Ackerman & Ackerman PC

For more than 50 years, the Ackerman name has been synonymous with integrity and excellence in eminent domain litigation. The firm has helped hundreds of clients, large and small, urban and rural, collect hundreds of millions of dollars in fair compensation from settlements, mediation and jury verdicts. It takes major parcels of land to build a new highway, hospital, or similar public project. Unfortunately, the greater good to society from such large-scale development often exacts a personal toll: an owner must relocate a well-established business; or a family learns that its property, owned for several generations, lies in the project's path. To be forcibly uprooted or to give up personal property is never easy. Beyond sentiment, moreover, come questions of due process and value: how do you protect your legal rights when your property is condemned; and what is a fair price for your property? In the early 1940s, Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski's founder, Irving Ackerman, helped establish the legal specialty of condemnation law, finding new ways for property owners and business clients to obtain fair compensation. The firm quickly gained a keen understanding of the legal and human dimensions behind this complex area of the law and continues to apply that understanding today. That is why Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski stands as a persistent and respected adversary of government legal departments across the United States. We pride ourselves on listening carefully, diligently doing our homework and aggressively fighting for the property rights of individuals.