Testimonials

"I have been working with Rowena for several months on a very trying and difficult situation. The case finally came to a resolution today and I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for her exemplary support. She is extremely professional, knowledgeable and efficient. Truly a great asset to your firm." 

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"Would just like to express how impressed I am with Angie's handling of yesterday's settlement. For being new on the case and balancing between myself and another client, I felt well represented. Grasp, assessment, communication, demeanor...all superb. Just a note of appreciation.

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Actually, you're all a great team. Seems like you have a little bit of a "farm system" going on. If one learns from folks who know their stuff, then one doesn't develop bad patterns that come back to haunt them."

"Angie! Thank you so much for all your help. You were so responsive and supportive through this process. It was a stressful time and you definitely helped us through it. We want to say thank you so much for you help you really made a difference for us and we thank you!"

“Angie,

I want to express thanks to you and your team from my family and me for helping to extricate the squatter from our home in Oakland. It was last year that you recovered possession of our home, but recent events in the media reminded me of how grateful I am for your work. It was a tough period for us, complicated by Covid and court closures - I still can’t believe it’s over sometimes! So, thank you and Happy New Year!”

"Just wanted to say thanks, again, for all the help this past year. I really enjoyed working with Clifford and learned a ton about rental law, negotiating with insurance companies, real-time negotiations during mediation (which I could never do on my own :-)), and I really appreciated his patience and support. After I got past the 'oh yeesh, I'm being sued', it was actually really fascinating going through the process."

"I reached out to Clifford after reading his article published in East Bay Rental Housing Association on how to respond to tenant’s complaints about mold related concerns and steps to appropriately handle the situations. With Clifford and his team’s help, we have successfully resolved a stressful case. Clifford is very knowledgeable, patient, and his suggestions have always been right to the point and easy to follow. Everyone we worked with was super understanding and very responsive. Thank you Fabienne, Mandana, and Jane!"

"I cannot express how grateful I am to have found Alana and her amazing team. Their expertise and professionalism are second to none. They keep me organized and on top of all my important dates making me feel more than prepared each year. 

As someone who is newer to real estate investing, I was overwhelmed with the amount of work required, but Alana and her team always took the time to answer all of my questions which made me feel confident in all my decisions. 

I can say without hesitation that this law firm is the absolute best in the business. If you're looking for a law firm that will exceed your expectations, look no further. Alana and her team will take care of you and your real estate needs with the utmost care and attention to detail. Thank you so much for everything!"

"Steve was very good and knew the laws which kept changing daily.  Steve and Marena were very responsive and not like the other attorney that I had prior to Fried, Williams & Grice Conner. I would recommend them to anyone who has problematic tenants."

"Your team performed flawlessly."

"A successful real estate investor advised me to utilize your office, if I wanted an affirmative result in recovering possession of a rental unit. Your office certainly delivered and I thank you and your fine staff for shepherding the buyout negotiation to a positive conclusion."

"Thank you so much, Jane, for your usual excellence.  Whenever I think of Fried and Williams and now Fried Williams & Grice Conner, LLP - excellence is definitely the word that springs to mind.

As you know, this past year was a completely unforeseen nightmare to me and I would not have made it through without your firm.  As much as I deeply appreciate your firm's legal expertise AND I DO - I am also keenly aware from my work experience that the frontline team - in your firm's case  - the attorneys - are only as good as the team that stands behind them to handle the plethora of accounting and other details.  They could not operate anywhere as effectively as they do - without people of your caliber and efficiency. They are most blessed to have you and I am so grateful that with all my questions you have been nothing but as fast as lightning in responding to me and always with such courtesy and professionalism."

"This is a great law firm that serves landlords, which is extremely difficult to find...Steve Williams and Matthew Quiring are the best! Their law firm has assisted us with a tenant issue and we had a successful outcome to our case. They're very responsive, knowledgeable, patient and always willing to listen and come up with the best plan of action. We keep them on retainer just in case we have another tenant issue. And if you're a landlord, you know the next tenant issue is just around the corner!
I would highly recommend this law firm to any landlord in need of representation."

"Clifford, thanks for your excellent CEB webinar on Introduction to Local Rent Control and Residential Landlord-Tenant Laws in California (taped earlier this year). I’ve been doing UD as part of my practice and this was one of the best-organized webinars I’ve seen in years, perfect for the rookie or a veteran like me. Deeply appreciate the work you put into it."

“Wow! This is great news! Thank you so much, Clifford!!!! The whole family just did a happy dance. I don’t know how you did it, but you got them to respond. Terrific!!!!!!! You’ve probably seen way worse, but this was very stressful for us. You are our Superman!!!!!!!!!!

"In the Bay area, it's easy as a small landlord to make an unintended mistake and be liable for nest-egg destroying damages due to landlord-punitive laws. I was up against a difficult-to-win tenant lawsuit and pursued by an aggressive Bay area tenant-oriented law firm claiming a 99% success rate on their website. David Semel and Steve Williams of Fried & Williams held my hand through the whole
process, helping me develop a winning strategy that let me land in that 1%. I didn't have to pay a dime to the plaintiffs in the end."

"I am an administrative law judge and a client of Mr. Fried’s. He is an extraordinarily diligent, tenacious, thorough, and talented lawyer. He listens to me as a client and responds to me as a person. He does the difficult research and preparation necessary to achieve the outstanding results that he has already achieved for me. He is at home in the courtroom, both when trying a case to a jury (as he did in
my case) and when arguing to a judge. He has good objectivity and can represent and advise people on any side of a case. I endorse him without reservation.”

"I'm a real estate broker who has worked with Steve in the past. He has helped me many times and I have always had a good experience. He is very knowledgeable and helpful to me and all my clients that I have recommended."

"I am a property manager in San Francisco and understand how important it is to work with a strong, experienced attorney. We hired Clifford to help with a difficult tenant with a long history of nuisance behavior. Clifford's meticulous preparation and attention to detail led to a successful buyout of the tenant even as Clifford was preparing to take the case to a jury. I was very impressed with his professionalism and successful result for the property owner. We continue to work with Clifford, and his knowledge and experience with San Francisco rent control issues [are] invaluable."