April 18th, 2019 | News
BFC is pleased to announce that it has been retained as legal counsel by a 150+ unit garden apartment style condominium in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. BFC provides a multitude of services to community associations throughout New Jersey.
April 18th, 2019 | News
BFC is pleased to announce that it has been retained as general legal counsel by a 50+ unit mid-rise condominium in Hoboken, New Jersey. BFC provides diverse legal services to numerous community associations in Hoboken and elsewhere in Hudson County, as well as throughout New Jersey.
April 11th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog
April 11, 2019. By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. A New Jersey condominium owner’s unit flooded due to a broken dishwasher hose in another unit. The unit owner sued the association for damages due to the association’s failure to warn all owners of the danger, based on the fact that at …Continue Reading
April 7th, 2019 | News
BFC has been retained by a 200+ unit homeowners association in Wayne, New Jersey to comprehensively review and amend its governing documents to bring them into compliance with current New Jersey law. Partner Donna Shahrabani, who has amended and updated master deeds, declarations, and by-laws for numerous community associations, is …Continue Reading
April 1st, 2019 | News
BFC is pleased to announce that it has been retained as general legal counsel by a 500+ unit high-rise condominium in Hoboken, New Jersey. BFC represents numerous community associations in Hoboken and elsewhere in Hudson County, as well as throughout New Jersey.
March 28th, 2019 | News
David Joyandeh, an associate who specializes in residential real estate and community association law with BFC, spoke on March 27, 2019 at an event at “The Avenue” in Teaneck, NJ, regarding common misconceptions by, and avoiding mistakes for, first time home buyers.
March 16th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog
March 16, 2019 By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. Sometimes community association boards want to impose various kinds of fees on unit owners. However, under New Jersey law, a board cannot charge a late fee, fine, working capital contribution, membership fee, sublet privilege fee, or flip tax (in cooperatives) unless expressly …Continue Reading
March 9th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog
March 16, 2019 By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. On November 5, 2018, a New Jersey court held that an insurance company that paid $222,173.84 to its insured, an individual condominium unit owner whose unit was damaged by a fire in a neighboring unit, could not pursue a subrogation claim against …Continue Reading
March 9th, 2019 | Community Association Law Blog
March 16, 2019 By Eric F. Frizzell, Esq. Annual elections in community associations can sometimes become quite heated. Disagreements may arise regarding the extent to which a Board can restrict candidates from campaigning in the community. In the case of Dublirer v. 2000 Linwood Avenue Owners, Inc., 220 N.J. 71 …Continue Reading
October 11th, 2018 | Attorney Articles and Publications
This article originally appeared in 1994 in Community Trends, the monthly magazine of the New Jersey chapter of the Community Association Institute. In January 1995, CAI awarded Mr Buckalew its “Author of the Year” Award for the Article. HOW SOON AFTER YOU WIN A TAX APPEAL REDUCING THE ASSESSED VALUE …Continue Reading
