Title Attorney Geoff Anderson Releases Quiet Title Actions; a must have reference book for real estate novices and skilled practitioners
Colorado Quiet Title Actions provides a step-by-step discussion of how to evaluate, investigate, file, and resolve lawsuits over real estate title problems
ENGLEWOOD, CO – May 1, 2008– Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., is pleased to announce partner Geoff Anderson has published Colorado Quiet Title Actions. Both novice and skilled legal practitioners will find this title a valuable resource book as it includes discussion about identification of parties, how to defend quiet title actions, service of process, military parties, whether parties have a right to a jury trial, and many other issues arising in the preparation of quiet title lawsuits.
Quiet title actions are unique in that they often require evidence of historic land usages going back 20 to 100 years or more. Mr. Anderson discusses many research techniques and sources of historical information that can make or break a quiet title case.
In addition, the book includes extensive discussions of typical substantive legal issues that arise in quiet title actions. The treatment of Colorado adverse possession law is especially thorough. Other substantive law topics include prescriptive easements, public roads, boundary disputes, partition, equitable subrogation, spurious liens, and more.
The book provides many useful forms for taking a quiet title case from complaint to final decree, and includes a searchable CD-ROM with the entire text of the book.
Other topics of interest to lawyers handling quiet title cases include:
- Quiet Title--Setting the Stage
- Mechanics of a Quiet Title Action
- Parties and Service
- Defense of a Quiet Title Action
- Working with Experts
- Lis Pendens
- Quiet Title Actions Against the Federal Government
- Judicial Foreclosures
- Receivers
- Adverse Possession
- Colorado Boundary Disputes
- Access Issues
- Spurious Liens, Partition, Equitable Subrogation, and Water Rights
- Researching Quiet Title Facts
- Settlement Strategies
- Warranty Deed Claims
- Trial Considerations
- Attorney Fees in Quiet Title Actions
The book may be purchased from Bradford Publishing for $145.00. For more information about Colorado Quiet Title Actions, contact Bradford Publishing Co. 800-446-2831 or cle@bradfordpublishing.com.
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About the Author
Geoff Anderson’s practice focuses primarily on real estate litigation, real estate
transactions and commercial litigation. He has represented clients throughout the State of Colorado. Litigation matters have included real estate title issues, title insurance matters, mined land reclamation issues, construction defect and mechanics’ lien litigation, and enforcement of security interests, among others. Mr. Anderson also represents buyers, sellers, and lenders in real estate transactions, sometimes in conjunction with the environmental department at Burns, Figa and Will.
A particular area of emphasis in Mr. Anderson’s practice is road and access law.
With the changing land use patterns in Colorado brought about by growth and an interest by many people to buy mountain properties, disputes over access across both public and private properties have become quite common. Mr. Anderson has litigated many of these cases in federal court in Denver as well as in state courts throughout Colorado. He has also lectured on road and easement law, quiet title, and other matters in continuing legal education courses.
Mr. Anderson is admitted to practice in the state courts in the State of Colorado, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to litigating and trying cases in state and federal court, Mr. Anderson has handled appeals before the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals, and the Tenth Circuit. He also has extensive experience with arbitration and mediation as well as representing clients against a wide variety of governmental agencies, both in court and in administrative proceedings.
Mr. Anderson moved to Colorado when he was two years old and grew up in Fort Collins. He moved to Denver in 1982 to attend law school and currently resides in Littleton with his wife and two children. He is a volunteer at public radio station KUVO, 89.3 FM where he is an announcer on a jazz shift from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays.