Anderson & Associates is a Kansas City based law firm dedicated to providing high quality services to our clients centered on experience, accessibility, and cost effective legal counsel. We handle cases in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area including all counties in Central Missouri and Kansas.
Landlord / Tenant
Landlord/Tenant matters can involve many unique legal issues and challenges. It is therefore critical to have an experienced attorney in your corner to identify key issues and address them most effectively and cost-efficiently. Anderson & Associates represents clients in both commercial and residential eviction matters.
Our firm represents financial institutions, local and national banks, landlords, private investors, owners, developers, and management companies in handling the following eviction matters:
- Abandonment and Disposal of Personal Property
- ADA Compliance
- Application Fees
- Arbitration
- Contract Disputes
- Deceased Tenant
- Domestic Violence
- Drugs / Violence / Criminal Activity / Illegal Gambling
- Ejectment
- Eviction Litigation and Defense
- Executions / Writs / Liens and Levies
- Fair Housing Act Defense
- Habitability Issues
- Holdover after Expiration of Lease
- Injunctions and Restraining Orders
- Mediation
- Mobile Homes
- Municipal Code Violation Defense
- Nonpayment of Rent
- Post-Foreclosure Occupancy Issues
- Property Damage Claims
- Rent Escrow
- Small Claims Defense
- Squatters
- Security Deposit Disputes
- Subsidized Housing
- Subleasing
- The Estate as the Landlord
- Trial de Novos
- Unlawful Detainers
Collection
Anderson & Associates helps its clients collect on delinquent accounts. To do so, our Firm obtains legal judgments for the amount due and either negotiates a repayment plan or garnishes wages and bank accounts. In some circumstances, the Firm may levy on real or personal property. The Firm can also locate addresses, social security numbers, bank accounts, and employment information. If any of the preceding fails, the Firm has skip-trace agents and private investigators to assist in locating assets to collect on your judgments.
- Bank Garnishments
- Breach of Contract
- Consumer, Personal, and Business Loan Defaults
- Credit Card Defaults
- Damage to Rental Property
- Debtor’s Examinations
- General Executions
- Past Due Rent Collection
- Payday Loan Defaults
- Medical Collection
- Professional Service Collection
- Real Estate Levy
- Registration of Foreign Judgments
- Secured and Unsecured Loans and Credit Line Defaults
- Wage Garnishments
Real Estate
Anderson & Associates focuses on giving the highest level of service to our clients and transaction participants. Our focus is making real estate closings fast and convenient, easy to understand, and fairly priced. For the same price as a title agency, participants receive the benefit of a skilled real estate lawyer. Our paralegals will promptly return your telephone calls and keep you informed. Our professionalism throughout the process of closing the transaction will be remembered by participants, guaranteeing repeat business for the other real estate professionals and lenders involved.
Our Real Estate services include:
- Business Formations for Real Estate Investors
- Business Dissolutions for Real Estate Investors
- Contracts for Deed
- Condemnation Defense
- Deeds
- Excess Proceeds
- Lease Amendments
- Options to Purchase
- Powers of Attorney
- Purchase and Leasing Agreements
- Missouri and Kansas County Tax Sales
- Negotiation of Purchase Agreements
- Residential and Commercial Loan Closings and Escrow
- Short sales and REOs
- Title Disputes
- Quiet Title Actions
- Vendor Issues
Foreclosure
Anderson & Associates represents lenders and landlords in judicial and nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings in the states of Missouri and Kansas.
Litigation
Anderson & Associate’s trial attorneys litigate cases in State, Municipal and Federal Courts in the states of Missouri and Kansas. Our attorneys have more than three (3) decades of experience handling a variety of cases, including complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, banking, real estate, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and defense of consumer claims. We recognize that each client has specific business objectives and develop a litigation strategy that best meets those goals. In circumstances where it is in the client’s best interest, our attorneys work to resolve the dispute through alternative dispute resolution, such as negotiation, mediation, or arbitration. Where it is necessary to try a case, our attorneys aggressively represent our clients’ interests at trial. No matter the dispute, Anderson & Associates’ trial attorneys will work with you to tailor a litigation strategy that will best meet your needs.
Bankruptcy
Anderson & Associates represents only creditors, handling all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including relief from the automatic stay, defense against cramdown, obtaining reaffirmation, lease assumption, Chapter 7, 11, and 13 representation, adversary proceedings, and fraud. The Firm’s bankruptcy services include:
• Adversary Proceedings
• Chapter 7, 11 and Chapter 13 Representation
• Defense Against Cramdown
• Fraud Recovery
• Lease Assumption
• Objections to Claims
• Objections to Plans
• Preference Claims
• Proofs of Claim
• Reaffirmations
• Relief from Automatic Stay
• Valuations Hearings