Unlawful Detainers – Everything is Negotiable

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Owner in Real Estate Litigation, Uncategorized, Unlawful Detainer No Comments

At Schorr Law, we do more than just unlawful detainers. What we learn from our general Los Angeles real estate litigation practice. In this economy, everything is negotiable and I mean everything. If you lose your unlawful detainer, open up negotiations again. The thing to keep in mind is that the landlord wants you out […]

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Los Angeles Unlawful Detainer Info

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Owner in Uncategorized No Comments

There are a number of good resources for learning more about the California Unlawful Detainer Process. That said, many of them are hard to find or require legal expertise. In Los Angeles, tenants can utilize the Los Angeles Housing Department for rent controlled properties. For non-rent controlled properties, we think that this blog and our […]

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Ebook Arrival Soon!

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Owner in Uncategorized No Comments

We have our first draft of our ebook scheduled for release in August. This is the definitive guide for defending unlawful detainers in California. Contact us now at info@schorr-law.com to be added to our first release notification.

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Zachary Schorr Named To 2012 Super Lawyers List (Rising Stars) for Real Estate

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Owner in Uncategorized No Comments

Zachary D. Schorr has been named to the Southern California Rising Stars list as one of the “Rising Star” attorneys in Real Estate for 2012. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. The selection for this respected list is made by the research team at Super […]

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Schorr Law Wins Motion for Reconsideration on Attorney Verification Issue

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Owner in Uncategorized No Comments

Recently, we had another big win on behalf of one of our clients who was fighting an unlawful detainer action filed against him by Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac had their attorneys’ verify the unlawful detainer complaint. We then filed a motion to strike the complaint based on valid California case law . We won the […]

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Cross-complaints in Unlawful Detainers: Tenants Obtaining Affirmative Relief

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Owner in Landlord Tenant, Real Estate Litigation, Unlawful Detainer 2 Comments

When a tenant gets sued in a California eviction action, an unlawful detainer, the tenant will often want to file a cross-complaint against the landlord for some issue relating to the tenancy. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, unlawful detainers are summary proceedings. As summary proceedings, the court does not […]

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Schorr Law Attacks Attorney Verification of Unlawful Detainer Complaints

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Owner in Unlawful Detainer No Comments

At some point in time, I would like to see an end to the practice of attorneys verifying unlawful detainer complaints. Are they too lazy to get their client to sign? Are the client’s really unavailable? What does unavailable mean it today’s 24/7 world of email, fax and texting. I suspect there is no true […]

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Los Angeles Unlawful Detainer Attorney: Continuing Trial

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Owner in Uncategorized No Comments

In my experience as a Los Angeles unlawful detainer attorney and Los Angeles real estate litigator I have noticed that, unlike in general civil disputes, it is very tough to get a continuance of an unlawful detainer trial without agreement of opposing counsel. This is true because unlawful detainer matters are supposed to go to […]

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Los Angeles Unlawful Detainer Attorney: Schorr Law Wins Motion to Strike Complaint Verified by An Attorney!

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Owner in Uncategorized No Comments

We are pleased to announce that this past week the San Bernardino County Superior Court granted a motion to strike an entire unlawful detainer complaint based on the fact that it was verified by an attorney. The court granted our motion to strike finding that the attorney verification was not valid under Decamp v. […]

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Los Angeles Unlawful Detainer Attorney: Form Interrogatories Specific to Unlawful Detainer

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Owner in Uncategorized No Comments

If you are defending a Los Angeles unlawful detainer or eviction action, why not send form interrogatories. The California Judicial Council has done the work for you. All you have to do a check a few boxes and get someone to serve the form interrogatories and you then get a preview of the landlord’s case […]

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