Real Estate & Business Attorneys
Attorney Michael J. Simkin
Biography
Michael Simkin is a litigator and managing partner of Simkin & Associates Mr. Simkin is licensed to practice law in California, New York, and the District of Columbia. His practice focuses on real estate and business law and immigration law for Canadians who want to live or work in the U.S. Simkin & Associates prosecutes and defends breach of contract, fraud, negligence, misrepresentation and many other types of cases. Typical cases involve property owners, construction, neighbor disputes, businesses, trustees, and realtors concerning purchase and sale agreements, leases, contracts, and all other matters of residential and commercial property and business disputes. The firm also handles employment, probate and trust litigation.
Michael Simkin prides himself in guiding clients through the legal maze as if he were a member of your family or a personal friend. Mr. Simkin represents clients from beginning to end including jury trials, appeals, and collection of money judgments. Mr. Simkin provides his clients with creative solutions, personal attention and cost-effective services.
Mr. Simkin has appeared on Fox TV in Los Angeles discussing legal issues involving homeowners and mortgages and has been a speaker for the Continuing Education of the State Bar of California at the annual CEB Real Property Conference in Monterey, CA and the California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section Executive Committee. He has also produced many webinars for the California Lawyers Association Real Property Section.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate Law
- Business Law
Education
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. - 1989
- UCLA, Los Angeles, California
- B.A. - 1985
- Major: History
Bar Admissions
- California, 1989
- District of Columbia, 1996
- New York, 1998
Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member, 1998 to Present
- California Lawyer’s Association, Real Property Law Section Executive Committee, Executive Committee Member, 2020 to Present
- Law Society of Ontario, Canada
- Law Society of British Columbia
Honors
- Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal Prinzmetal Legal Writing Award
Classes & Seminars
- Real Estate CLE, California State Bar Real Property Section
Published Works
- Enforcement of Foreign Marital Judgments, Enforcement of Foreign Marital Judgments, Summer, 1988
- The New 2020 Landlord-Tenant and Statewide Residential Rent Control and Eviction Laws, State Bar of California -- Real Property Journal, 1, 2020
- 2022 Business Law Symposium: Residential & Commercial Evictions After Covid-19
- 2021 State Bar Annual Conference Covid-19 Eviction Law Webinar
- State Bar CLA: Webinar Covid-19-era-evictions
- New 2020 State Rent Control Law - Journal of the California State Bar Real Property Section
- AB3088 The 2020 COVID-19 Residential Eviction Laws
- Chart of which forms to use for AB3088 Compliance during COVID-19
- Commercial Lease forms AIR vs. CAR forms
- Persuasive Writing: Sentence Structure
- Persuasive Writing: Outlining Your Argument
- Persuasive Writing: Paragraphing for Lawyers
- Persuasive Writing: Problematic Words a Cheat Sheet
Representative Cases
- Dromy v. Lukovsky, 219 Cal.App.4th 278, 2013, Court of Appeal, B242952