Davidovich Stein Law Group Accomplishments
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Featured in International Business Times
04/2024 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was featured in the International Business Times, article here.
Rent Control Label Repealed from Building; Nuisance Settlement Reached for Developer Defendant
04/2024 A developer purchased an apparent single family home and redeveloped it into 2 duplexes. After selling the property, the Los Angeles Housing Department informed the buyer it was placing in under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, prompting the buyer to sue the seller/developer, DSLG’s client. DSLG succesfully petitioned the LAHD to remove their RSO determination and settled with the buyer for a mere $10,000.
DSLG Featured in LA Weekly Celebrating its 7-Year Anniversary Representing the Landlord Community Across California
03/2024 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was featured in LA Weekly, celebrating its 7-year anniversary, article here.
DSLG Prevails at Court of Appeal for Landlord
03/2024 DSLG attorneys were successful in the California Court of Appeal for a landlord sued for serving two 3-day notices to a tenant. After the trial court denied the landlord’s anti-SLAPP motion, the Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s ruling, agreeing with DSLG that the landlord’s posting of the 3-day notices was protected activity, rendering the entire complaint subject to being stricken.
$320,000 Settlement
03/2024 A corporate housing tenant who had defaulted on twelve leases settled with their landlord, DSLG’s client, for 100% of the rent owed plus 100% of the attorneys fees expended.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Hosts Webinar for AAGLA Members
02/2024 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured speaker on a webinar for AAGLA, the Apartments Owners Association for Greater Los Angeles.
$450,000 Settlement; Judgment for Possession
02/2024 DSLG attorneys secured a $450,000 monetary judgment and a judgment for possession against a restaurant tenant who had defaulted on rent during the COVID pandemic.
DSLG Succesfully Protects Landlord Against Breach Claims
01/2024 DSLG’s client rented a luxury home in Chatsworth, which the renters subsequently damaged to the tune of almost $200,000. The renters brazenly sued the landlords for their $45,000 deposit back. DSLG’s lawyers not only got the tenant’s claim dismissed, but also got the tenant’s renter’s insurance to pay the landlords for their damage.
$4,400,000 Transaction Closed
11/2023 DSLG attorneys were happy to shepherd the sale of a trust’s disposition of a commercial building in Los Angeles.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Hosts Webinar for AAGLA Members
10/2023 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured speaker on a webinar for AAGLA, the Apartments Owners Association for Greater Los Angeles
Possession of 180,000 Square Foot Warehouse Recovered
10/2023 A publicly traded cannabis company was successfully dispossessed of their industrial warehouse manufacturing facility after defaulting in rent and other lease charges.
$200,000 Settlement
10/2023 DSLG attorneys settled a claim for a family traumatized by narrowly escaping their RV seconds before it exploded and burnt to the ground. Though there were no medicals whatsoever, DSLG attorneys were succesful in convincing the defendants they faced significant potential liability for the emotional trauma suffered by the parents and their minor children.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Featured in the Los Angeles Times
09/2023 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, article here.
DSLG Prevails at Court of Appeal for Business Owner
09/2023 DSLG attorneys were successful in the California Court of Appeal, successfully defending a trial court win in opposition to a motion for class certification. DSLG’s client was sued in conjunction with an alleged fraudulent EB-5 scheme in which DSLG’s client was not at fault and was the whistleblower against his former partner with the SEC. Nonetheless, one foreign investor filed a class action case on behalf of all the investors. The trial court denied the motion to certify the class, and the Court of Appeal affirmed the ruling, finding that DSLG was correct in arguing that the manner in which the alleged fraud would have to be proven was too dissimilar between the prospective class members to render the case suitable for class treatment.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Speaks at Income Property Management Expo 2023
06/2023 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured presenter at the Income Property Management Expo 2023 held in Pasadena, one of the largest residential property conferences in Southern California.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Hosts Webinar for AAGLA Members
06/2023 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured speaker on a webinar for AAGLA, the Apartments Owners Association for Greater Los Angeles
Contested Nursing Home Transaction Closed
05/2023 DSLG’s clients were purchasers of a nursing home in Riverside, California, which had been subject to a prior failed transaction which resulted in a $9,000,000 judgment against the sellers. With the sellers refusing to close the transaction, DSLG’s attorneys successfully sued for specific performance, maneuvering to remove the judgment lien and permit the two-year old transaction to close to the clients’ great satisfaction.
$1,570,000 Settlement
05/2023 DSLG attorneys secured a settlement for a nursing home buyer from their seller who had filed for ERTC tax credits which were assigned to the buyer during the transaction. Without having to file any litigation, DSLG attorneys proved that the ERTC credits were assignable and the rights to those credits were assigned to the buyer pursuant to the contract language.
DSLG Partner Charlie Stein Was Selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star
04/2023 We are proud to announce that DSLG partner Charlie Stein has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star! Congratulations, Charlie, very well deserved honor!
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Hosts Webinar for AAGLA Members
04/2023 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured speaker on a webinar for AAGLA, the Apartments Owners Association for Greater Los Angeles.
$19,000,000 Transaction Closed
04/2023 DSLG attorneys were proud to represent the seller of a historic building in Downtown Los Angeles, providing counsel both as seller and lender counsel.
Funds Recovered from Fraudster
03/2023 A fraudster conned DSLG’s client into depositing $500,000 for an order of medical gloves with no intention or ability to deliver. DSLG’s attorneys were able to trace the funds to a third party, from whom DSLG recovered half the funds, and received a judgment for the remaining portion against the fraudster.
Nursing Home Dispute Settled; Property Recovered
03/2023 Owners of a nursing home were able to acquire possession of their nursing home after a tenant whose lease ran out contested the termination of the lease, claiming that an extension was offered. DSLG attorneys prevailed in court where the judge denied the tenant’s claims. The tenants gave up possession and paid all their back rent, allowing the owners to take over possession of the nursing home business.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Hosts Webinar for AAGLA Members
02/2023 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured speaker on a webinar for AAGLA, the Apartments Owners Association for Greater Los Angeles.
$5,000,000 Complaint Dismissed
02/2023 DSLG attorneys secured dismissal of a $5,000,000 claim against its doctor/seller client brought by the buyer of a medical office in Orange County. After four succesful demurrers showing the buyer had no way of proving its specious fraud and breach of contract claims, buyer acquiesced and dismissed its claim for no consideration.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Hosts Webinar for AAGLA Members
12/2022 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured speaker on a webinar for AAGLA, the Apartments Owners Association for Greater Los Angeles.
Settlement Against Fraudster Real Estate Agent
11/2022 DSLG’s client, a celebrated professional athlete, was defrauded by a dishonest real estate agent during his short rental of a luxury Los Angeles mansion. DSLG recovered the athelete’s wrongfully withheld security deposit, together will the rent he paid during his sting in the home.
$3,500,000 Transaction Closed
10/2022 DSLG attorneys were happy to shepherd the sale of a trust’s disposition of a commercial building in Los Angeles.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Hosts Webinar for AAGLA Members
09/2022 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was a featured speaker on a webinar for AAGLA, the Apartments Owners Association for Greater Los Angeles.
$2,200,000 Settlement
09/2022 DSLG attorneys secured a $2,200,000 settlement against a national fitness tenant for its landlord client. The tenant claimed it was exempt from paying rent due to the COVID pandemic, and was similarly exempt from its obligations to rebuild the facility they had demolished and obligated to rebuild under their lease. In a two-case unlawful detainer and civil complaint attack, DSLG secured a plaintiff’s summary judgment against the tenant in the UD, prompting the tenant to give back possession and pay a hefty settlement to the landlord’s great satisfaction.
$3,800,000 Transaction Closed
07/2022 DSLG attorneys were happy to shepherd the sale of a trust’s disposition of a vacant lot in Los Angeles.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Featured on KTLA News
04/2022 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was quoted on KTLA News, article here.
DSLG Partner Charlie Stein Was Selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star
04/2022 We are proud to announce that DSLG partner Charlie Stein has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star! Congratulations, Charlie, very well deserved honor!
$300,000 Settlement
04/2022 DSLG attorneys in partnership with Wallace Law Firm secured a $300,000 settlement for an elderly plaintiff who fell in a McDonald’s. Though there was no physical evidence of his visit, DSLG attorneys managed to find copious circumstantial evidence placing the plaintiff at the scene, and thereafter secured a healthy settlement for the injured party.
Nursing Home Dispute Settled; Transaction Closed
03/2022 Tenants and sub-landlords of a nursing home were finally able to close on their $9,000,000 purchase of their contested nursing home building after an owner/tenant/sub-tenant dispute over MediCare payments and OA fees was settled. The buyer clients were able to purchase the property with minimal outlay to either the seller or their tenant.
$9,000,000 Transaction Closed
02/2022 DSLG attorneys were happy to shepherd the sale of a trust’s disposition of a historical retail/restaurant building in Los Angeles.
$8,200,000 Transaction Closed
01/2022 DSLG attorneys were proud to represent the seller of a four-parcel block in Los Angeles.
DSLG Prevails at Trial
11/2021 After an inter-family dispute over title to a car wash devolved into litigation, DSLG attorneys successfullly represented one of the heirs in a quiet title action, successfully defending the heir’s title and winning an award of attorneys’ fees
$100,000 Settlement
09/2021 DSLG attorneys settled for the maximum policy limits for a minor injured in a pedestrian motor vehicle injury.
$4,250,000 Transaction Closed
05/2021 DSLG attorneys were happy to shepherd the sale of a trust’s disposition of a 2-acre plot in Carson, California.
DSLG Partner Charlie Stein Was Selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star
04/2021 We are proud to announce that DSLG partner Charlie Stein has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star! Congratulations, Charlie, very well deserved honor!
$1,920,000 Transaction Closed
03/2021 DSLG attorneys were happy to shepherd the sale of a trust’s disposition of a commercial building in Los Angeles.
$1,437,500 Settlement
02/2021 DSLG attorneys secured a settlement for its buyer client who had purchased a nursing home in Sacramento based on a zoning report issued by its vendor. The zoning report had errors in it, resulting in the buyer having to increase parking and decrease bed-count to its significant detriment. DSLG attorneys succesfully showed that the zoning employees were aware of the discrepancy, but failed to disclose it to the buyer before closing.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Featured on Yahoo News
08/2020 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was quoted on Yahoo News, article here.
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Featured on NBC News
08/2020 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was quoted on NBC News, article here.
$525,000 Settlement
05/2020 DSLG attorneys settled for the maximum policy limits for a motorcyle rider injured when a motor vehicle swiped the rider and dragged him.
DSLG Partner Charlie Stein Was Selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star
04/2020 We are proud to announce that DSLG partner Charlie Stein has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star! Congratulations, Charlie, very well deserved honor!
$125,000 Settlement
01/2020 DSLG attorneys secured a settlement for a woman who injured her leg after tripping over a poorly maintained City of Los Angeles sidewalk.
$1,000,000 Settlement
01/2020 DSLG attorneys successfully represented a worker who fell through a skylight of a commercial building while cleaning the roof. Though the defense counsel argued that the worker would only be able to recover in a workers compensation case, using an eight-second video, DSLG attorneys were able to show that the roofing contractor took upon himself to cover some of the skylights, but did not cover all of them, subjecting them to liability in the civil courts. The case was then settled for full policy limits.
DSLG Partner Charlie Stein Was Selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star
04/2019 We are proud to announce that DSLG partner Charlie Stein has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star! Congratulations, Charlie, very well deserved honor!
DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich Featured on NBC News
12/2018 DSLG Managing Partner Niv V. Davidovich was quoted on NBC News, article here .
$260,000 Settlement
02/2018 DSLG attorneys in partnership with Wallace Law Firm secured a $260,000 settlement for a woman injured by a two-dog animal attack.
Relief Granted
07/2019 DSLG was brought in to correct a prior counsel’s failure to secure a relief from default judgment in a $150,000 family law claim. DSLG’s client had a default judgment entered against her and a lis pendens placed against her property when the plaintiff in the matter wrongfully claimed to have served her. Prior counsel’s motion to set aside the default was denied, mooting the corresponding motion to expunge the lis pendens. Proving that the plaintiff’s counsel had defrauded the court and prior counsel and that the lis pendens was inappropriate and frivolous, DSLG attorneys’ motion to reconsider the denial of the set-aside motion was granted and the lis pendens was then subsequently expunged, clearing the path for the client to close her much-needed refinance of her property.
Lis Pendens Expunged
05/2019 DSLG successfully petitioned the Superior Court to expunge a lis pendens filed against a real estate developer accused of having re-rented his property after having removed it from the rental market pursuant to an Ellis Act procedure. While the action was pending, the real estate developer demolished the structure in question. Over the plaintiff’s strenuous objection, DSLG attorneys argued and proved that, pursuant to the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance, the plaintiff had no re-rental rights in any replacement new improvements on the property. The court granted DSLG’s motion and the client was able to expunge the lis pendens from his property, clearing the way for financing the planned construction.
Case Dismissed, Judgment Restored
07/2019 DSLG secured dismissal of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy on bad faith grounds for its creditor client. DSLG represented a creditor in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the plaintiff in a previously litigated case in which the creditor was awarded a $1 million judgment against the defendant/creditor. Debtor filed bankruptcy to avoid the sale of his home. After a year of litigation in the bankruptcy court, DSLG attorneys prevailed in their motion to dismiss the bankruptcy after a full day’s trial on the grounds that the debtor-in-possession had acted in bad faith by misleading the court and the creditors, lying on the stand, and hiding assets, thus clearing the way to resume the process of selling the home to collect on the judgment.
Summary Judgment Granted
DSLG was granted summary judgment for its client in a long-contested litigation. The plaintiff, a commercial tenant, alleged that the defendant, a commercial landlord, had breached its lease and illegally performed a self-help eviction of the tenant after a fire destroyed the building in which the tenant had its business. Tenant alleged property and lost profit damages in excess of $2.8 million. DSLG won summary judgment on all causes of action, allowing the defendant to avoid both a costly trial and having to pay anything to the tenant, and entitling landlord to seek its attorneys fees under the lease against the tenant.
$300,000 Settlement
03/2019 DSLG attorneys successfully represented an elderly woman who slipped and fell in her condominium building lobby due to a faulty carpet rip that was never repaired by the HOA, despite their admitted knowledge of the existence of the dangerous and defective condition of the floor.
$500,000 Judgment
11/2017 DSLG was granted judgment of more than $500,000 against a general contractor who wrongfully delayed and negligently constructed a 10,000 square foot tenant improvement project for a prominent Culver City-based MEP engineering firm.
Expedited Reduced Settlement
06/2019 DSLG attorneys, representing a technical service provider in the motion picture industry, were able to successfully settle a $35,000,000 lawsuit brought against its client for the sum of less than $3,000 after not more than two months of litigation.
$220,000 Judgment Recovery
03/2019 DSLG collected more than $220,000 for a client whose judgment against a prominent natural restaurant chain had languished for almost ten years. In less than three months, DSLG’s attorneys were able to collect on the entire judgment.
Partner named SuperLawyers Rising Star
06/2019 DSLG is extremely pleased to congratulate Partner Charlie Stein, who was named as a SuperLawyers Rising Star 2019 in Real Estate Law. Congratulations, Charlie, we’re proud of you!
$7,500,000 Refinancing
Represented residential real estate developer in refinance in the amount of $7.5 million of soft-cost funding for a 180-unit multi-family building in Van Nuys, California.
$9,500,000 Acquisition
01/2018 Represented residential real estate developer in $9.5 million acquisition of multi-unit ground-up project, a 180-unit multi-family building, in Van Nuys, California.
$3,250,000 Refinancing
05/2019 Represented residential real estate developer in refinance in the amount of $3.25 million of refinancing for multiple projects in West Hollywood, California.
$2,500,000 Acquisition
Represented residential real estate developer in $2.5 million acquisition of multi-unit redevelopment project in West Hollywood, California.
$1,500,000 Refinancing
Represented residential real estate developer in refinance in the amount of $1.5 million for Los Angeles luxury single family home project.
$20,000,000 Acquisition
08/2018 Represented buyer in partially seller-financed $20,000,000 purchase of shopping plaza in Glendora, California.