Eminent Domain and Condemnation
Eminent domain is the power of government to take private property for a public use.
Lassiter Tidwell represents clients whose property is taken for roads, power lines and other public projects by federal, state and local governments. We pursue litigation to secure your right to “just compensation,” which is payment by the government to you for the property taken. We advise landowners that they do not have to accept what the government says their land is worth and that they have rights. As a landowner whose property is condemned, you are entitled to receive the fair market value of the property taken. You also have a right to compensation for damage caused to your remaining property.
Lassiter Tidwell represents clients across Tennessee against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), numerous counties and municipalities and other condemning authorities.