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When One Tenancy Creates Three Legal Problems at Once When multiple legal problems arise from the same tenancy simultaneously, the question is not which attorney to call first. It is whether the attorney you call can handle all of it.  This is not a hypothetical situation. It happens to Los Angeles landlords…

This is one of the most common questions landlords ask us after receiving a response to their eviction filing. The tenant is behind on rent. The landlord served a notice. The landlord filed an unlawful detainer. And then, suddenly, there is a habitability complaint, a claim that the unit has mold, or…

If you have ever had an eviction dismissed in Los Angeles, there is a good chance it happened before you ever set foot in a courtroom. The most common reason landlords lose otherwise winnable eviction cases in California is not judicial bias, sympathetic tenants, or aggressive opposing counsel. It is a defective…