Florian Hsueh
Founding partner
Reads the title files that arrive with a question mark on them: an old lien, a missing signature, a fence on the wrong side of the line.
Real estate lawyers in Wilmington
You hold the keys. We read every page.
A three-lawyer office for people buying, selling and closing on a home. Before you sign, one of us has read the contract, the title and the numbers, and told you what they mean.
Who you will talk to
Three lawyers, and the one you meet is the one who works your file
There is no intake desk between you and the person reading your contract. Pick up the phone and one of us answers.
Mirabel Sarmiento
Partner
Runs the closing calendar and sits with buyers from the contract to the keys, in English or Tagalog.
Jarvis Okamura
Associate
First homes, family sales and the contract questions that come in the night before a deadline.
What we handle
Four things people bring us, over and over
A house changes hands in four steps. We take the paper in all four.
Buying a home
The contract, the inspection credit, the loan terms and the deed, read before you sign any of them.
Buying, step by stepSelling a home
An offer read line by line, the payoff letters chased, and the buyer’s requests answered in plain words.
Selling, step by stepClosings and recording
The signing table, the funds, and the deed filed afterward, so the sale is finished on the public record.
Closing day and afterTitle problems
A lien that never came off, a name spelled two ways, an heir nobody mentioned. We clear what can be cleared.
Clearing the record
In our own units
A year at the office, counted in paperwork
214
closings signedAt our table or by appointment
209
deeds recordedFiled after the signing, not left to chance
460
contracts read before signingMost come back with a few questions
31
title defects clearedOld liens, missing releases, name mismatches
Sample figures, counted from the firm's own closing files. Every transaction is different, and these don't predict yours.
In their words
What clients said once the paperwork was done
“Jarvis explained the inspection credit to me on the phone while I was standing in the kitchen. I never felt rushed, and I understood what I was signing.”
Renata P.Bought a rowhouse
“The buyer’s lender asked for the payoff letter three times. Mirabel kept sending it until it was done, and we closed on the day we planned.”
Gordon and Ellis T.Sold their house
“A mortgage from the 1990s was still showing against the house. Florian found the release in the lender’s file, and it came off the record.”
Lakshmi V.Cleared an old lien
Sample notes from clients. Every purchase and sale is different, and these don't promise the same result on yours.
Bring the contract and the questions
Send us the address and what you have so far. One of the three of us will call you back the same working day.