Kenneth Herbert Carlson

I became acquainted with Ken during the pandemic, as he was recommended to me by an attorney friend of mine who researched my situation. I was getting evicted during the middle of the pandemic due to owner move in (My landlord was an attorney who figured a way around the moratorium. The first consult...ation was kind of vague and just ken feeling out the particulars and then he made a recommendation to say something to the other side. Which was my landlord (a real estate attorney) with her own attorney also. Since money was tight for the first time in my life due to the pandemic, I could not just hire an attorney and throw loads of money at it. On the second consultation, when I got back to Kenneth with more details from their first response, his strategy was exactly what I needed to deal with two attorneys. He gave me the confidence to go head-to-head with two professional grade A pricks. His strategy worked 100% and was a huge relief during the most stressful time of my life. I would highly recommend anybody who wants results without spending loads of money on attorney’s fees. He has great resources for free and puts the ball back in your court. I have already recommended him friends.10 + Stars, Thanks Ken!!

I am writing this letter today, an amazing 4 years after Ken began helping me and my 94 year old Mother fight an eviction from our home, by a Bank who took back the home in foreclosure from the owner. He is a wonderful human being and a stellar Attorney. His knowledge of the law is nothing short of... amazing. Ken helped us fight 4 unlawful evictions which we won, and file a Civil Case against the Bank. Our 4 year long journey together was hard fought and I will always be grateful for him and all he has done to help us. Just saying thank him isn’t enough. - Rebecca

Ken is the best! In 2013 I rented a condo in San Diego, non stop electrical issues, after several requests for repair to the property manager went unanswered one wall outlet started sparking and left large burn marks on the wall, Ken advised me step-by-step on the exact steps to take to mitigate any... owner recourse and legally exit my lease 7 months early without owing any additional money! Fast forward to 2021 in. LA and am again using his legal services to exit my lease 9 months early due to an overly hostile potentially violent neighbor who is creating a very dangerous situation and a property management team who seems to not be able to effectively resolve the issue. Key to success in CA tenant law is to follow a very methodical process, exactly how Ken and his team lay out, this is key!

DO NOT CALL THIS MAN! He is a professional scammer predating on the poor, desperate and vulnerable and not only will try to deceive you and produce completely incoherent work (I am a paralegal and he took $500 from me in "calls," just to answer questions about his errors and then threatened me and re...fused to update documents per the California Rules of Court) I caught his office manager Julie in a couple lies as well she appears to be some failed actress that plays along with Ken's Unlawful Detainer Gameboard of insanity. Ken Carlson will guide you unethically to the most expensive solution so that he gets thousands from you just to buy you a little more time. I would have rather moved and saved myself the trauma of dealing with this con man. He is a scammer and I am not only reporting this to The State Bar of California and Office of the Attorney General I am taking this to the top if you have been a victim of Ken Carlson's tactics please email me at [email protected] and I will make sure your complaint gets to my contact at The State Bar of California and we will pursue this legally

Thanks to Ken, I was so well prepared for the case that my landlord didn't even bother opposing my Demurrer and instead requested dismissal at the Demurrer hearing! First, I challenged the court's jurisdiction based on the the defective notice with a Motion to Quash (Motion only failed because the ...court's electronic filing system closed early on me at the filing deadline [don't wait til last moment to file your pleadings!]) With the defective notice in what was a no fault "just-cause" Unlawful Detainer or Eviction case, the accompanying Complaint and Mandatory Covid-19 Cover sheet failed to list any exemption to the Tenant Protection Act ("TPA") and in fact said I was both covered by the Act and was NOT covered by the Act. Landlord even claimed an exemption from the Act but did not list it anywhere on the Notice or Complaint or Mandatory Covid-19 Cover Sheet. The Landlord's lawyer was not updated on the new TPA law and erroneously claimed they needed no reason to evict a tenant of 5 years. And with the lease even stating that "Just Cause" language was required on the notice where required by law, which it is under the TPA, Landlord missed this one as well. And after complaining about habitability issues and lease clauses that were violations of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Landlord retaliated and sued me despite our agreement to not litigate and my voluntary agreement to move out a few moths earlier. Then Landlord fires me from my four year job as quasi property manager that after two years earlier, locking the water supply to our agreed upon once a week car washings for my driving jobs. Even more incredible, this man let a tenant of another race have a cat , but forced me to return my cat; heartbroken, I did get another cat supported by the Emotional Support Animal Law in California. And when the Landlord's attorney lied about serving me with Opposition to my Quash Motion papers in my mailbox (none of the units have required mailboxes), I was able to unleash my Affirmative Defenses in the Quash hearing as a Special Appearance - thus not under the Court's Jurisdiction - which defenses normally are reserved for a person who is under the Court's Jurisdiction during a Demurrer or in the Answer. Doing so, does reveal some of your legal strategy for the trial, but with Ken's consulting and encouragement - my defense was sound and I knew Landlord could not defeat me! Now, I must reveal that I am a retired research attorney, but knew nothing of California Eviction Law. Had to study my butt off for three months - Unlawful Detainers move fast and it is definitely not small claims court. Very complex; but, if you can follow Ken's system and are willing to work hard, you can prevail! So, my next strategy was to file for Injunctive and Declaratory relief at the Quash stage as I was most likely to win my case and needed future guidance in rent reduction due to car was expenses for his breach of our agreement and statutory damages moving forward due to the self-help utility water lockout. Per Statute, two years at $100 a day adds up ($73,000!). Even an equitable penalty of two years at $100 per week ($10,400) surely freaked out the Landlord. Then the damaging e-mails of encouraging me to move and that it was safer to be out of the crowded apartment and that with my new car, I could surely afford to move (in reality, my Mercedes is 20 years old and part of my insurance settlement from my totaled new Jeep that was worth three times as much). Followed by Landlord's pity letter of how he takes care of his family and in-laws and money is tight and he can rent my room for a lot more than $500 a month. The GULL! And finally to boot, libels and defames me saying I was an unqualified Tenant to begin with! Well, if you you rate me on my 703 up and down credit rating, maybe. But five years of near perfect rent payments says otherwise. OK enough - now we get ready to sue him. THANKS KEN!