Mason Schwartz

Attorney

405-516-6924 phone

Email Mason Schwartz

Mason Schwartz is a real estate and land use attorney who started with the Firm in 2014.  He represents municipalities, developers and landowners throughout the State of Oklahoma on a wide range of litigation and transactional matters.

 

 

 

 Service Areas

• Zoning, development, and annexation litigation for governments and landowners
• Eminent domain / condemnation litigation
• Disputes and litigation involving real property (ownership rights, adverse possession and boundaries disputes, easement disputes, purchase and sale disputes, lease disputes, etc.)
• Disputes involving residential / commercial  covenants and owners’ associations
• Drafting of residential / commercial covenants; formation of owners’ associations
• Drafting and negotiating real property instruments (deeds, leases, easements, releases of easements, etc.)
• Consulting for municipalities and landowners on zoning / development codes and comprehensive plans
• Zoning and development opinions and approvals
• Closing and vacating public streets and easements
• Landlord / tenant matters
• Formation of LLCs / business entities

Experience

• Litigating civil cases involving land use and development projects, including zoning and planning disputes, board of adjustment appeals, and similar cases on behalf of developers, landowners and municipalities
• Litigating eminent domain cases on behalf of public utilities, pipelines, developers and landowners.
• Litigating cases involving real property rights, including covenants and owners’ association disputes, adverse possession and boundary disputes, easement disputes, lease and contract disputes, etc.
• Representing developers and landowners in obtaining land use entitlements from municipalities throughout the State of Oklahoma
• Representing homebuilders in lobbying efforts related to State legislation and municipal zoning codes
• Consulting for municipalities on local development codes and comprehensive plans
• Consulting for developers and landowners on zoning and land use entitlements
• Drafting instruments and negotiating matters pertaining to real property, including residential and commercial covenants, deeds, leases, easements, releases of easements, etc.
• Drafting articles of incorporation and related documents for the formation of LLC business entities
• Presenting at professional seminars on right-of-way acquisition and land use law

Admission Details

• Admitted in 2016, Oklahoma

Law School Attended

• University of Oklahoma College of Law, Class of 2016, J.D.

University Attended

• Texas Tech University, Class of 2013, B.B.A.

Associations & Memberships

• State
  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association
• Federal
  • Western District of Oklahoma
  • Eastern District of Oklahoma