WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW BETTER THAN YOUR LAWYER
- I get where you’re coming from—sometimes the legal review feels like it’s happening in a vacuum. Had a case last year where our attorney flagged a landscaping easement as a “potential liability,” but the city planner literally just wanted to see a rendering with more trees.
- There’s a balance between covering your bases and actually getting buy-in from the board or committee. Too much legalese and their eyes glaze over.
- On the flip side, I’ve had lawyers catch stuff I completely missed, like outdated setback requirements buried in some ancient CCRs. That saved us a ton of headaches down the road.
- Curious if anyone’s found a good way to bridge that gap? I’ve tried bringing both the lawyer and the project manager into early meetings, but sometimes it just adds more cooks to the kitchen...
