Client v. Landlord
Aug 11, 2014OUTCOME: Settled for Undisclosed Amount
Claims for unlawful entries and deposit accounting.
Landlord or tenant Lawyer
Practice Areas: Landlord & Tenant, Litigation
OUTCOME: Settled for Undisclosed Amount
Claims for unlawful entries and deposit accounting.
OUTCOME: FEMA reversed its opinion after I filed a request for reconsideration and has stated that client qualified for aid.
Client received disaster aid relief from FEMA after evacuating client's home due to a hurricane. FEMA subsequently attempted to recoup the paid out funds on the false belief that client did not actuall ... y qualify for aid.
OUTCOME: Trial Win: Tenant Evicted
Client's residential tenant heldover in a commercial space in a mixed zoning building.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed voluntarily after threatening to file a motion to dismiss based on Oregon's anti-SLAPP.
Frivolous lawsuit filed against client for defamation.
OUTCOME: Settled with terms releasing all claims for unpaid rent and providing Tenant an additional two months of free rent before move out date.
Landlord's second attempt to evict for nonpayment of rent. Tenant had defenses of improper notice, habitability, and retaliation.
OUTCOME: Trial Win: tenant allowed to stay in home.
Landlord brings FED action for non-payment of rent.
OUTCOME: Settlement terms included compliance schedule, charitable donation, consultant fees, attorney fees.
Citizen suit to enforce CWA for permit violations.
OUTCOME: Tenant (Client) wins at FED trial.
Landlord served 30-day no cause eviction effective mid-month. In FED trial, we argued that rent had been paid for that entire month through the crediting of unpaid wages (LL was also T's prior employer ... ), making the termination unenforceable.
OUTCOME: Judgment granted Client's requested relief
Client sought sole custody of two children, a specific parenting schedule, child support, spousal support, and a fair division of debt.
OUTCOME: Win
Client refused to take a breathalizer test for intoxicants which would result in a suspension of his license for 1-year. We won by pointing out a technical error in the police officer's report to the D ... MV.