Kenneth Herbert Carlson

Kenneth Herbert Carlson

4.4
Rating: 7.1

Licensed for 45 years

Landlord or tenant Lawyer at Idyllwild, CA
Practice Areas: Landlord & Tenant

PO Box 2417, Idyllwild, CA

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 45 years

State: California

Acquired: 1980

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Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2003

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Kenneth H. Carlson

PO Box 2417, Idyllwild, CA, 92549

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Kenneth Herbert Carlson's Reviews

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4.4 /5.0

109 Client Reviews

Showing 11 - 14 of 14 reviews | 1 star

Posted by Tony | April 25, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Real Estate

Ken is super-nice person

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!

Kenneth Carlson

Replied last April 25, 2021

Due to confidentiality, I am greatly restricted as to what can say. We handle evictions, but not foreclosures or other real estate transactions, so a loss of property or any equity in it was outside of our scope of work. We did what we were hired to do, but the judges and clerks went haywire. We need our client's cooperation and assistance in getting court papers and filing papers in court, which includes reading emails with those directions. We are accessible by Hotline for those who need action immediately. Those who follow our direction almost always do well, as the vast majority of my reviews reflect. All reviews are authentic, none by us, nor can we remove any.

Posted by Estrella | April 22, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Landlord & Tenant

DO NOT CALL THIS MAN

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

Kenneth Carlson

Replied last April 22, 2021

The lady who wrote this [under a pseudonym] was upset at having to pay for legal services and said she would get even with me. This was her revenge. She is not paralegal, nor was she correct about the law or procedure. My office manager gets daily praise from my other clients, and would not have lied; this slanderous comment deserves an apology. Compare this comment with the others, and you see that I do not delete the negative ones so that prospective clients can see what the vast majority have to say, and go by that.

Posted by anonymous | December 06, 2018 | Lawsuits & Disputes

HORRIBLE !!!!!

Miscommunication. Terrible advice. 2 clerks and the advice attorney at the courthouse knew him and advised me to get a "real " lawyer. Paperwork was all WRONG. Ken is SUPER RUDE, IMPATIENT, CONDESCENDING. I was not able to get the information I needed not even close. Lost my case and it ruined my lif...e.

Posted by AW | March 20, 2013 | Landlord & Tenant

BEST LAWYER EVER!!!!

Ken is amazing!!! His knowledge is invaluable. It really feels good to know someone has your back when you are going through an eviction case. Landlords and their lawyers try to take advantage of you, but with Ken in your corner, they won't be able to. I don't know what I would have done without him.... I won my case against a terrible, mean evil and unscrupulous landlord. Without kens wealth of knowledge and experience they would have ran all over me. i would recommend him again and again and again....

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Kenneth Herbert Carlson's Lawyer Endorsements

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Brittany Torbert

Landlord or tenant lawyer | Apr 26

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Ken knows his stuff and doesn't back down to bully landlords. Ken is creative in his methods and gets results. He is a pleasure to work with."

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Deborah Vasquez

Landlord or tenant lawyer | Feb 24

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Ken has a brilliant mind and is a true advocate for tenant rights. I endorse this lawyer."

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Deborah Vasquez

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John DiAna

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Experience

Rating:  7.1 (Very Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2003.

Discipline, Probation; no Actual Suspension issued in CA, 2003

updated on 01/20/2016

This sanction means the attorney had a suspension placed on hold (and ultimately removed) by complying with certain requirements.

Education

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Loyola Law School

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University of California - Berkeley

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