Case No. 00 / Tenant defense, housing court

Your landlordhas a lawyer.Now you do.

We defend tenants in housing court: a flat fee you see before we start, a callback the same day, and your answer filed before the clock runs out.

Free first call
Flat fees, in writing
Se habla español
Apartment balconies on a teal and orange facade
Exhibit A: your home
Don't move out
Don't sign anything
Don't skip court
Call us first
Free first call
Flat fees
Se habla español
Evenings and Saturdays
01 / The clock

Eviction runs on a clock.

Most tenants who lose, lose on Day 8: the written answer was never filed. Drag the line to see what each day asks of you.

Day 0

The notice

A letter that says pay, fix or leave. It is not a court order, and it does not make you move.
Day 3

Court papers

A summons and a complaint. Now there is a deadline, often just five court days away.
Day 8

Your answer

The written reply that keeps the case alive. Miss it and the landlord wins by default.
Day 21

The hearing

A judge hears both sides. We bring the repair photos, the rent receipts and the lease.
Day 30

The outcome

Dismissed, settled, or time to move on terms written down. Never a surprise.
02 / Counsel

Same hearing. Different odds.

Housing court moves fast, and the landlord's lawyer has done this a thousand times. Here is what changes when you walk in with one too.

What happens
On your own You and the clerk's window $0 plus the risk
Same day With Holdover One lawyer, notice to outcome. Often $0 with legal aid. $750 flat fee
Your notice read the day it arrives Not included
Answer filed before the deadline If you find the form
Repair defenses raised Not included
Jury trial requested Not included
Talks with their lawyer You, alone
Time to move, if needed Days
Record sealed where allowed Not included
03 / Flat fees

One price, written down,before we start.

No hourly billing and no retainer you can't see the bottom of. If a fee changes, it changes on paper, with your signature next to ours.

Fee schedule · signed before work starts

  • Notice review

    Free

    Call before you reply to anything. A lawyer reads it with you.

  • Eviction defense

    $750

    Your answer, the motions and the hearing, start to finish.

  • Repair demand

    $180

    A letter that puts the leak, the heat or the mould on the record.

  • Lease review

    $120

    Before you sign a new lease or a move-out agreement.

  • Deposit claim

    25%

    A quarter of what we recover, and nothing if we recover nothing.

They filed my answer the same afternoon. Eleven months later, I still live here.

Dana R. Tenant since 2014, Ward 4

Under the income limit? Most of our eviction cases are covered by a legal-aid grant and cost you nothing. We check on the first call.

04 / Start here

Got papers?Start here.

Tell us what you received and when. A lawyer, not a call centre, calls you back the same day.

  • (555) 014-2290
  • intake@example.com
  • Suite 4, 210 Mercer Street, ground floor, step-free

The line

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Monday to Friday
08:00 – 20:00
Saturday
09:00 – 14:00
Sunday
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Intake · read by a lawyer, answered the same day

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05 / Before you call

What tenants ask us first.

  • Still unsure? (555) 014-2290

No. A notice is a letter, not an order. Only a judge can order you out, and only after a hearing you have the right to attend.

Often five court days to file a written answer, sometimes fewer. Call us the day you get them: the clock does not wait for a callback.

Often, yes. Repairs the landlord ignored, fees the lease never allowed and a pending rental-assistance application can each change the outcome, or buy you time.

A flat fee, written down before we start: $750 for an eviction defense from the answer through the hearing. No hourly billing, no surprise invoice.

Sí. Two of our lawyers and the intake line work in Spanish every day, evenings and Saturdays included.