Originally posted 2012-05-18 14:11:52.
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, I welcome a friend. John Tarley is an attorney with the Williamsburg law firm of Tarley Robinson, PLC. John is the managing partner for the firm and leads the firm’s business and litigation practices. A large part of the firm’s practice involves homeowners’ associations, as the firm represents nearly 100 associations throughout southeastern Virginia. In his spare time, John teaches two classes a semester as an adjunct at the William & Mary Law School, serves as the 9th Judicial Circuit’s representative on the Virginia State Bar Council where he serves as Vice-Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, and is the editor of the Tarley Robinson blog and the @TarleyRobinson twitter account.
In our practice, we represent numerous common interest communities, more commonly referred to as homeowners associations. When the building industry flourished, we also represented a fair number of builders/developers of common interest communities. Obviously, the building market has taken a big hit, and at least in our area, few, if any townhouse or condominium communities are being built. In this blog, we will address the issues faced by developers of common interest communities facing the uncertainty of liability claims for damages for defective construction.
