Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2016 · 1 post · 0 votes
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good and efficient Eviction Attorney for LA City? There are so many conflicted reviews of the famous ones. Lmk if you have one that you have worked with or have heard good things about. Appreciate it. Thank you!
Property Manager · Virginia Beach, VA · Member since 2016 · 2k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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I am not in LA, but since it has been two days with no local answers for you, I have some tips
What you want is a high volume landlord tenant attorney. The best ways to find this are 1) See if your local NARPM (National Association of Residential Property Managers) has an attorney affiliate member. 2) Ask your local landlord and investor club members who they use. 3) If 1 and 2 are not options, go to your local court case lookup site and pull the cases for the third week of the month. You should be able to pull up the cases by date. Start opening the cases that are called Unlawful Detainer (or whatever your state calls it when a landlord takes a tenant to court) and see what attorneys are representing landlords. Pull a full week, Mon - Fri. Some courts only hear cases with no attorney on some days, and cases with attorneys on other days. You should see a pattern of a few lawyers or firms who have WAY more landlord tenant cases than anyone else. Look in the Judgment section and you can see what judgment is awarded for Legal Fees. Here is an example of a case we won today. You can see the law firm who represented us and the price we pay the attorney. Don't expect to find someone who will only charge you $250 though. We have used this attorney for more than a decade and have a grandfathered rate. In our market the going rate is $500-600. The lower volume firms (who are also less experienced at landlord tenant work) are charging $1000-1500. You want the firm who is going into court with 40 cases or more at a time. The volume keeps their prices down. As you gain volume in sending them clients (inevitable as you grow) you will be able to negotiate a better price, or at least avoid increases.