Practice Areas

Quality Bay Area Real Estate Law Services

The real estate law office of Beckman Marquez & Dowling, LLP, provides a complete range of quality legal services for property owners, landlords, tenant, property management companies, and real estate professionals in communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. With over 36 years of combined experience our real estate lawyers have been recognized for offering individualized attention to details and a proactive approach to resolving problems that might arise.

Committed to providing the real estate legal services our clients need

We focus on real estate law in order to provide the highly effective services that our clients need and have come to expect. Contact our offices for a no cost consultation about ways we can meet your real estate needs.

At Beckman Marquez & Dowling, LLP, our clients include residential and commercial property owners, property management companies, brokers, agents, landlords and tenants, investment groups, and homeowner associations. Our real estate lawyers represent clients in trial and appellate courts (state and federal), before the San Francisco Board of Appeals, and before administrative and regulatory agencies such as the San Francisco and Oakland Rent Boards, the Labor Commission, and the Employment Development Department of the State of California. We also offer mediation services and quality representation for parties involved in private arbitration.

We focus on real estate law matters such as:

Real estate transactions and litigation: We draft and review contracts, purchase and sale agreements, leases, financing documents, and other related documents. We are also knowledgeable and effective litigation and appeals attorneys who offer experienced trial and appellate representation in real estate disputes, such as:

Residential and commercial evictions
Defense of wrongful eviction suits
Quiet title, boundary, and encroachment disputes
Adjoining owner disputes
Construction defect litigation
Co-owner and TIC disputes
Partition actions
Breach of contract actions, including purchase agreement disputes
Declaratory relief actions
Permit appeals
Landlord and tenant petitions for relief to local rent boards
Foreclosure and related financing disputes
Adverse possession claims
Land use and easement disputes

In addition to real estate law, our lawyers also have experience in the following areas:

Personal injury
General civil litigation
Business law
Employment law
Family law

Alternative dispute resolution services: Attorney Richard Beckman is an experienced mediation attorney who provides professional mediation services for parties resolving disputes through an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process. In addition to Mr. Beckman's training as a neutral mediator, we also represent either party throughout the arbitration or mediation process.

Rent control law: Whether you are the owner or renter of real estate throughout the Bay Area, we can help you make sense of how landlord-tenant laws affect you.

Visit these pages to learn more about residential eviction and rent control laws in these specific Bay Area cities:

Contact the law firm of Beckman Marquez & Dowling, LLP, in San Francisco, to talk with one of our experienced real estate law attorneys about your specific needs. We offer sound solutions for your real estate needs.