Daniel Joseph Lickel

Shortly after the beginning of COVID, my landlord's son took over management of the apartment building I lived in. It was a great spot in Mission Beach with long-term tenants ranging from 3-10 years tenancy. The son came by and had the realization -- why do we have long-term tenants when we could hav...e AirBnb?!?!!?! Thus began the worst year of my adult life. The landlord's son sent us illegal termination notices during the moratorium, threatened to dock our wages and have us arrested for trespassing if we didn't leave, turned our water off multiple times without notice, and more. After contacting over 10 lawyers and multiple visits to Volunteer Lawyers of San Diego, I thought we were out of options. All of them said our 2nd termination of tenancy notice was valid and we had to leave. During my research I had come across Tenant Defenders, but I was put off by the consultation fee when other lawyers did free consultations, so I never called. Finally, literally the day before we had to move out, I scheduled a consultation with Dan Lickel. I thought, "You know what, a lot of the lawyers I spoke to said they did tenant law but weren't even familiar with the information I knew. I want to talk to an expert, just to know for sure". Everything changed after that day. Dan immediately saw that our termination of tenancy notice was invalid. At this time we had already found a new place to go and just needed a few more months before we could move in. Not only were we able to move out on our own timeline, but Dan negotiated a $25,000 cash-for-keys payout. Dan was literally the sunshine through our darkest days. I recommend him to everyone I know. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Daniel helped me with a landlord dispute. I am new to San Diego and rented an apartment site unseen. The photos looked great but the place was in disarray and I could barely breathe from the dirty carpet. All my belongings had arrived from the east coast and I didn't know what to do. The landlord di...dn't want to terminate the lease. I hired Daniel for a consultation and he provided me with excellent advise! I used his advise and talking points to get the landlord to hire professional carpet cleaners to clean the apartment and fix broken items (like clogged sink and door locks that didn't work). Daniel also offered advise on terminating the lease and getting my deposit back in small claims court. If there are further issues I will use Daniel's great advise. Thank you Daniel for helping me get through my first few weeks in San Diego!

It is with pleasure and gratitude that I write this endorsement of attorney Daniel Lickel. My wife and I had experienced months of stress due to a landlord dispute and subsequently trying to deal with all the issues ourselves, to no avail. Mr. Lickel’s legal representation proved invaluable to us, ...as he was able to negotiate a favorable settlement while avoiding trial, within weeks of our first meeting. It was a great relief to have an attorney with the knowledge and expertise to take our case and resolve it with integrity. Mr. Lickel is a credit to the legal profession and I wholeheartedly recommend him as an outstanding tenant defender.

In what was a potential life and death tenant law matter, Mr. Lickel made himself quickly available and efficiently produced a result that was precisely what I sought and needed. While the final results are still pending, the short term effect was to stop the harassment and threats of bad actors in t...heir tracks. I will also say that some attorneys would have stretched this out to be able to bill more time, but Dan Lickel got straight to the matter and did what was needed. If I need more help, I'll go straight back to Dan Lickel. I highly recommend him.