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The Law Office of Stephen Nault

Practice Area

Landlord Tenant Expert Witness in Tennessee

Landlord-tenant cases — commercial or residential — usually turn on one question: what would a competent Tennessee owner, manager, or tenant have done here? I give that opinion, pulling together the lease language, the statutory framework where URLTA applies, and how these properties are actually operated.

This page covers a focused service. For the broader editorial practice area, see Expert Witness in Tennessee.

Lease, statute, and operating custom

The work spans commercial and residential disputes where the standard is what a competent party in that role would have done, and the opinion integrates the lease language, the statutory framework (URLTA where it applies), and operating custom. The case types are CAM and operating-expense disputes, default and cure handling, the possession and eviction process, security-deposit accounting, habitability claims, exclusivity and co-tenancy fights, and assignment or transfer disputes in commercial leases.

Who retains me

These come from commercial-litigation firms in lease disputes, from residential plaintiff or defense counsel in habitability or possession cases, and from corporate counsel wanting a pre-litigation industry read. I work from the lease and the file, confirm scope on a short call, and provide the report, deposition, and testimony as needed — hourly, against a case-sized retainer.

Qualifications

Tennessee licensed real estate broker and managing broker. Two decades of property-management and commercial leasing experience — beginning in employee roles before his 2012 license — including oversight of multi-million-square-foot office portfolios and 120+ commercial leases in past roles. Tennessee bar since 2018.

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