Top rated General Litigation attorney in San Francisco, California
Practice Areas:
General litigation,
Land use & zoning,
Landlord & tenant,
Real estate
Education Qualification:
University of North Carolina School of Law
Practice Areas:
General litigation,
Land use & zoning,
Landlord & tenant,
Real estate
100 Pine Street Suite 1250San Francisco, California, 94111
First Admitted: 1998, California
Bar/Professional Activity:
California Bar No. 195503; District of Columbia Bar No. 1013898; Maryland Bar Member
Founding member of San Francisco Leadership Committee of Association of Women in Water, Energy and the Environment; past Board Member of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom; past Board Member of Small Property Owners of San Francisco; past program committee member of Commercial Real Estate Women-San Francisco; member of California Apartment Association and San Francisco Apartment Association.
Honors/Awards:
Northern California Super Lawyer
Acknowledged as one of San Francisco's top landlord-tenant attorneys in Robert Kiyosaki's 2009 The Real Book of Real Estate at chapter 10, pages 196-197. Author of the introductory chapter "Creation and Recognition of Domestic Partnership Regimes in California" of the CEB legal treatise California Domestic Partnerships, which was the winner of the 2006 ACLEA Award for Professional Excellence in the Best Publication Category.
Firm News (Newsletters):
"RICO offers plaintiffs leverage" published in The Recorder October 17, 2011; "Web Access-The ADA Goes Beyond Bricks and Mortar;" published in the 2nd Quarter 2011 Issue of the VIEW, Commercial Real Estate Women's Quarterly Newsletter; "Thinking of Lending to Distressed Homeowners? Hard Lessons Await Careless Hard Money Lenders;" "Transfer Disclosure Statements-Beware of Form Over Substance;" "Threshold Considerations: the Lease Back and Possession Prior to Closing;" "What You Should Know About Section 1031 Tax Deferred (Starker) Exchanges;" "What You Should Know About the Annual Landlord-Tenant Check-Up.", Author