Andrew Strickland

I am a solutions-oriented, service provider with a background in real estate and business law. Prior to law school, I worked in real estate sales, property management, and investments. Throughout law school, my focus was on real estate and business. As a legal professional, I have held positions as an attorney providing services to the low-income and as a judicial law clerk working for a trial court judge providing research, legal drafts, and recommendations. Now, as a legal professional at Woehrle Dahlberg Jones Yao, I supplement my knowledge and experience with those in the firm to provide legal services to my clients.

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2018

Virginia

Since 2016

Judicial Law Clerk

Superior Court of DC

2017 - 2018

Law clerk to Judge Puig-Lugo

Staff Attorney

Legal Services of Northern Virginia

2016 - 2017

Practice areas: Housing, Consumer, and Elder.

General Counsel Fellow

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

2015 - 2015

Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

J.D. (2016)

2013 - 2016

Q. Can a former landlord sue for damages if he didn't notify as per required under the contract, hence then there are none?

January 9, 2019

A: Question: "If I win as per the terms of our contract (no proper notification,, no communication until way way later, no nothing) do the damages still exist then to sue me later?"

There's a few things going on with your question and some assumptions that I need to make in order to tailor it. Let me start with the assumptions: (1) You have a claim against Landlord; (2) Landlord shows up to small claims and disputes the claim; (3) you win final judgment in your favor in small claims based on a breach of contract (your lease with landlord).

To answer your question under these assumptions, you need to understand that small claims is a lower-level trial court with rights to appeal to Circuit Court. If you were to win final judgment in small claims, Landlord cannot bring another small claims action against you on the basis of "res judicata" barring such additional claims where final judgment has been issued on the same occurrence, transaction, etc. However, this does not bar the Landlord from either disputing the claim in small claims and attempting to get an award there or appealing the final judgment to the circuit court. Such an appeal is heard "de novo," meaning that the circuit court will hear the case as from the beginning and not as a review of the small claims court. The Landlord at this stage could again attempt to defend or carry forward their claims to this court on those damages. ... Read More