Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Hi i want to why can't i find a attorney who care more about helping people than the money i have been looking for attorneys but the only income in are house is my daughter ssi checks and my apt manger has allowed us to be hit my other tenants and has allowed other tenants to call us racist slurs and allowed tenants to egg apartment up threat us and also has allowed the other tenants to say sexual things to my daughter . we tried to get though to my apartment manger by verbally talking to them and then in writing and even though emails on the problems of loudness caused by tenants and day and night we even talked to her boss she told us to give her a month we nothing changed we meet her a few more time nothing changed the notice still went on the guys keep hanging on the stairs smoking and drinking the guards kepted leaving the property and sitting down do nothing about the problem . so on february 2011 we bought a video record to show the manger and the police who was making the loud noise nothing changed so my daughter put it on you tube to what other people would do . they said they would be very upset to and call the police and go to the local housing angency to get help which we did be nothing changed at all in fact the threats stated to get more dangers but no one is helps because the are affiliated with my apartment building so they tured us down and told us to go to crla legal aid told us how nice the people that live at my apartment building and then a turned us down and told us to find a attorney when we have no money all i want is to sue my apartment manage company for money damages because they refused to help and now there kicking us out on the street and my daughter use a breathing machine daily she won't be able to it if we are homeless all we went is some justice we have tried to get help from ever 1 in my city and their isn't any at all i want to no what can i do legally to help my self thanks


Asked on 3/14/12, 8:22 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Gibbs The Gibbs Law Firm, APC

I am sorry that your perception of attorneys is so dark. First, you have to understand that attorneys are like everyone else - they have to make a living and support themselves. Advice is an attorney's only "stock & trade," meaning, an attorney's advice is the only product they have to sell. If they gave it away, they would quickly go broke. The same is true for many types of doctors - they charge you to get advice and information about your health. It's funny, but nobody seems to challenge a doctor's right to charge for his time and advice, but attorneys are always a target for people to complain that they charge too much, or that people shouldn't have to pay for their advice. I hope you can understand that most are simply not in a position to work for free.

That being said, if you contact the local legal aid society, they'll work up your case and put it out for attorneys who do volunteer their time. You have to contact the legal aid office, register and provide them with the required information, and then wait for an attorney who wants to assist you to come forward and make the offer. Tens-of-thousands of hours are donated by attorneys every year to legal aid, so that is your best option to find someone who will assist you with little hope of being paid for their time. Good luck - your situation sounds terrible, and I'm sure that through legal aid, you can find some assistance.

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Answered on 3/15/12, 1:08 pm


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