Michael R. Bracamontes
Partner
Mr. Bracamontes has emphasis in landlord-tenant law, including unlawful detainers, move-in evictions, wrongful evictions, Anti-SLAPP motions, and Ellis Act evictions. Aside from helping tenants enforce their rights under the San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley Rent Ordinances, Mr. Bracamontes also focuses on civil litigation for plaintiffs, such as employment law, elder abuse, lemon law and consumer fraud actions, as well as business advising, contracts, and litigation.
Mr. Bracamontes earned his Juris Doctor degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, where he worked at the Worker's Rights Clinic and was a member of the La Raza Law Journal.
Areas of Practice
- Tenant Rights - Eviction Defense
- Habitability - Wrongful Eviction
- Employee Rights - Wrongful Termination
- Discrimination
- Hostile Work Environment
- Consumer Law - Lemon Law
- Unfair Business Practices
- Business Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Personal Injury
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 2006
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2006
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2006
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
- J.D. - 2005
- Law Journal: La Raza Law Journal, Member
- University of California, Irvine, California
- B.A. - 2001
Published Works
- "Understanding the Foreclosure Trend on the West Coast", Thomas Reuters/Aspatore, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
- San Francisco Bar Association, Member
- AIDS Legal Referral Panel, San Francisco, Panel Attorney
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Alameda County Bar Association, Member
- National Police Accountability Project, Member, 2009
