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A guide for tenants on how to defend yourself in an unlawful detainer action in California - including form motion to strike attorney verification of complaint.
In this eBook we offer insight on the strategic steps a tenant can take to gives themselves the best chance to prevail in their unlawful detainer.
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.
View PostZachary 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 […]
View PostRecently, 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 […]
View PostWhen 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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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 […]
View PostIn 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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