Coretta Lassiter
Founding partner
Opened the firm on Fayetteville Street and still runs the hard title files herself.
Real estate lawyers in downtown Raleigh
Four faces, one closing table, and your keys
Two partners, an associate and a closing coordinator, buying, selling and sorting out homes across the Triangle. You'll know every name on your file before the contract is signed.
- Free first callTwenty minutes with a lawyer
- No closing fee if it falls throughWhat you'd still owe is below
- Saturday signingsMornings, by appointment
If your sale or purchase doesn't close, you don't owe our closing fee. Costs we've already paid out for you, such as a title search or a survey we ordered, are still owed, and title insurance, recording fees and excise tax are always separate from our fee.
The whole office
Four people, and what each of them does
There's no call center behind them. These four are the whole office, and one of them answers when you ring.
Farhan Lakhani
Partner
Landlords, small investors and every 1031 exchange that comes through the door.
Blythe Pender
Associate
First-time buyers and HOA fights, in English or Spanish.
Jun Ishida
Closing coordinator
Chases the payoff letters, books the signing and texts you the wire instructions by phone, never email.
What we take on
Four kinds of file cross our desks every week
Each one has its own lawyer who knows it best, and its own page with the fee and the steps.
Buying a home
We read the offer before you sign it, run the title, and sit beside you at closing.
How buying worksSelling a home
Payoffs, the deed, the seller's side of the settlement statement, and a clean handoff of the keys.
How selling works1031 exchanges
For landlords trading one rental for the next, with the 45- and 180-day dates on our calendar too.
How an exchange worksHOA disputes
Fines, liens, architectural denials and assessments, read against the covenants you actually signed.
When the board writes
By the numbers
The firm, counted in the things you'll ask about
6
countiesWake, Durham, Johnston, Orange, Chatham and Franklin
3
languagesEnglish, Urdu and Spanish across the table
2 days
to read a contractFrom the moment you send it to our call back
1
flat feeQuoted in writing before you hire us
Title insurance, recording fees and excise tax are charged by others and are never part of our fee.
From the closing table
What people told us once the keys changed hands
“Blythe caught a drainage easement across the back yard two days before we signed. We renegotiated instead of finding out the hard way.”
Marisa T.Bought a house in Garner
“Farhan had the replacement property deadline on his calendar before I did. The exchange closed with a week to spare.”
Deon W.Traded a duplex in Durham
“We signed on a Saturday morning with the kids in the next room. Jun had every page flagged.”
Priya and Sam K.Sold a townhouse in Cary
Sample notes from clients. Every sale and purchase is different, and these don't promise the same result on yours.
Send us the address, and we'll send back a fee
Tell us whether you're buying, selling, trading or fighting the HOA. A lawyer calls you back within a working day.