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I need a recommendation for a lawyer that handles property disputes.

The apartment building next door has a retaining wall that runs along my backyard and is crumbling. If it fails I’m afraid my yard will collapse with it since my yard is higher than the apartment building alley. I would like to build a deck and landscape but I want them to fix the wall first. I spoke to the management company of the building and they told me the trees in my yard are causing the wall to fail so its my responsibility to pay for it and I should get ready and hire a lawyer! I met with an architect who said that the building owns the wall and they are responsible for it no matter what the reason for its failing. He said that my property and trees were there first, their alley was built lower than the pre-existing land and the wall was built up against my property, which all adds up to them having to legally maintain the wall.

So does anyone know a lawyer who can help with this sort of issue?