Brian Carter successfully negotiated a settlement agreement that resolved a long-running dispute between neighbors in a mountainous, residential area of Mendocino County, which dispute boils down to a dispute over water from a spring (which feeds a blue line stream). The recent multi-year drought has exacerbated tensions among neighbors in such areas, and when there...Read More

Brian Carter settled a case in which the firm’s clients sought to quiet title to a prescriptive access easement along a road that provides access to the East Fork of the Russian River, a valuable commodity in the dog days of summer in Ukiah.  The settlement provides for a stipulated judgment enshrining the easement on...Read More

Brian Carter completed a successful representation of a client that had purchased residential real property from a seller that retained surrounding property. Seller subsequently claimed an access easement over a driveway that crosses the land the clients purchased. Seller filed and served a lawsuit claiming an implied and/or prescriptive easement. Lengthy negotiations ensued, during which...Read More

On March 15, 2019, Brian Carter successfully opposed an anti-SLAPP motion filed against the firm’s clients. The case is a dispute over a road and easement. The neighbor filed the complaint claiming breach of a contract to upgrade the road, and the firm’s clients filed a cross-complaint, including a claim for slander of title against...Read More