Practice Area
Specific Performance Attorney in Tennessee
When a real-estate deal falls apart and one side just walks, money damages often are not enough — you wanted the property, not a check. Specific performance is the remedy that makes the other side actually close. I bring these for buyers and sellers, and I move early to keep the property from slipping away mid-fight.
This page covers a focused service. For the broader editorial practice area, see Real Estate Disputes in Tennessee.
Forcing the deal to close
Specific performance asks the court to order the breaching party to perform — usually, to close the transaction. Because courts treat real estate as unique, it is more available here than in an ordinary contract dispute. The work is the complaint, a lis pendens recorded to preserve the property's status while the case runs, preliminary-injunction practice where it fits, and the trial preparation behind a specific-performance order.
Lis pendens timing is the part that bites
The biggest practical risk is the property moving. If the seller transfers it to a third party while the dispute drags, the remedy gets complicated fast — which is why the lis pendens, governed by statute and its recording requirements, goes on early. Tennessee courts will weigh the contract terms, the buyer's readiness to perform, and the seller's stated reason for refusing to close. The sooner I am in, the more of those levers are still on the table.
Service area
Statewide advice; trial representation in Sumner, Wilson, Robertson, Trousdale, Williamson, and Davidson Counties.
How to start
Send the purchase contract, breach communications, and any closing-date materials. Response generally within one business day.
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