Reviews

I needed a lawyer to help me negogiate a buyout with my landlord. Jim was super easy to work with, explained everything clearly and fully, and was able to help get me a great deal with my landlord. I would happily work with Jim again.

Joe and Allyson took our impossible case against our negligent landlord and won it. Our situation was incredibly stressful on our family, especially, having a newborn baby. We were frightened and unaware of our legal options, but when we sought information from the well-known, tenants rights firm, Tobener-Ravenscroft, Joe and Allyson took our case. The positive outcome aside, our experience with the firm was outstanding. Our entire legal team was so attentive and communicative. They proactively shared updates on next steps and provided valuable explanations, which gave us much-needed clarity and ease. Any law suit can be stressful, but not every law firm treats their clients with as much care as Tobener-Ravenscroft. Every landlord law firm in the Bay Area is afraid of their firm, and having their support on our case is truly what led to a favorable outcome. We are grateful to this incredibly talented team for saving our family from this terrible situation! They are the best!

I was going through a dispute with my landlord where they took $1,200 of our deposit. We sought legal advice from Associate Attorney Christina Collins and put together a demand letter to send to our landlord, within 5 minutes the landlord was calling us to settle the dispute. Christina was knowledgeable and extremely helpful in recovering our deposit that was rightfully ours.

I was in an extremely dark situation with a nightmare roommate and unbelievable landlord in San Francisco. From no heating in the unit to a landlord that is a habitual liar, Tobener Ravenscroft helped me when no one else cared to listen. When I reached out I was not sure I even had a case. Save yourself time and energy, contact them and you will be very happy with your decision. I know I am. Thank you Tobener Ravenscroft for believing in me and representing me 100% all the way.

Tobener and Ravenscroft San Francisco changed my life. I was extremely overwhelmed by the wrong doing of my last landlord. Quick results, and very kind people with Tobener and Ravenscroft. They sent me in the right direction!!!!!

If I could select 6/5 stars, I would! We sought legal advice after our landlord of many years attempted to keep our entire security deposit and charge us significantly beyond our security deposit for pre-existing issues, renovations, and more that did not make any sense to us. After reaching out to several of the tenant's rights attorneys in the Yelp Top 10, Joe Tobener was the ONLY attorney who knew of a change in the law that made our case not just a simple security deposit case but also an illegal eviction case. This differentiated knowledge and expertise wasn't just a mirage as working with Joe's team, especially Stephanie and Vanessa, in COVID times for over a year made what could have been a nightmare situation very manageable. Stephanie in particular provided expert guidance every step of the process. We were pleased with the end result (not needing to go to trial) achieved by Joe and Stephanie. If you have a landlord issue that has you stressed out and are looking for the best of the best to review your situation and provide you legally sound, evenhanded guidance - you could definitely do worse than pick Tobener Ravenscroft, and I am confident you could not do better!

My boyfriend and I did a phone consultation with Tina Collins and it was worth every penny. She made the most of our call by coming to the conversation with all the context from the intake form so we could focus on our questions and understanding the applicable laws. She helped us figure out what our options were and what was worth our time and money (and what wasn't). We left the call feeling very confident in the tenant laws regarding our particular situation. Thank you Tina!!

My experience of working with the law office of Tobener Ravenscroft couldn’t have gone better. This amazing team helped us with our wrongful eviction and did so with determination and a lot of support. Everyone that we met in their office was great but Allyson Murphy took especially good care of us. She provided much guidance by offering regular check ins about the case, explaining legal terms and procedures and kept persistence throughout the entirety of our very long case. Allyson stuck to the facts and negotiated a settlement offer that we were very happy with. I highly recommend any tenant contact Tobener Ravenscroft, they’ll definitely go to bat for you!

Beginning with our first interaction with Tobener Ravenscroft, a tenant law firm, our experience was positive and professional. We described our situation to Julia Wobbe. who was assigned to work with us. She is very knowledgeable and easy to talk to. She made herself available to us any time we had questions ranging from the law to detailed billing information. We followed all of her suggestions which resulted in us getting an outstanding result We would recommend her to anyone who has a dispute with a landlord and has need for an attorney.

I contacted Tobener when I needed some assistance regarding the new tenant laws during COVID-19 and Tina was very helpful. She was able to clearly state what the new laws meant and help me come up with a game plan to protect myself. Thank you!

We spoke with Tina regarding some issues we were having with the management in our apartment. I like to think that I am generally well versed in my rights but this case was far more nuanced than what a basic Google or read of the laws could provide. The 30 minute consult helped me get a sense of clarity and her advice was not only something I didn't think of, but worked flawlessly. Google doesn't give you a law degree.

Tina was extremely efficient with our 30 mins session and gave such clear, and helpful advice that eventually led to a successful outcome. It was very empowered to talk with her and learn about my rights and how to navigate an unfortunate housing situation.