Karlin Law Firm LLP - San Jose, CA

More than 30 years of experience serving individuals and businesses throughout California and across the Nation, with an Orange County office in Tustin, California.

We have the highest rating from the Top-Rated Lawyer to Lawyer National Rating Directory. L. Scott Karlin has received an AV Peer Review Rating* through Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating. Very few attorneys have this top rating. We provide the breadth of legal services you would expect at a large firm but with the efficiency and personal attention of a small firm. Contact us for a confidential consultation.

Our law firm's practice areas include:

California Attorneys and Lawyers for Loan Modification and Short Sales

With the current housing and mortgage crisis, we are at the forefront of the mortgage loan debacle, looking into predatory lending practices, and providing services to our clients with Loan Modifications, Short Sales, Truth in Lending, Regulation Z (also known as Reg Z), Foreclosure, Credit-related issues and Bankruptcy matters as it may pertain to foreclosure, including relief from stay for lenders.

California Real Estate Law and Litigation

From the negotiation of terms of a California real estate contract and real estate agreement through California real estate escrow and escrow instructions, and California real estate closing, we represent clients that are buying, selling or leasing commercial real estate and residential real estate, and can even serve as California closing attorneys. We also litigate real estate disputes, from California real estate fraud, California real estate disclosure and non-disclosure to co-owner, tenant in common, California TIC and partnership agreement disputes and litigation. We handle many aspects of real estate financing, including California foreclosure law, trust deeds, mortgages, short sales, loan modification agreements, and lender disputes. We counsel individuals and businesses, California escrow companies and California real estate brokers in all matters related to the buying, selling, financing escrow, and leasing of California commercial and residential real estate.

California Business Law and Business Litigation

We represent a full range of businesses. Here are just a few examples: Automobile Dealerships, Business Brokers, Health Clubs, Furniture Store Chains, Real Estate Brokers, Marine Service and Supply, Top-Rated Restaurants as well as fast food and quick service franchises in a broad range of legal matters and litigation. Our California Attorneys and Lawyers handle California breach of contract law and litigation, California employment disputes, California Commercial leases and leasing, and allegations involving fraud and misrepresentation in California including, disclosure and non-disclosure, and California unfair competition. These matters are handled from our Newport Beach and Tustin, California offices. In addition to individuals and business owners, we also represent California partnerships, corporations, LLCs, California investors, buyers and sellers of businesses, and California business brokers and finders, as well as business brokers and finders in other states, again, handled from our Newport Beach and Tustin, California offices. These have included business sales and acquisition and merger transitions in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Washington, to name a few. Because we become familiar with our client's businesses we consider ourselves California Loan Modification Attorneys and Lawyers, Restaurant Attorneys, California Automotive Attorneys, California and National Business Broker Attorneys, California Escrow and Closing Attorneys, California Real Estate Attorneys and Lawyers, and California Real Estate Broker Attorneys.

Our Attorneys and Lawyers will assist Automobile Dealership Owners with issues regarding termination of automobile dealerships, and with transactions in the buying and selling of dealerships. We represent Buyers, Sellers, Brokers and Facilitators of Automobile Dealerships. We understand legal and business aspects of dealerships, from running dealerships, termination of automobile dealerships, to buying and selling automobile dealerships. We understand problems faced by dealerships in these difficult economic times. We can assist with disputes and business litigation concerning Automobile Dealerships including termination notices, breach of contract and other claims.

California Accident Attorneys for Serious Injuries

We offer a free initial consultation and legal advice for serious accident cases and insurance claims, and there is no legal fee for our time and effort if we do not obtain a settlement, judgment, or recovery. We aggressively represent individuals who have been seriously injured or have suffered death as a result of an accident in California, including Car Accidents, California Motorcycle Accidents, Falls, and Serious Dog Attacks and Bites in California from our Newport Beach and Tustin offices, wherever the accident may have occurred, including Orange County cities of Irvine, Orange, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Fullerton, Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Dana Point, Lake Forest, Garden Grove, Westminister, Fountain Valley, and Huntington Beach.