Jeff Tibbals

Jeffrey S. Tibbals concentrates his practice in the area of real estate litigation, and has handled cases involving:

• Commercial and development real estate loan disputes, on behalf of both financial institutions and developers, including foreclosures, workouts, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and complex forbearance agreements
• Contract disputes regarding the sale and purchase of real property, including claims of fraud and negligent misrepresentation, and specific performance
• Disputes regarding the interpretation and effect of restrictive covenants
• Disputes regarding the existence and validity of easements
• Adverse possession of real property
• Eminent domain
• Disputes relating to the creation and ownership of condominiums
• Disputes among business partners, including shareholders of corporations and members of limited liability companies
• Commercial lease disputes
• Land use, planning and zoning issues
• Property damage and nuisances
• Boundary disputes
• Foreclosures

In addition to real property litigation, Mr. Tibbals also has significant experience in class action litigation and other complex tort and contract litigation.  Mr. Tibbals also counsels community associations.

Mr. Tibbals received his B.A. in English Literature from Washington and Lee University and his J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University.  Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Tibbals joined the Washington, D.C. office of a national general practice law firm before moving to Charleston in 2003.

Published Works:

• "Analysis & Perspective, New Initiatives to Encourage Disclosure of Environmental Costs and Liabilities," (34 Env’t Reporter 217, 01/24/03) Co-Author, BNA, 2003

• The Charleston Regional Business Journal's Forty Under 40 List (2009)
• Leadership Charleston (2006-2007)
• Extern, Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (1998)

• Island Packet article about Old Carolina golf course
  The June 15th edition of the Hilton Head Island Packet featured an article about Nexsen Pruet client Old Carolina.
• Jeff Tibbals named as a "Forty Under 40" winner for 2009
  The Charleston Regional Business Journal has named Nexsen Pruet attorney Jeff Tibbals as a "Forty Under 40" winner for 2009.
• Nexsen Pruet Creates Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group
  The new group will provide clients the necessary resources, skills, and expertise needed to navigate issues that emerge during periods of economic and financial uncertainty.
• Nexsen Pruet Elects Nine New Members
  Nexsen Pruet announced that J. David Black, Amy Harmon Geddes, Stephen P. Groves, Sr., Gregory T. Higgins, Joseph M. Kahn, Christopher A. Ogiba, Brian T. Price, J. Frederick Reames, III, and Jeffrey S. Tibbals have been elected Members (partners) of the firm.
• Jeff Tibbals Selected for 2006-7 Class of Leadership Charleston
  Jeffrey S. Tibbals, an attorney in Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston office, has been selected for the 2006-2007 class of Leadership Charleston.
• Nexsen Pruet Further Expands Charleston Office; Adding Two New Attorneys
  Nexsen Pruet, LLC has expanded its Charleston office for the second time in less than a month with the announcement that Jeffrey S. Tibbals and Jason C. Lynch have joined the firm as Associates.

• "Landlord-Tenant Mediation/Dispute Resolution", Lecturer, Landlord-Tenant Law, Sterling Education Services, Inc. (2011)
• "Eviction and the Judicial Process" and "Ethical Considerations in Landlord-Tenant Law", Commercial Landlord-Tenant Law CLE Seminar, Columbia, Lecturer, Sterling Education Services (2009)
• "Eviction and the Judicial Process", Lecturer, Commercial Landlord Tenant Law, Sterling Education Services, Inc. (2010)