Nashville Community Association & Property Management Dispute Attorney

Middle Tennessee has seen rapid growth in planned communities, condominiums, and homeowners associations over the past two decades. With that growth come disputes — between homeowners and their association boards, between associations and property management companies, between developers and the communities they hand off, and among board members themselves. These conflicts often involve significant financial exposure, restrictions on property use, and questions about who has authority to act on behalf of the community.

Malloy Law represents homeowners, community associations, board members, property managers, and developers in these disputes in Tennessee state courts. Based in Nashville, the firm serves clients throughout Middle Tennessee — including Franklin, Murfreesboro, Brentwood, Hendersonville, and surrounding communities in Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, and Sumner counties.

What This Practice Covers

The firm handles a broad range of community association and property management disputes, including covenant enforcement and restrictive covenant disputes; assessment collection and delinquency actions; board governance disputes and fiduciary duty claims against officers and directors; architectural review and modification disputes; common area maintenance and repair obligations; declarant and developer transition issues; property management contract disputes; fair housing and discrimination claims arising in the association context; and insurance coverage disputes involving association policies.

The Approach

Every community association dispute starts with the governing documents — the declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs), the bylaws, the articles of incorporation, and any applicable rules and regulations. Malloy Law begins each engagement with a careful review of these documents alongside the relevant Tennessee statutes, including the Tennessee Horizontal Property Act and the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act. Understanding how these layers interact is essential to identifying what rights and obligations actually exist, as opposed to what a board or homeowner assumes they are.

Community association disputes differ from many commercial cases because the parties often have to continue living and working together after the dispute is resolved. Malloy Law recognizes that practical resolution — through negotiation, mediation, or structured board processes — is frequently in the client's best interest. But when a board is acting beyond its authority, a homeowner is facing disproportionate enforcement, or a property manager has breached its contractual duties, the firm is prepared to litigate aggressively in Davidson County Circuit Court or wherever the case requires.

Whether representing an association enforcing its covenants, a homeowner challenging a board's decision, or a developer navigating the transition of control to a new board, Malloy Law brings the same focus: understand the documents, assess the exposure, and pursue the most effective path to resolution.

Related Practice Areas: Property & Construction Disputes · Contract Disputes · Insurance Coverage Disputes