Tree Law & Neighbor Disputes
Dangerous or Nuisance Trees and Root Problems, Protecting Trees, and View Rights
- San Francisco Tree Dispute Resolution Ordinance and similar ordinances in the Bay Area to restore views while protecting benefits and health of trees, if practical.
- Resolving overhanging branches and root issues, landscaping, and fence problems.
- Resolving problems through tree maintenance plans and view agreements.
Easements, Encroachments, Boundary Lines, and HOA Problems
- Easements for access and use, equitable or prescriptive easements, and adverse possession rights, egress pathways, or encroaching structures, zero lot lines, and other property line problems.
- Represent HOAs and members regarding CC&Rs, house rules, Davis-Stirling, nuisances, noise, repairs, maintenance, short-term rentals, parking, reserves, and assessment issues.
Construction Law & Projects
Construction Contracts
- Construction access, shoring, and cross-license agreements.
- Other neighbor agreements, including related to encroachments, property lines, trees, drainage, noise, safety, parking, and fences.
Construction Defect Litigation and Disputes
- Construction defect litigation, including arising from builder or developer projects, as well as owner improvement projects.
- Construction disputes, including neighbor problems, such as lateral support, retaining walls, and tiebacks, and noise, property line, and property damage issues.
Tenant Rights & Contingency Representations
San Francisco Rent Ordinance
- Represent tenants and landlords regarding rights under the SF Rent Ordinance.
- Claims for unsafe and uninhabitable rental units, displacements and damages arising from building fires, wrongful and constructive evictions, loss of rent control unit, and OMIs.
Statewide Rent Cap and Just Cause Evictions
- Counsel tenants regarding rights and liabilities under the Tenant Protection Act, including rent cap limits and just cause evictions.
- Claims for violating the Tenant Protection Act, and unsafe and uninhabitable rental units.
Commercial Leases
- Assisting owners and tenants on leases and tenancy issues for office, restaurant, and retail spaces.
- Counsel owners on leasing commercial and multi-unit residential properties, including state and local compliance issues, ADA issues, and requirements for pool use, bedbugs, smoke alarms, and metering utilities.
Buyer & Seller and Ownership Disputes
Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation Claims
- Claims between buyers and sellers regarding alleged non-disclosure and misrepresentation, including repairs, water leaks, permit and code issues, easements, bad neighbors, prior litigation, and occupancy and use rights.
Mediation Demands and Pre-litigation Mediations
- Mediation demands and pre-litigation mediations for claims alleging nondisclosure and misrepresentations, including neighbor problems, water leaks, repairs, improvements, permit and code issues, structural and soil issues, and occupancy or use.
Historic Property Investigations
- Historic property investigations regarding ownership, use, rights, and interests, including researching agreements, access easements, licenses, land use, or conservation easements.
- Investigates information on properties from public agencies, libraries, and history rooms throughout Bay Area, and uncovers the human stories.