Reviews

Steven played "David" as we went after "Goliath" (Big Insurance). Friends said we couldn't win ..... we did! He knew when to push and when to back off. He wrote a great letter citing case law which signaled they weren't up against inept, novice representation. They quickly settled. He did exactly what I hired him to do. He was also referred to me by another happy client.

No one has to explain how difficult it is to recover money from someone who lied to you, left you in an awful place, and disappeared – but Steve and his team did. I hired someone I believed to be a contractor to do work on the foundation of my house. He showed me his card which had a valid contractor’s license number and he had done a couple of handyman jobs for me, so I trusted him. Several months into the foundation retrofit, the City of Oakland noticed his work while inspecting a house across the street, and to my surprise red-tagged my property. Before abandoning his work the “would be” contractor had left my house with an exposed foundation and other big problems. I later found out that my house was near collapse from this person’s bad work. Demands to finish the work went unheeded. Demands for repayment of the money I had paid went unheeded. I had no choice but to sue this purported contractor and the actual contractor whose license was involved. Through careful and strong legal strategy, Steve and his team got the other side to finally hear my story and see their risk, and achieved a significant court order that functionally ended the case and resulted in a significant settlement for me. This resonates with me because I know what it is like to be ignored and the energy it takes to power through that kind of behavior and Steve and his firm brought it off. At each point in the litigation, Steve worked to minimize my costs where possible, and also advised me in related actions against the unlicensed contractor’s co-conspirators which resulted in one claim being settled and judgments against the rest of the defendants. I recommend Steven Joseph Kahn highly.

Steven handled a lawsuit for me as a defendant regarding a real estate transaction. His understanding of the real estate law, contract law, and court proceedings was superlative. His representation was timely, accurate, and cordial. His negotiation style is to the point of law without emotion or judgement. He provided matter of fact options and handled negotiations with the plaintiff’s attorney VERY well. Steven is, acccording to the old adage, “a scholar and a gentleman.” I would hire Steven again, if needed, in a heartbeat.

We worked directly with Steven over a two-year period on a home construction-related matter, involving both the contractor and their insurance company and ultimately resulted in resolution via mediation. Overall, we find Steve to be very experienced and practical. He is a measured and insightful advisor to us throughout the process, and always advise us to approach the matter by clearly and methodically laying out all the options for us to consider. We highly recommend Steven and his firm.

Our neighbors hillside slid down onto our property doing a great deal of damage and requiring a hillside repair that was very expensive. To protect our home we contracted out to various soils experts and licensed contractors to design and implement a fix along with securing the county's approval to perform the work. Initially our neighbor was not willing to work with us to pay for slide repairs. We contacted Hog Fenton Attorneys and Steven Kahn became our attorney in this matter. Steven was very responsive and considerate throughout the process including knowing when to bring in experts / colleagues while keeping the costs down. Steven and his colleagues were very upfront as to the potentially high costs and length of litigation should we have to sue and the various tradeoffs. Meanwhile working diligently with opposing counsel to find an acceptable solution outside of court. The complexity of this case was high due to the neighbor living in another country. In the end working with Steven we resolved the matter outside of the court system. I highly recommend Steven, responsive, thoughtful, practical thinker and a knowledgeable resource. Jerry

Steven Kahn is a pleasure to work with. He's patient, communicative, thorough and EFFECTIVE. I would happily recommend him to anyone seeking both a professional experience and results.

Mr Kahn represented us to defend real estate title in federal court and eviction in state court. The title lawsuit was dismissed after four months. Then the eviction was secured through voluntary settlement within one month. All were luckily resolved in the possible shortest time in our time frame expectation. He listened and explained carefully about our case, our questions and relevant legal term. He has methodically listed out court proceeding options and alternative options. He explained the pros and cons for each option. He then advised which option we could take given the circumstances. Looking back we are happy to follow his recommendation to have the best outcome. All was possible because of his vast knowledge and experience in the real estate law.

We hired Steven to handle a real estate title problem for our company. He solved the problem in the most efficient way possible. He's smart and practical. Plus he's a really nice guy. He knows his way around the courtroom, but he can offer practical advice on when to litigate and when to settle.

Steven is a creative problem solver. Along with being knowledgeable about the law he used his ability to work with the opposing side and their council to reach a solution where I was least damaged. He is always on the job, works quickly, and communicates what is happening in the dispute and process. I just felt he was an excellent support and his council gave me the best resolution in the situation.

Steve is extremely knowledgeable in Real Estate Law. He is an expert in negotiating and we benefited due to his expertise. He was instrumental in getting an interim settlement agreement with the opponent to our advantage. His personal involvement in this case was the key reason our position was well represented against our opponent, avoiding high cost of litigation. Steve is patient, understanding, timely, dedicated and professional. I recommend Steve in Real Estate matters.

Steven was easy to work with and responsive. He was prompt in initiating and returning calls and he clearly explained options. He would also indicate when it would make more sense for me to do something myself. I would recommend him.

Thank you for the opportunity to introduce you to Steven J. Kahn. Stephen was hired by his firm after my case had begun. He immediately dove into the case and brought a new perspective and a potential new solution to the litigation. Stephen is very analytical and was able to see that the insurance company that was refusing to be involved in a solution to the case had been very careless and their refusal to participate, and he immediately set about constructing an argument that finally got the insurance company to pay attention to us and the insurance company did later join the litigation. This was instrumental to the settlement of our case as it lent credence to our position and helped to get the other side to see that we were not the only people that felt that their litigation was unreasonable. Stephen also helped construct our defense to the case as well and also brought a fresh perspective to this portion of the litigation. He assisted in constructing a strong strategy for our deposition work, assisted in finding and working with qualified expert witnesses, and in preparing for our actual court appearance. It is as a result of his strong work in this area that we eventually settled the case for substantially less than the cost of defense. I continue to work with Stephen on other mattes to insure that we do not end up in litigation in the future.