Kenneth Herbert Carlson

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.

Ken brought his 30 + years of legal experience as well as his fierce sense of representing the "underdog" to help me through a very difficult first-time possible eviction. His legal guidance and support were crucial to getting a positive outcome for me and teaching me that I did (and do!) have right...s. Thank you, Ken!

I wasn't sure that I even had a case because my Roomate tried to evict me as I subleased from her & we didn't even sign a contract to begin with. My Roomate & I had a 1 year oral lease agreement....BUT my Roomate tried to say that it was month to month & wanted to remove me on September 1. Turns out ...after contacting Ken....I stayed in the house until November 5th. Long story short....my Roomate ended up NEGATIVE $5000 in attorney's fees and had to pay $9000 in rent by herself. While I ended up POSITIVE $3000 (not having to pay rent) and I got my $1000 Security Deposit back on the same day of move out AND my Roomate/landlord signed a settlement contract stating that we she would drop all claims & remove them from public record. In the end I probably could have went to full nine yards with Ken's strategy and won triple that amount or more.....but honestly....I was ready to move and it wasn't worth it emotionally to continue in this course of action having to leave work early to go to the courthouse and meet all of these deadlines. Do EXACTLY what Ken tells you to do and you will be totally fine! I didn't even have to show up for a court appearance (by Kens guidance) and it bought me an extra 2-3 weeks. You just have to be very CLEAR with Ken about YOUR NEEDS and what YOU WANT. For example, I would have told him that I needed all papers Filed, faxed & filled out by HIM because I couldn't keep leaving work early or I was going to lose my job. Also I would have told him that if he thinks that I have a strong case, why don't we win it immediately, rather than drag it on & make my landlord settle way later. I would have also asked about awards after I win. Will my Roomate have to pay for all the consultations & paperwork that I paid Ken for? Anyways, this was a first for me & Ken's sense of humor and tenacity helped me grow a back bone & stand up & not be bullied around. He also provided some great pep talks when I needed and he encouraged me not to give up. It's amazing how helpless and low you feel in these situations & Ken just happens to love going to the extremes to help tenants! Make sure you ask him the long term consequences if you lose (for example, a UD is on your record for life if you lose the eviction and it can affect your credit). I didn't realize how dirty other attorneys & landlords play.....but luckily Ken feeds it right back to them!

Facing Eviction? You need this man, No question. In a nutshell: You as a tenant can't win an eviction case period. the most you can do is to find a way to drag and delay your answer for 3 to 5 months and this will force the landlord to settle. I was not behind on my rent. to contrary they retur...ned my last rent payment because it was too much! Yes this action against me was a retaliation for reporting the landlord to government agencies. Pomona Court Judges i dealt with were notorious in their bias against me, without knowing anything about my case! as such they just assumed i didn't pay my rent and i'm playing game to stay where iam, rent free! My first judge was so pissed off and mad with me to the point he literally yelled at me making fun of my answers! anyway, when the Landlord lawyer found out in the 4th month, Ken Carlson is my "ghost" lawyer, as she put it, she literally panicked in front of the judge!! Yes she got used to winning cases in 21 days or so, and for this reason she charged Landlords flat fee of $700 or so! Ken behind the seen, dragged my case on for 5 months. She happened to know Ken personally and when she complained to the judge about Ken tactics, the judge told me not to deal with Ken! imagine that if you can!who i deal with is none of his business, but this tell you, to what extend these so called judges are willing to go in support of landlords! So scared and stressed to death this lawyer, scared the hell out of her client "the Landlord" forcing him to settle with me, because she was operating at net loss, commuting very long distance from Ventura County to Pomona!! This arrogant land lord when I saw him on the settlement day, was literally shaking to the point he avoided any eye contact with me for the first time ever!

If you are lucky enough to get a consult with Ken and even luckier to get him to take on your case, then consider yourself fortunate. He has been working for us as Tenants for 21 months. In other words WE have been in possession for 21 months and still going strong not paying rent. We love Ken's ...enthusiasm and "Go-Get-Them" Attitude. Follow his instructions, do what he wants you to do and all will go well for your case too. He's a special person with a quick intelligent humorous mind. You will be in Great Hands!!!