Todd Rothbard Law Offices

Lost Their Way
My personal experience as a consumer is that Todd Rothbard’s office has lost its way.
I am a tenant at the Park Kiely Apartmnents and have had endless issues while being a tenant here for almost 3 years. Rothbard’s office represents this complex in their evictions and has done so for decades. Rothbard acts as Park Kiely’s representative in trying to work out issues at the complex in regards to my unit– my personal interactions as a consumer in working with Todd Rothbard as Park Kiely’s representative are as follows:
1. Mold in our unit
For 13 months we suffered through black mold in closet. PK refused to repair it. Todd Rothbard told me that there could not be mold as it had not rained In a long time. After I finally called code enforcement and they cited the unit — it was revealed that there was 3 inches of standing water on the roof. They had to tear apart two floors of wall to repair the water intrusion and the roof needed to be replaced.
2. Unsafe balcony
We lived on the second floor and our toddler could slip thru the railings on the balcony. We asked for the gaps to be closed. Rothbard refused to have PK close the gaps and said that «it was more likely that our child would die in a car accident than fall through the railings.»
Rothbard came to our unit and asked me to hold our one year old child through the bars on the second floor demonstrate that there was no danger. Rothbard said he would «catch» him if he fell. I declined.
I indicated that I would have a contractor perform the work. Rothbard threatened to evict us if we performed work on the railings. In a letter he offered to mount chicken wire to our balcony at a our «luxury» apartments.
3. Misuse of Rent Controlled Residentail Units to Run His Eviction Law Firm
Todd bragged about the fact that he had used two Park Kiely Apartments to run his law offices for decades until a tenant at PK complained and the City kicked him out. PK charges new tenants based upon «market demand» and unit availability. Their sales staff tell people that the rate may be different by the end of the day based on demand. San Jose has a rent control ordinance to keep residential rental rates from increasing too quickly. As PK’s eviction attorney, Rothbard used 2 of these units to run his eviction business with PK as a big client. I was paying $ 3,100 per month to rent a 3 bedroom apartment starting in June 2012 — and Rothbard was taking up two rent controlled units, causing my rents to be higher due to less availability.
The city cited him I believe in 2010 and it took almost 3 years to get him out until the summer of 2013. The city citation seems to show that he had 6 employees in these two residential units. He also ran another business out of these units if you look at the city business tax records.
Why are my rents high while he runs a business out of 2 residential rent controlled units at my apartment complex, in violation of City zoning ordinances?
4. More Mold
Our new unit has mold it seems that Todd can’t get PK to test for mold or moisture this time. «There is nothing they can do,». The city has cited them for 15 violations at our building.

Mr. Rothbard, clearly does not get his facts straight and seems to be on the arrogant side in his level of confidence in winning cases. Just saying… but hey he’s a lawyer.

This is what I wrote to Todd. It kind of says it all.
Dear Todd,
I would like to let you know about the wonderful job that Steve Naumchik did for me. Not only did we win everything we wanted, but we also won against a formidable opponent. Steve had wonderful self-​confidence and depth of knowledge that led us to prevail. He was good-​natured, easy to converse with, and had an energetic and determined exuberance that was contagious. In the end he was just as much, if not more, excited with the outcome than I was. «He lives for this stuff!» It was a pleasure to work with him. His explanation of what the opposing attorney would try to do made the cross examination almost fun. I was able to stymie every attempt the attorney tried to mislead or trap me — thanks to Steve’s pre trial briefing.
Gratefully,
Brad Schwan

Todd met with us and worked through the details of an eviction for us. He was proactive in providing information on the process and keeping us informed. When the tenant’s lawyer made some claims that showed he had not been fully informed on the case, Todd proactively corrected him and provided evidence that showed the tenant was providing incomplete information. I believe that Todd’s approach has been instrumental in moving to agreement with the tenant that we can live with. I highly recommend Todd for this type service. He was far better at follow up and communications than firms I had used in the past His rates were competitive.

I worked directly with Todd on the eviction of a lawyer who was ripping me off while living in my townhouse. It’s been about five years since I hired Todd. I am just slow at writing on Unilocal.I just want to post that Todd did an excellent job both professional and caring that this individually was taking advantaged of me. So with Todd’s help and knowledge he was able to get him evicted swiftly. Thank you Todd.

Todd Rothbard truly is a great lawyer. His staff is super helpful and they always get the job done on time.

Todd Rothbard is the best eviction attorney probably in the state of California. He and his office are fantastic to work with and they are able to get problem residents out quickly. Amazing man!

From the office staff to the attorney (Steve) that handled my case… they were terrific. Very pleased with the law office of Todd Rothbard.

Great law firm. We have been clients for several years and we are always satisfied. Simply put, Todd is the best. Intelligent, hardworking and a straight shooter. Unparalleled knowledge of UD law. Think Perry Mason meets Albert Einstein.