Areas of Practice

A focused Arizona practice for contested real property disputes.

Statewide Arizona representation for homeowners, property owners, investors, agents, brokers, contractors, and closely held businesses in HOA, easement and boundary, contractor, seller misrepresentation, commission, and contract disputes. Most matters carry stakes between $50,000.00 and $10 million. Commission, property line, and contractor disputes are considered on their merits regardless of amount.
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HOA Disputes

Fines, architectural denials, selective enforcement, special assessments, and board overreach. Representation for Arizona homeowners before ADRE, the Office of Administrative Hearings, and Superior Court.

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Easement, Boundary & Trespass Disputes

Encroaching walls and structures, blocked access, prescriptive easement claims, and neighbors who will not stop. Quiet title, injunctions, and damages.

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Construction & Contractor Disputes

Remodels that went wrong, remediation that was never finished, deposits taken and work abandoned, and builders who will not fix what they built. Bond, Recovery Fund, and lien claims.

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Seller Misrepresentation

Defects the seller knew about and did not disclose. SPDS misstatements, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, and claims against the agents who stayed silent.

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Real Estate Commission Disputes

Procuring cause disputes between agents, splits and payouts between agents and brokers, and clients who refuse to pay. Litigation and arbitration counsel.

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Real Estate Litigation

Partition, quiet title, contract enforcement, title and escrow claims, and every other contested dispute over Arizona real property. Trial through appeal.

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Quiet Title & Easement Actions

Who owns it, where the line is, and who has the right to cross it. Express and prescriptive easements, title defects, and chain of title problems.

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Contract Disputes & Workouts

Breach of contract claims, purchase and sale agreement disputes, option disputes, earnest money litigation, and negotiated workouts for real estate contracts that have gone sideways.

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Contracts, Leases & Purchase Agreements

Selected transaction stage review for investors, developers, and businesses who want the attorney who would litigate the deal to read it first.

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Track record & figures

The numbers behind the practice.

A snapshot of Patrick Nackley's real estate experience — distilled into the figures that matter most to clients evaluating counsel for a substantial Arizona dispute or transaction. Specific matters are kept confidential out of respect for the firm's clients.

16+

Years as in-house real estate counsel

Sixteen-plus years inside operating real estate companies — the kind of judgment outside counsel cannot replicate from a billable seat.

$50K–$10M

Typical matter value range

Disputes and transactions where the financial stakes justify experienced, partner-level attention from start to finish.

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Focused practice areas

HOA, easement and trespass, contractor, seller misrepresentation, commission, litigation, quiet title, contracts, and transaction counsel. Depth over sprawl.

Experience at a glance

Depth across forums, discipline in disclosure.

Patrick has appeared in Arizona's trial courts, before the Court of Appeals, and in public administrative proceedings. The figures below summarize the breadth of that experience without identifying individual clients or matters.

    Multiple

    Arizona Court of Appeals matters

    Appearances as counsel for plaintiffs, defendants, appellants, and appellees in published appellate proceedings.

    ADRE / OAH

    Administrative hearings handled

    Public HOA matters before the Arizona Department of Real Estate and the Office of Administrative Hearings, including petitions granted in clients' favor.

    Six-figure

    Jury verdict obtained

    Jury verdict for a policyholder in a breach-of-contract and bad-faith trial as junior partner at a prior firm. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

    Majority

    Confidential matters

    The bulk of the firm's work — pre-litigation resolution, settlements, and transactions — is handled privately and never appears in public dockets.

    2

    U.S. jurisdictions of experience

    Trial and appellate experience across Arizona and Colorado real estate and commercial matters.

    1

    Boutique practice, by design

    A single-attorney boutique structured to give substantial matters the focus they deserve, at a more rational fee than big-law.

A note on confidentiality

The majority of Nackley Law's work — negotiated resolutions, settlements, sealed proceedings, and private transactions — is handled confidentially and is not reflected in any public figure. Prospective clients are invited to discuss the firm's relevant experience directly, in confidence, during a consultation.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every matter depends on its own facts and law. The figures above are general indicators of experience, not a prediction of any specific result.

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