attorney at law
Practice Areas
The following is a list of legal issues that I handle:
Landlord-Tenant
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Negotiating residential and commercial lease buy-outs
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3 days notices, 10 day notices 30 day notices, 60 day notices, and cure or quit notices
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Harassment by your landlord
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Nuisance Eviction Defense
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Noise disputes with neighbors
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Claims of breach of lease by subletting
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Claims of breach of lease by using AIRBNB
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Wrongfully withheld security deposits
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Evictions that lack Just Cause
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Warranty of Habitability claims (Landlord refuses to repair)
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Comfort Pets and your right to have a comfort animal
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Discrimination by your landlord
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Unresponsive landlords
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Co-tenant disputes
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Subtenant disputes
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Lodgers (people who occupy one room in a home)
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Non-tenant ex's who won't leave
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Landlords who won't let you move family members in
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Planning Dept. based nuisance claims
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Building Dept. based nuisance claims
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Unauthorized alterations or repairs
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1.21 Hearings
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Costa Hawkins Notices and Hearings
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Capital Improvement Pass-throughs, O&M Pass-throughs
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Rent Board Hearings of pretty much any kind
Restraining Orders
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Defending Restraining Orders
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Petitioning for Restraining Orders
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Entry into the CLETS system
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Long Cause Hearings
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Move-out Orders
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Jurisdictional Challenges
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Non-CLETS settlements
Contracts
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Settlement Agreements
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Roommate Agreements
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Residential and Commercial Leases Licensing Agreements
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Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
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Confidentiality Agreements
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Partnership Agreements
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Joint Venture Agreements
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Rental Agreements
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Move-out Agreements
Asset Forfeiture
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California Civil Forfeiture
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Asset Seizure
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Federal Asset Forfeiture
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Judicial Forfeiture
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Non-Judicial Asset Forfeiture
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Administrative Asset Forfeiture
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Postal (USPS) Asset Seisuze
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Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Health & Safety Code Section 11000 HS et seq.
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California Control of Profits of Organized Crime Act, Penal Code 186.1 PC et seq.
Civil Litigation
Contact me to find out about representation on your personal injury or landlord-tenant affirmative case.