Our Cases

General Real Estate Cases

• Balistreri v. Rosenthal (2003) 2003 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 10980
• Brown v. Kenney (In re Kenney) 2012 WL 3867425 (Bankr. N.D. Cal. 2012)
• Tom v. City and County of San Francisco (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 674
• Chen v. Rivera (2005) 2005 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6895
• Small Property Owners of San Francisco v. City and County of San Francisco (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 1388
• Nicola v. Calabrese (2004) 2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 9762
• DeLaura v. Beckett (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 542
• Zanelli v. McGrath (2008) 166 Cal.App.4th 615
• Solis v. Vallar (1999) 76 Cal. App. 4th 710
• Empress LLC v. City and County of San Francisco (9th Cir. 2005) 419 F.3d 1052
• Sites v. Superior Court (2002) 128 Cal. Rptr. 2d 74
• Byrnes v. Rendon (2004) 2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7582
• Prana Nine Properties, LLC v. Ye (2007) 2007 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 9322
• Magliocco v. Kanbar (2007) 2007 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1030
• Velasquez v. Khushf (2007) 2007 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 10001

Wrongful Eviction/Tenant Claims

• Camacho v. Mellett (2004) 2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1838
• Hawkins-Cohen v. Tu (San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-11-515679, order filed Jan. 11, 2012)
• Mancinelli v. Love (2001) 2001 Cal. LEXIS 1593

Ellis Act

• Zavarzin v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco, No. A083172, 1998 WL 34353370 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 15, 1998)
• Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. v. Astoria Hotel Inc. (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 139
• Pieri v. City and County of San Francisco (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 886
• Drouet v. Superior Court (2003) 31 Cal.4th 583
• Chen v. Rivera (2005) 2005 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6895
• Daro v. Superior Court (2007) 151 Cal.App.4th 1079
• Reidy v. City and County of San Francisco (2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 580
• Johnson v. City and County of San Francisco (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 7
• Sites v. Superior Court (2002) 128 Cal. Rptr. 2d 74
• Alsugire v. Gerson Bakar & Associates (2004) 2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7697

Anti-SLAPP

• Hampton v. Schiappacasse (2004) 2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 10836
• Broustis v. Drouet (2004) 2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 10534
• Wallace v. McCubbin (2011) 196 Cal. App. 4th 1169
• Beck v. Prana Eight Properties, LLC (2010) 2010 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 515
• Birkner v. Lam (2007) 156 Cal. App.4th 275
• Ivey v. 370 Embarcadero W LLC (2009) 2009 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 684
• Schneble v. Siker (2004) 2004 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7210

Other No-Fault Evictions

• Birkner v. Lam (2007) 156 Cal. App.4th 275

Land Use and Permit Appeals

• Zavarzin v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco, No. A083172, 1998 WL 34353370 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 15, 1998)
• Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. v. Patel (1999) 1999 Cal. LEXIS 3755
• Lambert v. City and County of San Francisco (2000) 529 U.S. 1045
• San Remo Hotel v. City and County of San Francisco (2005) 545 U.S. 323
• Tehlirian v. City and County of San Francisco (2007) 2007 Cal. LEXIS 7017, 2007 WL 779353
• Reidy v. City and County of San Francisco (2004) 123 Cal. App.4th 580
• Ching v. San Francisco Board of Permit Appeals (Harsch Investment Corp.) (1998) 60 Cal. App.4th 888
• Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. v. Astoria Hotel Inc. (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 139

Professional Responsibility

• Frye v. Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. (2006) 38 Cal. 4th 23