Real Estate Broker Standard of Care Expert Witness in Tennessee

Standard of care opinions weigh agent and broker conduct against what a reasonably competent Tennessee licensee would have done under the same circumstances. The work draws on TREC rules, published custom, brokerage policy, and how transactions actually move from offer to closing.

Common areas of focus include agent disclosure obligations and the Seller's Property Disclosure, earnest money handling and trust accounting, principal-broker supervision of affiliates, dual and designated agency, conflicts of interest, and procuring cause and commission entitlement.

Most retentions come from a malpractice or breach-of-duty case where the firm needs an expert before dispositive motion practice, from rebuttal of an opposing expert's report, or from pre-designation consulting where the firm wants a confidential read on whether industry practice supports the theory.

Pre-designation work can stay confidential under work product. Designation, written reports, and testimony follow once the scope is set.

Tennessee licensed real estate broker since 2012; managing broker since 2021. TREC course instructor license since 2020. Tennessee bar since 2018; admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Two decades of hands-on commercial leasing, brokerage, and property-management experience.

Engagements are scoped at the front: review of the complaint, the brokerage file, key communications, and a short call to confirm scope. Written report, deposition support, and trial testimony follow as the matter requires. Hourly billing with retainers sized to the case.

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