About Us
The Master Planned Community and Condominium Practice Group of Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. represents large and small community associations throughout the State of Texas and nationwide, including communities comprised of single-family homes, condominiums, townhomes, commercial and multi-owner mixed use projects.
In today's society, a community association and the community's governance documents are the primary instruments used to preserve property values and community expectations. Community associations enforce rules, maintain amenities, lobby public officials, and often provide services which in the past were provided by governmental agencies. The viability and success of a community association depends on proper operation and administration, including the timely collection of assessments and proper governance methods.
The Master Planned Community and Condominium Practice Group of Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. assists our community association clients with all aspects of operation and administration. We prepare and provide advice regarding the preparation and interpretation of operational documents, including covenants, bylaws, rules, design standards, policies and procedure. We assist in the operational aspects of Board and member meetings, and can attend those meetings upon request. We assist in the association's relationship with third-party service providers, including property management companies, insurance companies, third-party vendors, and governmental agencies. Our collection efforts exploit all available means to secure an association's financial health, including demand letters, assessment liens, foreclosure and personal lawsuits to ensure that the association is able to discharge its financial responsibilities. We can also assist in any corporate, real estate, construction or other real property issue affecting community associations.
We are similarly experienced in community association litigation matters. We recognize that litigation is expensive, time consuming and disruptive. We counsel and assist our clients in preventing disputes that give rise to litigation when possible, and attempt to resolve them efficiently and effectively when they do arise.
We pride ourselves on our responsiveness to the needs of our clients. We return our clients' calls and inquiries promptly. Each of our clients receives timely attention and individual approaches and strategies. Our practice group is dedicated to personalized services that meet our clients' specific needs. Client satisfaction with the quality and cost of our services is of paramount importance.
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Robert D. Burton, PartnerArmbrust & Brown, L.L.P.
Areas of Practice
State Bar Admittance: 1992
Education: Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1989 AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell |
Practice Description
Robert Burton is a Real Estate Attorney whose practice has focused on condominium and master planned community development, formation, transition, operation and governance. In representing both large and small community associations, whether comprised of single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes, to commercial and mixed use associations, Mr. Burton prepares formation and governance documents, design guidelines and assists in the administration of multi-phased projects. Mr. Burton also assists developer clients with community association issues that arise during the developer control period and with transition of the project to resident/owner control.
Mr. Burton is also experienced with other community association issues such as attendance at board or owner meetings, document review and interpretation, document amendment, drafting or revising association policies, rules or regulations, building or facilities renovation, and easement, license, title or other real property issues affected by government or agency regulations. As well, to ensure that a community is able to operate and maintain its facilities through the collection of assessments, Mr. Burton provides assistance with collection efforts through all available means, including demand letters, assessment liens, judicial foreclosure of such assessment liens, and personal lawsuits.
Representative List of Clients available upon request.
Direct Phone: (512) 435-2314Main Fax: (512) 435-2360
E-mail:
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Gregory S. Cagle, PartnerArmbrust & Brown, L.L.P.
Areas of Practice
State Bar Admittance Date: 1998
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Practice Description
Gregory S. Cagle is a Real Estate attorney whose practice concentration is in civil and complex litigation involving real estate, non-profit and for-profit corporations, construction and residential and commercial community association, with a focus in representation of developer and resident-controlled community associations. Mr. Cagle has extensive experience in representing and advising community associations on all aspects of issues concerning master-planned communities, including management issues, compliance with federal and state laws governing non-profit corporations and residential community associations, construction of and compliance with community association governance documents, architectural review of proposed construction, covenant enforcement, assessment collection, litigation and dispute resolution. Mr. Cagle has previously served as president of a community association for a master-planned community with more than 1,500 homes and was a guest speaker at the 2006 Capital Area Suburban Exchange Summer Conference, where he spoke on the topic of enforcement of restrictive covenants.
Representative List of Clients available upon request.
Direct Phone: (512) 435-2321Main Fax: (512) 435-2360
E-mail:
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Carey Gunn Helm, Of CounselArmbrust & Brown, L.L.P.
Areas of Practice
State Bar Admittance Date: 1993
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Reported Cases
Marcin Engineering, LLC. v. Founders at Grizzly Ranch, LLC, 219 F.R.D. 516 (D.Colo. 2003); West v. Evergreen Highlands Ass'n, 55 P.3d 131(Colo.App. 2001), rev'd, Evergreen Highlands Ass'n v. West, 73 P.3d 1 (Colo. 2003), cert. den., West v. Evergreen Highlands Ass'n, 540 U.S. 1106, 124 S.Ct. 1059 (2004); Bell v. Nugent, 955 P.2d 584 (Colo.App. 1997).
Practice Description
An Austin native, Carey Gunn Helm is a Real Estate Attorney whose practice has focused on condominium and master planned community development, formation, transition, operation and governance in both Colorado and Texas. In representing both large and small community associations, whether comprised of single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes, to commercial and mixed use associations, Ms. Helm prepares formation and governance documents, design guidelines and assists in the administration of multi-phased projects. Ms. Helm also assists developer clients with community association issues that arise during the developer control period and with transition of the project to resident/owner control.
Ms. Helm is also experienced with other community association issues such as attendance at board or owner meetings, document review and interpretation, document amendment, drafting or revising association policies, rules or regulations, building or facilities renovation, and easement, license, title or other real property issues affected by government or agency regulations. As well, to ensure that a community is able to operate and maintain its facilities through the collection of assessments, Ms. Helm provides assistance with collection efforts through all available means, including demand letters, assessment liens, judicial foreclosure of such assessment liens, and personal lawsuits.
Representative List of Clients available upon request.
Direct Phone: (512) 435-2367Main Fax: (512) 435-2360
E-mail:
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Joshua D. Bernstein, PartnerArmbrust & Brown, L.L.P.
Areas of Practice
State Bar Admittance Date: 2005
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Practice Description
Joshua Bernstein is a Real Estate Attorney whose practice has focused on condominium and master planned community development, formation, transition, operation and governance. In representing both large and small community associations, whether comprised of single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes, to commercial and mixed use associations, Mr. Bernstein prepares formation and governance documents, design guidelines and assists in the administration of multi-phased projects. Mr. Bernstein also assists developer clients with community association issues that arise during the developer control period and with transition of the project to resident/owner control.
Mr. Bernstein is also experienced with other community association issues such as attendance at board or owner meetings, document review and interpretation, document amendment, drafting or revising association policies, rules or regulations, building or facilities renovation, and easement, license, title or other real property issues affected by government or agency regulations. As well, to ensure that a community is able to operate and maintain its facilities through the collection of assessments, Mr. Bernstein provides assistance with collection efforts through all available means, including demand letters, assessment liens, judicial foreclosure of such assessment liens, and personal lawsuits.
Representative List of Clients available upon request.
Direct Phone: (512) 435-2379Main Fax: (512) 435-2360
E-mail:
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Andrew K. Maebius, PartnerArmbrust & Brown, L.L.P.
Areas of Practice
State Bar Admittance Date: 2001
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Practice Description
Andrew Maebius is a Real Estate Attorney whose practice has focused on condominium and master planned community development, formation, transition, operation and governance. In representing both large and small community associations, whether comprised of single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes, to commercial and mixed use associations, Mr. Maebius prepares formation and governance documents, design guidelines and assists in the administration of multi-phased projects. Mr. Maebius also assists developer clients with community association issues that arise during the developer control period and with transition of the project to resident/owner control.
Mr. Maebius is also experienced with other community association issues such as attendance at board or owner meetings, document review and interpretation, document amendment, drafting or revising association policies, rules or regulations, building or facilities renovation, and easement, license, title or other real property issues affected by government or agency regulations. As well, to ensure that a community is able to operate and maintain its facilities through the collection of assessments, Mr. Maebius provides assistance with collection efforts through all available means, including demand letters, assessment liens, judicial foreclosure of such assessment liens, and personal lawsuits.
Representative List of Projects available upon request.
Direct Phone: (512) 435-2341Main Fax: (512) 435-2360
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