Clark Hill Property Owner Condemnation Services

ET Rover landmen are trying to acquire property rights after the pipeline was rerouted.

Here is some general advice to property owners confronted by a request for an easement.

The pipeline company must pay owners' reasonable attorney fees based upon the industry standard contingent fee (that I also charge) and appraisal expenses.
Property must be valued based on its highest and best use, not the actual use.
Pipeline companies frequently ask owners to grant extremely broad easements that can be challenged or negotiated.
Just compensation is based on the assumption that the pipeline company will use all of the rights obtained to the fullest extent allowed by law.
The pipeline company must pay just compensation for both the property encumbered by an easement and any damage to the remaining property.
Just compensation issues are highly complex and should only be evaluated by attorneys and appraisers who are experts in the area.

Many of these issues are discussed in more detail in other blog entries.

Please contact me if you have been approached about this.