Kenneth Herbert Carlson

Attorney, Monique Harris at Cal Tenant Law made a very stressful situation with our landlord bearable. After enduring years of harassment from our landlord over habitability issues at our rental, we finally found a true professional, caring advocate! Ms. Harris answered all our questions, kept us up-...to-date on our case, even checked in just to see how we were doing. In the end she was able to help us reach a favorable outcome, all within a few months! Even the free legal information is helpful in knowing your rights as a tenant. I highly recommend the services at Cal Tenant Law.

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!

Don't wait another second get hold of Ken right now !! I have worked with Ken a few times over the past 10 years it has always been the right move to get Ken on the case. I have sent people in need to Ken and it always turned out better for them too. You will know that Ken cares by the service he pr...ovides to you. Get Ken the facts of your case and he will get right to work on your best out come. You will be very happy you did.

I hired Ken Carlson to help me with my case. He is very clear, precise and incredibly knowledgeable and helpful. I felt fully supported and his help comforted me a great deal as I had never sued anyone before but he walked me through the process. He put my mind at ease from the very first consultatio...n. I worked with Ken as I needed him and thanks to his high level of professionalism and dedication, I won my case.

I've been consulting Ken since April 2017 and he has helped me to deal with a bully-landlord - a big corporation that wanted to walk into my apartment and start renovating my kitchen, bathroom, closet and make me and my pets live in a construction zone. Mr. Ken Carlson was very supportive from the fi...rst consultation back in April 2017 up until today. He is simply amazing. He will take care of you. Trust him. He is very knowledgeable, has over 30 years of experience dealing with landlords, and is ALWAYS on your side. Every single time. Even when you want to give up. Even when you feel you can't do this any more. He will be there for you to support you. Every single time after a consultation with Ken I felt a lot better, I was educated on my rights, on the next steps, and the best way to approach the situation. I will always recommend Ken to my friends, colleagues, and I strongly recommend him to you. I've worked with attorneys before, but I've never met an attorney who was this passionate about protecting tenant's rights. Here is the full story: The landlord wanted for all of us, tenants to pack up our kitchens, bathrooms, and closets and live in our apartments out of boxes, while they are renovating our apartments and then raise our rent. They did not proactively offer us any rent reduction or moving to another apartment or a hotel while the work is being done, and they told us that our pets will need to be crated while the construction workers are demolishing, banging, hammering and drilling in our apartments! Just typing this now I'm thinking... is this even real? What kind of monster landlord would do something like that to his tenants? And all of this is in the prime area of LA for $2,200 per month! There is more to the story: when these renovations are being done the kitchen is separated from the living room by a plastic with a zipper, there is no proper floor or ceiling, wires sticking out, dust everywhere, including your bathtub, sinks, stove, floor, you might even not have a sink for a few days, and you are pretty much walking and living in dust, extreme noise (nuisance), several construction workers having full access to your apartment during the business hours, who are extremely loud, even play music (!), hammering, drilling and demolishing your place.... Imagine yourself working from home, or leaving your pets in these conditions, or even leaving your private belongings (documents, laptops, other valuables with construction workers and your door wide open during the day!). Well, of course, this is illegal according to California law and the law of my city, but the landlord persisted on doing the renovations in my apartment as all of the apartments were being renovated at the same time. The problem is that many tenants don't know that this is illegal and simply comply without thinking that they have rights. Mr. Carlson has helped me through this situation. In the end, the landlord not only DID NOT enter my apartment to do the renovations at all (The landlord even attempted to evict me!), while the rest of the apartments were renovated, they offered a few favorable to me options and offered to pay me according to law as they got desperate to complete the renovations in the building. Ken is very knowledgeable and supportive. He will take care of you, just make sure to follow his directions. He is simply amazing. I've recommended Ken Carlson to other tenants and they are currently working with him, and are also very happy with his service and are amazed by how passionate he is about protecting us, tenants.