Robert Dale Hillshafer

Our homeowner association hired Mr. Hillshafer as HOA’s lawyer. Last year he charged us $429.00 to type the amendment to our HOA’s CC&R’s to delete HOA member’s cumulative voting rights from our CC&Rs and to record the amendment with the LA County Recorder’s office. He recorded a blank CC&R’s amendme...nt form document with no amendment wording typed into the space provided. California Civil Code 4270 requires that the amendment is effective only after it is properly recorded in the county. He recorded a blank form, and worst of all, he gave this blank form to HOA to be distributed to the members. One of the members discovered this discrepancy just at the closing time of HOA board of director’s election and demanded to exercise cumulative voting. This lawyer’s malpractice could easily cause a lawsuit between the HOA member and the HOA.