Our Services

Covenant & Bylaw Amendments

Most covenants and bylaws will be amended at some point in the life of a residential or commercial development. Drafting reasonable language is part of the work we do, along with guiding clients through the specific process of how to properly conduct voting meetings, send notice, obtain ballots, and final adoption of the proposed amendment language. The firm routinely provides opinions to clients on the proper methods for amendment, and often assists clients when prior methods or efforts were incorrect or unsuccessful.

The firm is uniquely experienced in assisting clients with amendment issues such as restrictive period limitations, use of 11 O.S. 42-106.1, and adoption of association amendments under 106.1(D).

Community Association Litigation

Litigation is often expensive, unpredictable, and time-consuming. While always looking for cost-effective means to resolve conflict, the firm’s attorneys are litigators. We regularly represent individual and corporate clients in court on community association legal issues:

• Structural covenants and restrictions

• Use covenants and restrictions

• Injunctions

• Appeals

General Counsel & Corporate Representation

Matthew Winton has served as general counsel to hundreds of commercial and residential community associations across the State of Oklahoma, providing timely opinions on legal matters, registered agent services, advice on corporate governance issues, and drafting of legal documents. He regularly provides legal opinions to boards, assists with the upkeep of articles of incorporation and bylaws, assists with contracts review and negotiations, and proper minute/resolution practice for boards.

The firm leads the state in collections within a community association context. Whether collecting or defending, the firm is unparalleled in the state for depth of knowledge and experience in community association collections. The firm assists association clients with the proper drafting, recording, and foreclosure of liens. The firm practices collections in compliance with federal and state law, including the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA). The firm routinely represents clients in post-judgment matters where prior collections efforts had been unsuccessful.

Contact us to receive the firm’s collections memo, which provides our philosophy, process, and pricing on collections.

The firm provides developer and builder clients comprehensive community association assistance. From drafting governing documents commensurate with the client’s marketing and sales goals to coordinating and facilitating the first association meeting, sometimes called “turnover,” our firm has extensive experience to assist the developer client. The firm has represented small and large, in-state and out of state development groups with their land use needs. We have assisted with the conversion of existing buildings into commercial and residential condominiums so as to avoid replatting and lot splits. Our attorneys draft governing documents to include clear developer-declarant protections, architectural committee design review guidelines and forms, reserved developer rights, approved builder programs, each designed to assist the client land use goals.