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What We Do Best

Areas of expertise

Real Estate
Law

As real estate title examiners, we are fast yet accurate, and experienced yet innovative. We are also extremely detailed, but we never lose sight of the big picture or the need for practicality.

Serving every county in Maine since 1987, our examiners are tech proficient, savvy and efficient, but also have years of experience on-site in registries of deeds throughout Maine.

We know how to move on the ground and navigate in cyberspace efficiently and in a cost-effective way to save you both time and paper. We are also responsive to your needs and offer a quick-turnaround on real estate projects, however small or large.

Title Dispute
Resolution

Real estate title issues or disputes can arise in a multitude of scenarios and can come to light during a “quick little” title update, or a longer, more complex, full title examination. Or even an unexpected knock on the door from a not-so-friendly neighbor who thinks your shed might be over their boundary line, or sometimes during a bankruptcy proceeding where it is learned that a mortgage description is defective.

The solutions to these problems can be as simple as a phone call and corrective deed or a new title insurance policy, or as reassuring as submitting and pursuing a title insurance claim on an existing policy, but sometimes a more involved “quiet title” court action or other corrective measures are required.

At Sarapas Law we have used all of these approaches to solve title problems and can guide you—whether it requires taking the simplest or the thorniest of paths—to a workable resolution of your title issues.

Settlement Agreement
Dispute Resolution
& Litigation

Having handled hundreds of compromises and settlements in Bankruptcy Court, at Sarapas Law, we know which deals work and which don’t.

If you are involved in a prior or pending transaction that unravels—whether before, during or after completion of a settlement—we have the experience and wisdom to assist in reaching a successful resolution in alignment with your current goals.

Bankruptcy
Law

For over 20 years, Andy Sarapas has represented individuals and businesses resolve financial difficulties through workouts and in Chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings. He has also handled litigation involving real property disputes in both state court and bankruptcy court proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Maine), U.S. District Court (Maine), and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

In addition, Andy has represented individuals and small to medium businesses in all aspects of Chapter 11 proceedings, handling client meetings, section 341 creditors’ meetings, drafting of major pleadings, trial and appellate briefs, and memoranda. His past accomplishments include representing businesses and individuals, trustees, creditors and creditors’ committees in bankruptcy and commercial law matters, including serving as one of the lead attorneys in the sale of an operating railroad in In re Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company, District of Maine Case No. 01-11565, also using fluency in French in cross-border transactional matters to collaborate with Canadian counsel, and to litigate against commercial law defendants.

We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.

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