Exceed Legal PLLC

Avoid this firm. Ian Gee gave incompetent legal counsel that borders on malpractice (in my opinion). The HOA in Crosstimber Ranch in Garden Valley, Idaho, hired attorney Ian Gee some years ago to advise about creating amendments to the CC&Rs regarding building requirements. Instead of providing the accurate advice that amendments need a full community vote, Ian crafted a highly strained, ridiculous argument that the HOA is in fact the same legal entity as the original developer/Declarant and so has the same powers to make amendments without a full community vote! This fraudulent interpretation ignored the plain language of the CC&Rs, which clearly define the Declarant and the Association as two separate entities. He also misinterpreted the standard legal meaning of “successors and assigns,” which refers to heirs & estate representatives of the Declarant, not the nonprofit HOA that automatically forms when the developer sells off most of the lots. This was such shoddy lawyering that every legal team (to include: an attorney at Smith Knowles Law Firm, an attorney at Neil Colborn Law Firm, and an attorney at Givens Pursley Law Firm), a property management team doing business for 25 years, and, heck, any regular person with a brain who has seen this has said it is total bunk. As a result of Mr. Gee's bad counsel, the community is now left with two illegal amendments on the books; one that imposes daily fines and can force owners to disclose sensitive personal financial information. And any time these amendments have been enforced or followed, it has put the HOA in legal jeopardy. Someone from our subdivision even reached out to Ian Gee and the other principal at Exceed Legal awhile back to see if they would be willing to help make things right. They responded by digging in their heals and advising, as a solution, that we should simply elect HOA board members who wouldn't enforce the amendments or make more illegal ones! Instead of trying to get this review removed from Google when there is plenty of documentation proving it is true and accurate, maybe Ian Gee and Exceed Legal should do the right thing and reach out to Crosstimber Ranch to help the residents either repeal these amendments or put them to a proper, full community vote to see if they will pass.

Avoid this firm. Ian Gee gave incompetent legal counsel that borders on malpractice (in my opinion). Our HOA in Crosstimber Ranch in Garden Valley, Idaho hired attorney Ian Gee some years ago to advise about creating amendments to our CC&Rs regarding building requirements. Instead of providing the accurate advice that amendments need a full community vote, Ian crafted a highly strained, ridiculous argument that the HOA is in fact the same legal entity as the original developer/declarant and so has the same powers to make amendments without a full vote! This fraudulent interpretation ignored the plain language of the CC&Rs, which clearly define the Declarant and the Association as two separate entities. He also misinterpreted the standard legal meaning of “successors and assigns,” which refers to heirs & estate representatives, not the nonprofit HOA that automatically forms when the developer sells off most of the lots. Did he even attend law school? This was such shoddy lawyering that every legal team, property manager and, heck, any regular person with a brain who has seen it has said it is total bunk. As a result of Mr. Gee's bad counsel, the community is now left with two illegal amendments on the books; one that imposes daily fines and can force owners to disclose sensitive personal financial information. And any time these amendments have been enforced or followed, it has put the HOA in legal jeopardy. Someone from our subdivision even reached out to Ian Gee and the other principal at Exceed Legal awhile back to see if they would be willing to help make things right. They responded by digging in their heals and advising, as a solution, that we should simply elect HOA board members who wouldn't enforce the amendments! Avoid these hayseed hacks.