Our law firm, centrally located on the Peninsula, provides comprehensive legal services in the areas of real estate, construction, estate planning and business. Established in 1985, Allen, Baker & Stephan, PC, has a legal team of experienced attorneys having over 50 years of combined legal experience led by its founding attorney Michael B. Allen who has 36 years of experience handling complicated transactional and litigation matters in the areas of real estate, construction and business.
Mr. Allen's extensive construction experience includes more than eight years with a Fortune 500 engineering and construction company, in both an engineering and legal capacity.Shareholders Grant Baker and Assaad Stephan also bring additional experience in the areas of construction, homeowners association, corporate, and estate planning and probate law.
Mr. Allen's extensive construction experience includes more than eight years with a Fortune 500 engineering and construction company, in both an engineering and legal capacity.Shareholders Grant Baker and Assaad Stephan also bring additional experience in the areas of construction, homeowners association, corporate, and estate planning and probate law.
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Our law firm, located in San Mateo, California, provides comprehensive construction, real estate, estate planning and business law representation. Our lawyers understand the serious financial consequences associated with disputes involving real estate transactions, landlord-tenant issues, construction and design defects and payment disputes, homeowners association matters, and estate planning and probate matters.
Allen, Baker & Stephan, PC, provides comprehensive advocacy, extending from alternative dispute resolutions to litigation and trial. We understand the significant financial issues resulting from complex real estate and construction matters. We possess sophisticated construction defects and contract dispute experience.
Our Northern California legal team is led by the firm's founding lawyer, Michael B. Allen, who possesses 36 years of experience. Mr. Allen has extensive hands-on construction industry experience as both an engineer and legal counsel. He has represented every type of individual or entity that can be named in a construction defect case.
Represented the Buyer of resort real property in Lake Tahoe in a lawsuit against the seller for specific performance of a real estate purchase contract. Decision in favor of Client. Represented an investor against a National securities firm in a lawsuit for breach of fiduciary duty. Jury verdict for Securities firm overturned on appeal and Client awarded in excess of $250,000.
Allen, Baker & Stephan, PC, provides comprehensive construction and real estate law representation for homeowners and industry professionals. We understand the serious issues that often plague business transactions, including contract disputes. Our lawyers devote substantial time, energy and resources to ensure clients achieve their goals.
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Kitty Ko
Jun 28, 2017
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We highly recommend Assaad Stephan is a very helpful, informative and truthful attorney. We just went through a Tenant/Landlord case handled by Assaad's skillful and wise experience in his great professionalism. He provided the advice and guidance to lead the case successfully. We are very impressed in his sincerity. We are very thankful to have him through the search from the website. Thanks heartily Assaad, thumbs up!
Max R.
Jan 13, 2016
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This is a review for Assaad Stephan of the Michael B. Allen Law Group. What else can I say than the truth - he's great! I was first acquainted with him during one of my transactions by a client and found him to be a thorough, smart, tactful, friendly, patient, reasonable and available attorney.
He has since helped several of my clients and recently I have hired him for some work. I have been thoroughly impressed with his knowledge and application of the law. He isn't looking to go crazy with billable hours, rather seems to take the most pragmatic approach to get a resolution or provide
He has since helped several of my clients and recently I have hired him for some work. I have been thoroughly impressed with his knowledge and application of the law. He isn't looking to go crazy with billable hours, rather seems to take the most pragmatic approach to get a resolution or provide
