Steven Joseph Kahn

Steven played "David" as we went after "Goliath" (Big Insurance). Friends said we couldn't win ..... we did! He knew when to push and when to back off. He wrote a great letter citing case law which signaled they weren't up against inept, novice representation. They quickly settled. He did exactly wha...t I hired him to do. He was also referred to me by another happy client.

No one has to explain how difficult it is to recover money from someone who lied to you, left you in an awful place, and disappeared – but Steve and his team did. I hired someone I believed to be a contractor to do work on the foundation of my house. He showed me his card which had a valid contrac...tor’s license number and he had done a couple of handyman jobs for me, so I trusted him. Several months into the foundation retrofit, the City of Oakland noticed his work while inspecting a house across the street, and to my surprise red-tagged my property. Before abandoning his work the “would be” contractor had left my house with an exposed foundation and other big problems. I later found out that my house was near collapse from this person’s bad work. Demands to finish the work went unheeded. Demands for repayment of the money I had paid went unheeded. I had no choice but to sue this purported contractor and the actual contractor whose license was involved. Through careful and strong legal strategy, Steve and his team got the other side to finally hear my story and see their risk, and achieved a significant court order that functionally ended the case and resulted in a significant settlement for me. This resonates with me because I know what it is like to be ignored and the energy it takes to power through that kind of behavior and Steve and his firm brought it off. At each point in the litigation, Steve worked to minimize my costs where possible, and also advised me in related actions against the unlicensed contractor’s co-conspirators which resulted in one claim being settled and judgments against the rest of the defendants. I recommend Steven Joseph Kahn highly.

Steven handled a lawsuit for me as a defendant regarding a real estate transaction. His understanding of the real estate law, contract law, and court proceedings was superlative. His representation was timely, accurate, and cordial. His negotiation style is to the point of law without emotion or judg...ement. He provided matter of fact options and handled negotiations with the plaintiff’s attorney VERY well. Steven is, acccording to the old adage, “a scholar and a gentleman.” I would hire Steven again, if needed, in a heartbeat.

We worked directly with Steven over a two-year period on a home construction-related matter, involving both the contractor and their insurance company and ultimately resulted in resolution via mediation. Overall, we find Steve to be very experienced and practical. He is a measured and insightful a...dvisor to us throughout the process, and always advise us to approach the matter by clearly and methodically laying out all the options for us to consider. We highly recommend Steven and his firm.

Our neighbors hillside slid down onto our property doing a great deal of damage and requiring a hillside repair that was very expensive. To protect our home we contracted out to various soils experts and licensed contractors to design and implement a fix along with securing the county's approval to p...erform the work. Initially our neighbor was not willing to work with us to pay for slide repairs. We contacted Hog Fenton Attorneys and Steven Kahn became our attorney in this matter. Steven was very responsive and considerate throughout the process including knowing when to bring in experts / colleagues while keeping the costs down. Steven and his colleagues were very upfront as to the potentially high costs and length of litigation should we have to sue and the various tradeoffs. Meanwhile working diligently with opposing counsel to find an acceptable solution outside of court. The complexity of this case was high due to the neighbor living in another country. In the end working with Steven we resolved the matter outside of the court system. I highly recommend Steven, responsive, thoughtful, practical thinker and a knowledgeable resource. Jerry