Kenneth Herbert Carlson

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!

Ken is very personable and gives you a 'relief' when you talk to him. You must read his 'This is how we do things' VERY thoroughly, word for word, beginning to end. Its in black and white: $6/minute for calls (no matter what is discussed or accomplished, $75/email (no matter the topic, if its a reply... or even asking what the balance is), they only prepare you for court and dont appear (they can also ignore you on or right before your hearing if they choose to do so), they can charge any amounts regardless of what is on their website or what was quoted to you (a $75 Quash can end up being $1000, even if the Quash was filed incorrectly and in their accidental/purposeful actions), they may/may-not ever tell you your balance and each time you ask 'whats my balance as of today' they can charge you another $75 for your email and another $75 for their response which is always 'please call us' which is another $6/minute or $50 or whatever they feel like doing, and on and on. If this is acceptable, by all means hire them. If you want NOTHING done except calls/emails regarding what you owe them, look no further. If you want some type of assistance that actually helps or moves your case forward, STAY FAR AWAY. All these bad responses posted, are 100% true. All the good posts are done by them. Our opposing attorney even stated 'By hiring Carlson, we automatically won without a fight. Its only a matter of time before it catches up with them (Ken) and what their actually doing but he is making so much money of people like you (that would be me) that him and his team can retire and 100x over. I gave them $1150 and what I got in return was a 8 minute consultation where Ken never even looked at my case before, a rejected Quash and @30 emails all asking 'What is my current bill? What is the total?' Even after the Attorneys Bar Official complaint in Feb 2021, I still have NO idea where my $1150 went to. Had to do my court appearance without ANY help from them what-so-ever resulting in loss. My case was actually winnable. Provable real estate fraud from buyer and escrow duo. But without legal representation, which I assumed I had per $1150, I lost my house, lost my $150k equity, got 3 years of bad credit and ALL judgement went in the Defendants favor. Thanks You so much Ken & Julie, and Britneys constant emails (which I never opened/responded to, but still charged for)! We are now homeless & sleeping from park to park, my wife spent weekend in hospital trying to hurt herself, buyer got all of my possessions (16 years of contracting, tools, materials, etc.). Lost everything so you can have a measly $1150. How do you & your team sleep at night? I know, on piles of money!!! So do your research first, read their terms thoroughly. Theres 1000 other honest attorneys out there. Be smart and cautious!

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!

Literally. This man is hands down the best attorney I have EVER interacted with. He is so intelligent, that I feel bad that he has to "dumb it down" for us, but thank god for his immense patience. All the points that were made by the 'Anonymous post dated ' Oct 2020' are in total alignment. Without... stumbling upon Ken, I would have been bullied into walking away from a property where I spent tons of $$ fixing repairs and deferred maintenance. I was so pissed off (still am) and frustrated at how a landlord could have literally taken advantage of someone so badly and then try to penalize them with an eviction (the nerve), especially during a pandemic! The landlord im in a lawsuit with, found a non-rent related reason to evict to get around the COVID 19 moratorium and cited ( unauthorized guests, and other BS for reasons) . I cant believe courts allow landlords to waste their time with such frivolous evictions that are really retaliatory against the tenant. Like the anonymous post stated, most of what you learn from Ken is that you're going to be playing a game against a rigged system (everyone from Judges to the court clerks). That was such a crude realization. It makes you see a world of complete injustice. I did also note that you have to be an active player in your lawsuit. If you are passive this wont work. You have to be pro-active, ask questions, watch your case on the court website, retrieve documents, upload documents to Ken and follow up in a diligent process like you're learning a new language. You have to talk to clerks, go to the courthouse, and literally immerse yourself in this process. Id be lying if I said I wasn't confused at times about what documents said, where to look for dates, how his strategy would ultimately work out and what to expect, and for someone that likes to be in control, and know the details before moving forward, there have been times where I have had to just 'let go' and trust that Ken has it.That is difficult thing to do. I don't think that someone who just likes to "set it and forget it' would do well given that this process can consume your time and require you to learn this subject matter very quickly. I have actually appreciated how much Ive learned in the process. It is so refreshing to see how much Ive learned going through this process that I would have never learned with any other attorney helping me. I cant thank this man enough.