Practice Area
Real Estate Commission Dispute Expert Witness in Tennessee
Commission fights are procuring-cause fights. When two brokers, an agent and a broker, or a brokerage and a consumer are arguing over who earned the commission, the answer is in the chain of events and the agreement language. I trace that chain and apply the custom that decides entitlement.
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Procuring cause and the agreement language
These turn on procuring cause, the words of the listing or buyer-broker agreement, and how the deal actually moved from first inquiry to closing. My opinion follows that sequence and applies published custom to determine who is entitled to what. The case types are broker-versus-broker procuring-cause arbitrations, listing-agreement enforcement, buyer-broker agreement disputes, override and tail-period claims, and brokerage-versus-affiliate splits.
When a firm brings me in
Retentions land at the dispositive-motion or arbitration-hearing stage where you need a Tennessee-current expert, in rebuttal of an opposing report, or in pre-designation consulting before the strategy is fixed. I work from the brokerage agreements and the transaction file, scope on a short call, and provide the report, deposition, and arbitration or trial testimony as the matter requires.
Qualifications
Tennessee licensed real estate broker since 2012; managing broker since 2021. TREC course instructor license since 2020. Active brokerage practice keeps procuring-cause analysis grounded in how transactions are actually run today.
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