Congratulations to Todd A. Angstadt, who was recently inducted into the International Association of Defense Counsel, an invitation only, peer-reviewed legal organization limited to approximately 2,500 members world wide.
San Francisco Office Settles Case for Hundreds of Thousands Less Than Final Demand at Mediation
Todd Angstadt and Jessica Pliner substituted into this landlord-tenant case venued in Alameda Superior Court shortly before trial after the close of discovery. While the case initially appeared beyond settlement, we aggressively handled the case, filed a number of motions and convinced plaintiffs in September 2009 to settle the case for several hundred thousand dollars…
San Francisco Office Exonerates Commercial Landlord
Bradley Jameson and William Carlson recently exonerated a commercial landlord from the building owner’s attempts to allocate fault to our client. The court agreed that our client was faultless and dismissed the case with prejudice at our request.
Landlord Success Before San Francisco’s Rent Board
San Francisco attorney Maija O. Villegas recently exonerated a landlord before San Francisco’s Rent Board. A tenant petioned the Rent Board claiming the landlord and its agents allowed a nuisance to exist, did not enforce house rules and interrupted the tenant’s utilities in retaliation for the tenant’s complaints. After receiving evidence and hearing argument, the Rent Board agreed…
San Francisco Office Defeats Class Certification and Successfully Settles Habitability Action
Todd Angstadt and Elisa Marcaletti recently successfully settled two related lawsuits filed by 46 plaintiffs in Alameda Superior Court. The plaintiffs were tenants of an apartment complex located in Oakland, California. The firm represented the apartment complex owners against claims of retaliatory eviction, wrongful endeavors to evict, negligence, breach of contract, breach of the warranty…
San Francisco Office Obtains $63,000 Attorneys Fees Award in Landlord-Tenant Action
Robert K. Phillips and Jessica Stuart Pliner moved for attorneys fees and costs after prevailing in an action brought against our landlord clients for the breach of warranty of habitability in Sonoma Superior Court. The Court granted motions declaring plaintiff a vexatious litigant and dismissing her cross-complaint. The Court also granted our motion for fees…