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The Law Office of Stephen Nault

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Realtor Dispute Expert Witness in Tennessee

Not every real-estate-agent dispute is a malpractice case — a lot of them are agent-versus-agent, affiliate-versus-broker, or a client convinced the agent mishandled the deal. When the question is whether a Tennessee REALTOR's conduct met custom and practice, I give opinions for whichever side retains me.

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

Conduct, measured against custom and practice

These center on agent conduct measured against what a reasonably competent Tennessee REALTOR would have done, and they run in more directions than a straight malpractice case: buyer or seller complaints, broker-versus-broker conflicts, and firm-internal disputes between affiliates and their supervising broker. The recurring issues are disclosure failures, transaction-handling errors, dual-agency conflicts, communication breakdowns, deposit handling, and the cooperation expected between the listing and selling sides of a deal.

How a firm typically uses me here

The common triggers are a filed claim where you need an expert by the dispositive-motion deadline, a rebuttal of an opposing expert's report, or pre-designation consulting where you want a confidential industry read before the theory hardens. I scope from the complaint and the brokerage file, deliver the report, deposition, and trial testimony as the matter needs, and bill hourly against a case-sized retainer.

Qualifications

Tennessee licensed real estate broker since 2012; managing broker since 2021. TREC course instructor license since 2020. Tennessee bar since 2018. Two decades of brokerage, leasing, and property-management practice, beginning before his 2012 agent license — and current with how files actually move today.

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