Tharpe & Howell, LLP

For real estate and construction professionals, dealing with litigation and the threat of legal action has become a dreaded and significant cost of doing business. Tharpe & Howell, LLP brings our clients decades of strategic experience, transactional solutions that minimize litigation risks, and access to the best experts and ADR professionals.

Our practice is “ground-up,” handling our clients’ transactional needs, as well as virtually every type of construction claim, including:

• Construction defects and delays
• Construction site injuries
• Earth-movement including floods, landslides, storm and earthquake claims
• Structural failures and building collapse
• Water-intrusion
• Contract disputes
• Environmental claims including mold and asbestos
• Insurance claims and insurance coverage disputes
• Operations, labor and management claims

Our approach is goal-oriented and focused on risk-management. Drawing on our extensive real estate and construction litigation experience, we work with our clients to make sure buy-sell, lease or lending transactions and construction contracts are done right, with an eye toward avoiding litigation.

Tharpe & Howell, LLP is certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation's largest third party certifier of businesses owned an operated by women in the US. The Firm has provided quality legal services for over 31 years. With branch offices throughout California, the Firm offers excellent employment opportunities to interns, law clerks, entry-level attorneys, seasoned attorneys, and staff in virtually every area of legal practice.

Tharpe & Howell, LLP is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to offering competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with each selected applicant's qualifications. If you are ready to join our high performance team, please fax your resume to (818) 205-9944. All communications will be held in confidence.