Greenstein & McDonald has prosecuted numerous tenant cases throughout the Bay Area including cases for wrongful eviction, habitability and defective conditions as well multiple unit tenant cases. Our settlements and verdicts in tenant actions alone total more than $15 million.

• In Pierre et al v. Cox (2010), Greenstein & McDonald represented 13 tenants in a legal action against their landlord for his violation of Oakland's Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance ("Measure EE"). The case was heavily contested for over 2 ½ years, and the jury trial took nearly 8 weeks. The tenants had their rights vindicated, achieving excellent results after trial - over $538,000 in damages and $1,052,400 in attorney fees. Read more.
  
  
• Greenstein and McDonald settled Davis, et al., v. Busk, et al., in Hayward, CA in May 2004 for $3,825,000 on behalf of more than 100 tenants, one of the largest settlements for tenants in Bay Area history. This was a case which was heavily contested by the Defendant for nearly three years. Read more.
  
  
• In Allen, et al., v. Legacy Partners Landing, LLC, et al., Greenstein & McDonald secured a $750,000 settlement for tenants living in an apartment complex in Oakland. The case involved the owners turning the complex into a construction zone, creating a nuisance for the tenants, who were never relocated.
  
  
• In Luc v. Chiu (2001), Steven J. McDonald and a law partner represented the tenant at trial and on appeal in a wrongful eviction action. The total award of over $600,000 including attorney fees and costs was upheld on appeal. Subsequently, the tenant and counsel secured a verdict of $160,000 plus additional attorney's fees, for the landlord's unlawful attempt to avoid collection on the prior judgment by fraudulent conveyance of property.
  
  
• Greenstein and McDonald has worked closely with tenants' rights organizations to address business practices of CitiApartments, which owned and managed over 7000 rental units in San Francisco. Greenstein and McDonald successfully prosecuted as counsel or co-counsel at least 8 major lawsuits for tenants in over 30 San Francisco buildings against Citi Apartments, all of which ended in confidential settlements.
  
  
• These are but a few examples of the excellent verdicts and settlements Greenstein and McDonald have recovered for our clients. Many settlements are confidential.