Media

Court Rules East Palo Alto Rent Board Acted Improperly
September 1, 2008

TIC loan record is spotless
From the San Francisco Chronicle, February 3, 2008


Bernal Heights Resident Loses Case to Stay Home
From Mission Dispatch, October 15, 2007


Nonprofits Could Be Off the Hook
From The Recorder, August 27, 2007


State Supreme Court rejects restrictions on nonprofit law firms
From the San Francisco Chronicle, March 10, 2006


Nonprofits Retain Right to Practice Law
From The Recorder, March 10, 2006


Nonprofits Avoid Bar Burden
From The Daily Journal, March 10, 2006


Price Is Right for Relocating S.F. Tenants
From The Daily Journal, February 22, 2006


Appeals Panel Upholds Renters' Ordinance
From The Recorder, February 22, 2006


Relocation assistance law is upheld
All tenants evicted under Ellis Act are eligible for help
From the San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2006


Part of Ellis Act overturned in appeal
From the San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 2006


Law, Precedent Argued in Renter Case
From The Recorder, January 25, 2006


Tenant Buyout Provision Appears Safe, For Now
From the Daily Journal, January 25, 2006


Unintended Evictions
From the SF Weekly, January 18, 2006


Nonprofit Law Groups Could Win Reprieve
From The Recorder, January 11, 2006


Nonprofit Law Firms Can't Ignore Rules
From The Recorder, January 6, 2006


Renters getting deja vu to bad old dot-com days- Evictions to make way for condos on rise
From the San Francisco Chronicle, January 3, 2006


San Remo Hotel: When Ship Comes In – But Only Passes By
From the Daily Journal, July 11, 2005


Tenancies-in-common battle hits courtroom - North Beach owner wants to convert a 6-unit property
From the San Francisco Chronicle, July 7, 2005


Court sides with landlords on eviction payouts
From the San Francisco Examiner, April 27, 2005


State Courts Can 'Ripen' Developers' Cases for Federal Courts
Forum Column from the Daily Journal, April 7, 2005


AT THE HIGH COURT, THE ROOKIES KNOW TO TURN TO THE PRO
From The Recorder, April 5, 2005


High Court Considers If S.F. Hotel Can Press Federal Suit
From the Daily Journal, March 29, 2005


Justices give hearing to hotel's owners in fee dispute with S.F. - Federal challenge sought for ordinance on low-cost housing
From the San Francisco Chronicle, March 29, 2005


Hotel conversion battle hits Supreme Court
From the San Francisco Examiner, March 29, 2005


Court hears housing dispute between San Francisco, historic hotel
From the Associated Press, March 28, 2005


Property Owners Should Have Access to Federal Courts
From The Daily Journal, February 3, 2005


All Eyes on High Court Property Cases
The National Law Journal, January 24, 2005


Evictees could get cash
From the San Francisco Examiner, January 4, 2005


Justices Docket Hotel Law
The Recorder - December 13, 2004


Justices Will Examine Hotel's 'Takings' Claim
From The Daily Journal, December 13, 2004


San Remo case goes to U.S. high court
Justices expected to focus on 'taking' issue in long dispute
From the San Francisco Chronicle, December 11, 2004


State court rules for residential hotel owners
From the San Francisco Chronicle, October 28, 2004


Nonprofit Groups Protest Ruling on Fees
From The Daily Journal, September 28, 2004


Nonprofit Legal Agencies Must Register with State Bar
From The Daily Journal, July 28, 2004


Housing Nonprofit Loses its Lease on Legal Fees
From The Recorder, July 28, 2004


S.F. Property Law Overturned
From The Daily Journal, June 23, 2004


State Takings Issue Is Ripe for Taking by Supreme Court
From The Daily Journal, May 7, 2004


Renters losing home after 25 years
From the San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2004


Ellis evictions escalating, groups claim
From the San Francisco Examiner, May 5, 2004


Read the California Supreme Court opinion in Drouet v. Superior Court


State High Court Hands Win to Property Owners
From the California Real Estate Journal, August 25, 2003


Ruling for landlords on tenant evictions - Dissent says decision counters state policy protecting occupants
From the San Francisco Chronicle, August 12, 2003


Landlords Win Right to Stop Renting
From the Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2003


Landlords Win Right to Use Ellis Act for Some Evictions
From The Daily Journal, August 12, 2003


Tenderloin Clinic Wins Suit Over Attorney Fees
From The Daily Journal, June 18, 2003


City Loses Bid to Dismiss Landlord Suits
From The Recorder, April 18, 2003


Mansion's sad death S.F. boardinghouse evicting tenants, about to close
From the San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 2003


Appeals board favors a David over Goliaths
From the San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 2003


San Francisco's TIC Law Struck
From the Daily Journal, December 17, 2002


Judge Tosses S.F.'s Tenancy-in-Common Rules
From The Recorder, December 16, 2002


Class Action Calls Deposit Interest 'Taking'
From The Recorder, November 8, 2002


Landlords Sue Over Deposit Accounts
From the Daily Journal, April 16, 2002


Property Passions Propel Eviction Lawyer, Divide State Supreme Court
From the Daily Journal, March , 2002


SF Hotel Loses 'Takings' Suit
From the Daily Journal, March 5, 2002


Judge Rules With Owners, Tossing City's Law on TICs
From the Daily Journal, February 14, 2002


Judge rules recent S.F. housing law invalid
From the San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, 2002


Landlords win against new rent law
Judge rules Prop. H violates rights
From the San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2001


Tenants Lose Powerful Tool In Fighting Ellis Evictions
From the Daily Journal, February 9, 2001


Court Reinstates Hotel Suit Challenging City
From the San Jose Mercury News


Vilified- What it means to be a premier eviction lawyer
From California Lawyer, June, 2000


Letters-Landlords Weigh In on Ellis Act Protests


Letters to the Editor - S.F. Ordinance Pre-Empted by Ellis Act


San Francisco Hotel Owners Advance Takings Case
From CP&DR Legaldigest-


Mugged by the Law
Reprinted from Readers Digest, August 1999


Eviction Specialist
From the San Francisco Bay Guardian


Murphy stands tall at 'City'
From the San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 2003


Tourney's timing works for Murphy
From the San Francisco Chronicle, March 16, 2003