Co-Chair, Real Estate Group | Member
Charleston, WV
mobile 304.389.3124
Ms. Ofsa's primary areas of practice are commercial, mineral, and residential real estate law, zoning, land use and development law, eminent domain law, landlord and tenant law, and title insurance.

Education

  • West Virginia University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975
  • West Virginia University, J.D., 1979

Experience

  • Advising sellers, purchasers and brokers in negotiating real estate sale and purchase agreements of commercial, industrial, mineral and residential properties, and drafting transactional documents
  • Drafting environmental conservation easement deeds for the promotion and preservation of greenspace, wetlands, wildlife habitation and other purposes in connection with development/construction projects in West Virginia
  • Assisting clients to obtain special permits, variances, rezonings, ordinance amendments and subdivision approvals before municipal and county authorities in West Virginia
  • Defending municipal zoning and land use ordinances before B.Z.A., Circuit Court and West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  • Assisting clients in the purchase, sale and other disposition of Department of Transportation, Division of Highways surplus properties and former turnpike properties
  • Advising landlords and tenants with respect to negotiating leases of commercial, office, warehouse, new construction and residential properties, drafting lease documents, and representation in connection with lease disputes
  • Representing urban renewal authority and municipalities on eminent domain and various land use, zoning, acquisition and property disposition matters
  • Advising parties in secured lending commercial, construction loan and residential transactions, including drafting loan documents
  • Assisting parties in connection with mechanic's lien claims and other lien priority disputes in various construction and loan projects
  • Agent for First American Title Insurance Company and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company