COVID-19 – Tenant Rent Questions Clarified

Many of our clients who have income property in Los Angeles — residential and commercial — have reached out to us amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with questions about what to do if tenants stop paying rent.

Contractual Attorney Fee Provisions are Superseded by Judgment

Judgment Must Specifically Include Attorney Fees In Order to Obtain Post- Judgment Fees This is an important reminder to all that, as a general rule, when a judgment is rendered on a case involving a contract that includes an attorney fees and costs provision, the judgment extinguishes all further contractual rights, including the contractual attorney […]

Wolf Wallenstein & Abrams’ Ellen Kaufman Wolf Published in L.A. Daily Journal

WOLF GROUP L.A.’S ELLEN KAUFMAN WOLF PUBLISHED IN L.A. DAILY JOURNAL: DISCOUNTED PAYMENTS IN SETTLEMENT (OR STIPULATED JUDGMENT?) MAY NO LONGER BE A “PENALTY”: Creditors may be able to better enforce their “full balance” stipulated judgments—which often provide for higher or “full debt balance” judgment amounts if agreed discounted payments are not timely made. Such […]

New Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Executive Committee

Ellen Wolf is now the Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Executive Committee for the Remedies Section focusing on creditor’s rights and remedies. To view the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Executive Committee Roster for the Remedies Section.#lacba #LosAngeles #Executive #EllenWolf