Michael E. Stone

Michael E. Stone

also known as Mike Stone

3.7
Rating: 9.6

Licensed for 56 years

Real estate Lawyer at Santa Cruz, CA
Practice Areas: Real Estate

1726 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz, CA

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 56 years

State: California

Acquired: 1970

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Stone-Siegel Law Firm

1726 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95062-2119

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Michael E. Stone's Reviews

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3.7 /5.0

3 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 2 of 2 reviews | Advocacy

Posted by Clorete | August 17, 2018 | Debt Settlement

NEVER TRUST THIS ATTORNEY

Do not trust this attorney! He comes off as a barracuda ready to fight for you then once he has your money he becomes bored with your questions and concerns. He totally made us believe he had negotiated a settlement that would relieve us from any more liability to the bank suing us. Little did we kno...w after signing everything we just lowered the amount of liability we owed. We are still in the same boat & mike refuses to speak to us anymore. His secretary is even more of a screwball in that she kept emailing me the same settlement copy that had missing pages. Had the nerve to yell at us when we showed up to pick up a complete copy. Never did she or even mike apologize for their error. During the time we hired Mike he has been through 3-4 secretaries. The one before the one he has now had a nervous breakdown according to Mike.

Posted by Katherine | July 15, 2014 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Finally an attorney I trust

I hired Mr. Stone 3 years ago and not only did he make sense out of 2 years of paperwork (had fired previous attorney bcz she had only compounded my problems & kept charging me for her mistakes), but also negotiated a settlement within 6 months (something my previous attorney said was impossible). ... My sister has recently run into a real estate dispute & I gave her Mr. Stone's information. She & her husband are very pleased with his work. It has not been settled, but getting ahold of Mr. Stone & getting regular updates from his office has never been an issue. Although his office has gone through several secretaries in the past few years that I've seen, I'm more impressed he is able to stay efficient & reliable even without reliable help (not to mention I was very glad he let go of one lady who clearly had no etiquette).

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Experience

Rating:  9.6 (Superb)

Honors

2018

Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell

2018

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2018

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2018

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2017

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2017

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2016

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2016

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2015

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

2015

Lead Counsel, Thomson Reuters

Work Experience

2014 - Present

Attorney, Stone-Siegel Law Firm

Associations

1970 - Present

California State Bar, Real Estate Section

Member

1970 - Present

Santa Clara County Bar Association

Volunteer Attorney

Sample of Legal Cases

Klein v. Chase Bank

Client prevailed and foreclosure was set aside

Chandler v. Alliance Title Co.

Client prevailed on appeal, after trial court gave title company judgment; client ultimately collected

Franz v. Blackell, 89 Cal. AP 3d 392 (Calif. Ct. of Appeals 1987)

Victory for client at trial and on appeal, as client had a right to refuse sale to broker for business reasons

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Education

1969

University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1966

San Jose State University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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