach often includes:
Commercial real estate litigation involves disputes tied to income-producing property and real estate projects, including office buildings, retail centers, industrial sites, multi-family properties, hotels, and mixed-use developments. Litigation can arise during acquisition, financing, development, construction, management, or leasing.
A commercial real estate lawyer is often necessary when a project stalls in a way that contract administration cannot correct, or when a counterparty refuses to perform. Effective real estate litigation combines detailed legal analysis with an efficient plan that matches the client’s operational goals and risk tolerance.
For developers and investors, litigation often stems from purchase and sale agreements, due diligence disputes, title issues, and missed milestones. Claims may involve specific performance, escrow disputes, representations and warranties, and allegations of fraud. In Fort Worth, disputes frequently turn on timing because closing windows, development schedules, and lender requirements tend to compress decision-making.
Commercial lease disputes escalate quickly because the property functions as an operating asset, not a passive holding. Landlords may face unpaid rent, abandonment, holdover issues, and property damage. Tenants may face disputes over build-outs, maintenance obligations, operating expenses, and interruptions that affect revenue. A Fort Worth commercial real estate attorney can enforce lease rights, pursue possession remedies when appropriate, and position the case for a business-minded resolution.
Construction disputes become complex because multiple contracts, scopes, and schedules intersect across owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals. Disagreements over change orders, delay claims, deficiency notices, and warranty claims often require disciplined document control and expert analysis. Roquemore Skierski PLLC helps clients build a clear record, pursue or defend claims, and seek remedies aligned with project completion and asset performance.
Real estate litigation may also arise from financing. Lenders and borrowers can dispute over construction draws, collateral recovery, and enforcement of guaranties. Priority disputes may involve mechanic’s lien claimants, junior or mezzanine lenders, and subordination obligations. These matters can move quickly and often require a clear understanding of contractual rights and the leverage points that drive resolution.
Construction and real estate disputes commonly center on contract performance, payment rights, quality of work, and allocation of risk. Roquemore Skierski PLLC represents clients in a wide range of claims and defenses, including:
When a deal is at risk, payment is being withheld, or a partner is acting against a venture’s interests, Roquemore Skierski PLLC can evaluate the claims, identify leverage, and act quickly.
Roquemore Skierski PLLC’s statewide real estate litigation practice works with clients to analyze risk, manage exposure, and develop efficient strategies that match business objectives. That often includes:
When a matter requires immediate action and disciplined execution, our firm can move from strategy to filings without wasted time.
Real estate disputes rarely involve only real estate. Roquemore Skierski PLLC brings experience across interconnected areas, including construction disputes, business litigation, partnership and shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and fraud-based claims. That breadth often matters when a real estate dispute sits inside a larger business relationship.

Real Estate Litigation Lawyer
Our client, an owner operator, engaged us to negotiate and execute the sale of her hospice in Mequite, Texas to a national entity for $450,000. We coordinated due diligence and sucessfully negotiated the final terms of a deal and transition, so patient care continued without interruption and existing staff remained in place.
Our client started a retail business with two partners. Without his knowledge, his partners excluded him from ownership paperwork and used his personal credit card to cover business expenses, and charged nearly $25,000 to the account. After filing a demand letter and TRO, our client was able to recover the misused funds.
Our client, the largest tenant in a development, signed a lease with landlord who subsequently sold the property to a new landlord. The new landlord harrassed our client and fabricated a reason to terminate his lease, destroying our Client’s business. Roquemore Skierski was hired to collect damages.
Our client entered into an agreement with the defendant to perform fulfillment services for a fee. Despite a clear obligation, the defendant breached the contract by failing to pay. Roquemore Skierski was been retained to collect what was due under the contract, including damages, unjust enrichment and promissory estoppel.
Our client, a commercial landlord, settled with a former tenant who breached his lease with an executed agreed judgement. The tenant subsequently breached the terms of his settlement, and Roquemore Skierski was hired to handle the post-judgment collection of the amounts due under the judgment.
Our client, a physician, sold his practice and LLC by a promissory note and purchase agreement for $682,000. After closing the deal, the buyer defaulted on their promissory note and failed to make payments. Roquemore Skierski PLLC was hired to enforce the contractural rights, including damages, under the transaction documents.
Our client, a physician, sold his medical practice, but continued as the landlord to the practice as he owned the building. The buyer of his practice and new tenant defaulted on a 20 year lease after two months. Roquemore Skierski was hired to enforce the lease agreement and collect monetary damages for the breach of contract.
Our client invested $50,000 with an investment advisor, who subsequently stopped communicating with clients. Roquemore Skierski was hired to bring claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, and secured a judgment against the advisor for principal paid, the promised return on investment, and attorneys’ fees.
Our client, a large corporate contractor, performed fiber optic work pursuant to a sub-contractor agreement with a general contractor. The general contractor withheld funds of $200,000 for the work our client performed. Roquemore Skierski was hired to enforce our clients’ contractual rights against the general contactor.
Our client, a commercial lender purchased a defaulted $485,000 note and deed of trust from the originating lender. Upon noticing foreclosure, the debtor filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful foreclosure and secured a TRO. Roquemore Skierski was hired to defend the lawsuit and respond to the TRO, which had dissolved.
Our clients entered into a startup business to buy and sell real estate. The parties secured a loan to fund operations, which the defendant immediately diverted to a separate company. Although he initially repeatedly promised to return the money, he stopped responding to our clients. Roquemore Skierski was hired to recover the stolen funds.
When a transaction, development, or commercial lease heads toward conflict, early legal involvement typically preserves more options and improves leverage. Roquemore Skierski PLLC helps Fort Worth-area businesses protect property interests, reduce operational disruption, and pursue outcomes that support long-term operations.
To discuss a Fort Worth real estate litigation matter, contact Roquemore Skierski PLLC at 972-325-6591.
While our business litigation attorneys are based in Downtown Dallas, we proudly serve clients in and around Addison, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Coppell, DeSoto, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Forney, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Highland Park, Irving, Oak Cliff, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City, University Park, and the surrounding area. Whether your company is facing a contract dispute, partnership conflict, or other commercial challenge, we deliver strategic counsel and strong representation across the DFW Metroplex.