Texas Commercial Real Estate Counsel: What to Look for and How Baker Law Group, PLLC Serves Texas Clients

Covers the legal side of buying, selling, leasing, and financing commercial property. It includes purchase and sale agreement review and negotiation, commercial lease drafting and review, deed and title transfer work, easements, financing document review, and opinion letters.

Covers disputes that arise after a transaction has gone wrong or a contractual relationship has broken down. It includes quiet title actions, boundary and easement disputes, real estate contract disputes, foreclosure litigation, and partition actions.

Many Texas businesses and property owners need both at different points. A company negotiating a commercial lease needs transactional counsel. The same company facing a landlord who refuses to return a security deposit or is claiming lease violations needs litigation counsel. Having one firm that handles both eliminates the friction of transferring context between attorneys when a matter escalates from transactional to disputed.

Baker Law Group, PLLC reviews and negotiates purchase and sale agreements for commercial and residential properties, identifies problematic provisions before clients sign, and drafts agreements for transactions that originate outside the standard TREC forms.

Commercial leases in Texas are negotiated documents. Baker Law Group, PLLC reviews commercial leases for tenants and landlords, identifies provisions that create long-term risk, and negotiates modifications that protect the client's interests before the lease is signed.

Baker Law Group, PLLC prepares and reviews deeds and title transfer documents for Texas real property, including warranty deeds, special warranty deeds, and quitclaim deeds.

Baker Law Group, PLLC drafts and reviews easement agreements for Texas property and represents clients in easement disputes when the scope or terms of an existing easement are contested.

When a purchase and sale agreement, commercial lease, or other real estate contract breaks down, Baker Law Group, PLLC represents the injured party in demand negotiations and Texas court proceedings.

Baker Law Group, PLLC handles quiet title actions and boundary disputes for Texas property owners who need to establish or defend ownership and property line claims.

Baker Law Group, PLLC represents clients in Texas foreclosure disputes, including challenges to the foreclosure process and representation of parties whose property rights are affected by a pending or completed foreclosure.

Baker Law Group, PLLC assists contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers in preserving Texas mechanics lien rights and represents property owners in responding to lien claims.

Baker Law Group, PLLC handles HOA rule violation disputes, covenant enforcement matters, HOA governance questions, and HOA foreclosure issues under the Texas Property Code.

Baker Law Group, PLLC represents owners, developers, and contractors in Texas construction defect claims, breach of construction contract disputes, and GC and subcontractor disputes.

When a Texas business sale includes real property or a commercial lease, Baker Law Group, PLLC coordinates the real estate and business transaction components so clients have one point of contact for the full deal.

A firm that handles only transactions cannot represent you if the deal becomes disputed. A litigation firm without transactional depth may not catch contractual problems before they arise. Having both capabilities available matters for clients whose situations can move in either direction.

Texas is a large state and local court familiarity matters for litigation. A firm based in one city but claiming statewide representation may not have the local court knowledge that affects how disputes are handled in your jurisdiction.

Some firms represent only buyers, or only landlords, or only developers. Baker Law Group, PLLC represents both sides of most real estate relationships, including both landlords and tenants in commercial disputes and both buyers and sellers in contract negotiations. This matters because experience on both sides of a transaction produces stronger counsel on either side.

Many commercial real estate disputes involve adjacent legal issues including breach of contract, business torts, partner disputes, and construction defects. A firm that handles only pure real estate law may not be positioned to address those connected claims.

Michael J. Smith is a seasoned trial lawyer with 20+ years of experience representing businesses, developers, and institutions in high-stakes civil litigation across Texas. He is licensed to practice in all four Texas federal district courts (the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts) and in Texas state courts, giving clients coverage across every jurisdiction in the state where real estate and commercial disputes arise.

His practice in Texas centers on commercial litigation, construction disputes, and high-value contract claims. When a real estate transaction breaks down or a construction project leads to claims on both sides, Michael brings first-chair trial experience and a record of results that include a $5.2 million mediated recovery in a construction-related dispute, a $1.5 million settlement in a contractor matter, and defense verdicts in multiple Texas jury trials involving complex commercial and infrastructure contracts.

Michael's background spanning litigation at large international firms, solo practice, and senior litigation roles gives him a precise, strategic approach to commercial disputes that prioritizes efficient resolution without sacrificing leverage. He understands the commercial stakes behind every Texas real estate dispute and structures each case accordingly.

Dalton Laney grew up outside Austin, Texas and built his practice around helping clients resolve disputes before they become litigation. He is licensed in Texas and focuses on the pre-litigation and transactional side of commercial real estate, contractor disputes, construction defects, and related contract matters.

At Baker Law Group, PLLC, Dalton handles commercial real estate deals, contract disputes, demand letters, and pre-litigation negotiation for Texas clients across the firm's four office markets. His structured, research-driven approach to every agreement and demand letter is designed to resolve issues quickly while protecting clients from unnecessary escalation into costly litigation. When escalation is unavoidable, Dalton's early-stage preparation provides the foundation that allows the litigation team to move efficiently.