Evictions and BASTA Evictions

REAL CLIENTS, REAL SOLUTIONS.  The firm’s client and family celebrate after her 12-0 jury trial victory over BASTA. The client was the victim of tenants that simply refused to pay, nearly costing her building to foreclosure, the only source of income for her support. She was living on a sofa.  The client, an elder, is one of the nicest persons you’ll ever met, cannot read or write English or Spanish, does not drive, and contemplated suicide due to the problems by her tenants, including fake calls for code violations and which put her through a living hell. The City inspector said it was one of the nicest units. Mr. D’Arcy wanted justice for an elder, and waived nearly all of the $100,000 in legal fees to fight this case (there were hundreds of pages of “violations”), winning on 94 of 96 questions posed to the jury, and upheld the victory unanimously on appeal. Mr. D’Arcy has been recognized by the State Bar for his outstanding pro-bono work for elders and the disabled.

Patrick J. D’Arcy is an Irvine-based Orange County attorney that represents only landlords in landlord tenant litigation, including complex commercial evictions with the California Court of Appeal.  Whether it is commercial or residential evictions, Mr. D’Arcy will aggressively defend your rights and restore possession to you.

Mr. D’Arcy is considered by BASTA – a feared tenants’ rights “non-profit” in Los Angeles, to be among the more formidable lawyers they’ve ever encountered.  This is because Mr. D’Arcy beats them when others are afraid to take them on.   In a one-week jury trial, Mr. D’Arcy beat BASTA, 12-0, and on 94 of 96 questions posed to the jury.  In refusing to settle with them, Mr. D’Arcy vindicated his elderly client (pictured above) who was losing her building to foreclosure due to deadbeats who refused to pay.

In another BASTA case, Mr. D’Arcy once again refused to pay any ransom for a tenant who hadn’t paid rent in months, and evicted them on summary judgment before Judge Haigh in Long Beach.  These persons violated city zoning laws with the mess they created, had jobs, and simply refused to pay while making their neighbors miserable.

In a BASTA case, Mr. D’Arcy refused to settle.   The tenant hadn’t paid rent in nine months while fully employed.   The unit lacked a certificate of occupancy.  The teenage daughter testified (lied) on the stand that she helped her father cut down a 40′ high tree in the middle of electrical wires and surrounding by apartment buildings on all sides.  She further lied and said she and her father took all of the branches, etc. to a city dump to be disposed.  Mr. D’Arcy went to the dump and proved no records existed, as the dump logs license plates and weight before charging dump fees.  Mr. D’Arcy made them out to be liars on the stand, and defeated all of BASTA’s stupid motions, including motion for summary judgment, motion for a directed verdict, etc.  Result – deadbeats evicted and not one dime paid to them.

As a side note, the latest fake post about me said that I would never decline to be quoted.  It argued that I was never contacted and interviewed for this article.  That’s complete BS.   As proof, here’s just ONE email from Hillel Aron at La Weekly, the author of the article [redacted]:

“From: Hillel Aron 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 6:13 PM
To: Patrick D’Arcy
Subject: quotes for approval
Hey there Patrick. As we discussed, here are the quotes you gave me that I would like permission to use in my piece.”

Mr. D’Arcy evicted a farmer from family owned property simply because he liked living for free on the land while paying nothing.

A deadbeat son (and ex-con) literally moved into the family home after it was up for sale, and claimed his mother (who just passed away days earlier), gave him a “lease” to stay there for five years.   The house was to be sold as part of the mother’s probate, and the sale was now blocked by this ex-con who did drugs at the property with loud parties of other drug addicts.  Mr. D’Arcy filed a motion for summary judgment and evicted him with case law that was stunning to both the judge and other eviction lawyers in attendance.

Mr. D’Arcy has evicted numerous tenants from housing all across Southern California.  It should be noted that not all tenants are deadbeats.  If they fall behind in rent and agree to leave in a reasonable time, then they are never profiled here.  Even good persons can fall behind in their rent due to problems such as a job loss or medical bills.   Mr. D’Arcy tries to work out an arrangement, but some people just want to steal from their landlords.

Mr. D’Arcy is particularly knowledgeable about evicting deadbeats from Los Angeles Rent Control properties. who try and use the City’s laws to block their eviction even when the units are in nice condition.

In one case, Mr. D’Arcy successfully evicted 12 family members from an Orange County estate home, even after they made death threats, and were professionals at “gaming” the system, including fake restraining orders, fake leases with others, and fake bankruptcies in the names of one person at a time.  Undeterred, Mr. D’Arcy tossed them out.

In another estate home case in Orange County, Mr. D’Arcy evicted a family of scammers who resided in the home of a California Angels’ baseball player, and who attempted to defraud the owner by creating mold in the home by filing the walls with water.

Mr. D’Arcy represented a large commercial tenant, and successfully eliminated tens of thousands in rent while allowing the tenant to relocate.

Mr. D’Arcy evicted a biker gang despite death threats.

Mr. D’Arcy represented a restaurant in a lease with a large landlord, and successfully eliminated $120,000 in back rent.

This is only a minimal listing.  More are profiled on “Successful Cases.”