Foreclosure Defense law in California covers mortgage default defense, loan modification, short sales, deed in lieu, and wrongful foreclosure claims. When these legal matters arise, having the right attorney can make a significant difference in the outcome. California has its own statutes, court procedures, and legal standards that apply specifically to foreclosure defense cases, and attorneys who practice in Superior Court regularly understand the nuances that affect how these matters are resolved.

The statute of limitations for foreclosure defense matters in California is generally 4 years written, 2 years oral, though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Superior Court, and California's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The State Bar of California sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on foreclosure defense in California bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

Choosing the right foreclosure defense attorney in California means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

Want to understand your legal rights before contacting an attorney? Read our complete guide to foreclosure defense law in California for an in-depth look at California's statutes, court procedures, and what outcomes are possible. When you're ready, use the profiles below to compare attorneys and schedule a consultation.

Marc Steven Applbaum - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Midway Law Firm APC
 4275 Executive Square Ste. 200 La Jolla CA 92037
(619) 993-0288
Univ of Southern Calif
English, Spanish
Bar #222511
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
Jason Kelly Smith - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
MK Smith, APC
 9891 Irvine Center Drive Suite 200 Irvine CA 92618
(949) 299-2500
Pepperdine University School of Law (2008)
English
Bar #277923
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
Robert Daniel Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Robert D. Rodriguez
 4695 Chabot Drive Ste. 200 Pleasanton CA 94588
(209) 596-4263
California St Univ Stanislaus
Bar #242396
Federal Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Bankruptcy Civil Rights Collections
Shawn Patrick King Huston - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Huston | McCaffrey, LLP
 1650 Hotel Circle North, Suite 201 San Diego CA 92108
(619) 800-1166
National Univ
Bar #235944
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy
Nathan Mubasher - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Nathan Mubasher
 2621 Green River Rd Ste 105 PMB 403 Corona CA 92882
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Arabic
Bar #281645
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Consumer Law
Jenny Lynn Doling - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
J. Doling Law, PC
 36-915 Cook Street, Suite 101 Palm Desert CA 92211
(760) 884-4444
California St Univ
English, Spanish
Bar #207033
10th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Consumer Law
Denise Perelli-Minetti - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Denise Perelli-Minetti
 350 Main Street Suite H Pleasanton CA 94566
(925) 701-1718
Bar #269997
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Arbitration & Mediation Divorce
R. Grace Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 21000 Devonshire St Suite 111 Chatsworth CA 91311
(818) 734-7223
Western State College of Law at Argosy University (1993)
Spanish
California Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Foreclosure Defense
Mirko Ivanovic - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ivanovic & Lucius, P.C.
 649 Mission St., 5th Floor San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 843-4815
Concord Law School At Purdue University Global (2011)
Croatian, English, German, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish
Eastern District of California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Consumer Law
Michael Rinne - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rinne Legal
 3478 Buskirk Ave. Suite 1000 Pleasant Hill CA 94523
(925) 932-7086
Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen
German, Russian, Spanish
Bar #242579
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Energy, Oil & Gas Law Foreclosure Defense
Len Watkins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Genser & Watkins LLP
 1900 Powell Street Suite 840 Emeryville CA 94608
(510) 237-6916
University of California - Davis (2008)
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Bankruptcy Business Law
Elliot Gale - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Gale, Angelo, Johnson & Pruett P.C.
 333 University Avenue Suite 600 Sacramento CA 95825
(916) 290-7778
Santa Clara University School of Law (2008)
English
California Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Foreclosure Defense
Leonard Jack Cravens - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Leonard Cravens
 45902 Oasis St. STE C P.O. Box 2714 Indio CA 92202
(760) 342-1810
Lincoln Law Sch of San Jose (1995)
Bar #208148
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Foreclosure Defense
Christopher Donald Hewitt - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Christopher Hewitt
 74361 Highway 111 #7 Palm Desert CA 92260
(760) 459-2438
Golden Gate University (2004)
English, Spanish
U.S. District Court, Central District of California Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Collections Foreclosure Defense
LaToya Shontae Redd - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Redd Law
 501 W. Broadway Ste. A297 San Diego CA 92101
(619) 259-5559
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (1998)
English, Spanish
Bar #218342
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Foreclosure Defense
Rod B. Tuazon - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tuazon Law, APC
 674 County Square Drive, Suite 208-D Ventura CA 93003
(805) 889-9281
Washington University in St. Louis (2020)
English, Tagalog
Unknown Status
Business Law Estate Planning Foreclosure Defense
John David Sarai - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Shield Law Group, APLC
 15910 Ventura Blvd., Suite 710 Encino CA 91436
(818) 732-4400
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
California Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Federal District Courts Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Foreclosure Defense
Aaron Michael Lloyd - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lloyd Legal, APC
 444 West C St., Suite 230 San Diego CA 92101
(909) 854-4958
California Western School of Law
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Collections Family Law
Ching K. Chiao - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fred Leeds Properties
 600 S. Lake Avenue Suite 303 Pasadena CA 91106
(626) 698-0088
Southwestern University School of Law (2004)
English, Mandarin
California Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Foreclosure Defense
Susan Ann Hemb - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hemb Law Group
 420 Bullard Ave., Suite 105 Clovis CA 93612
(559) 241-7050
Fresno Pacific Coll
English
California Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Divorce Family Law
September Joy Katje - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Katje Law Group, APC
 130 S. Chaparral Court, Suite 140 Anaheim CA 92808
(714) 400-2970
California State University - San Diego State University (2001)
Arabic, English, Spanish
Bar #227896
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Consumer Law Estate Planning
Ernest R. Macias - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Macias Law Firm
 1041 Market St # 129 San Diego CA 92101
(408) 420-5723
San Diego State Univ
Spanish
Bar #117267
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Gurbob Singh Somal - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Somal Law Office
 4000 Pimlico Dr Ste # 114-234 Pleasanton CA 94588
(415) 754-0115
California State University - Sacramento
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of CA Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Foreclosure Defense Tax Law
Joshua Smisko - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 26050 Acero, STE 305 Mission Viejo CA 92691
Whittier Law School (2004)
9th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Estate Planning Foreclosure Defense
William Steven Shumway - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Shumway Law
 3400 Douglas Blvd., Suite 250 Roseville CA 95661
(916) 789-8821
University of Utah (1979)
Bar #119351
Federal Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Min Stephen Cho - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cho, Sheasby, Chung & Ignacio, LLP, and as a managing partner at Cho & De La Cerra
 10535 Foothill Blvd Suite 490 Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730
(909) 652-3020
Univ of California Riverside
Bar #218430
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Divorce
Nicolette Glazer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Larry R. Glazer
 1875 Century Park East, 7th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 407-5353
Foreign School
Bulgarian, French
Bar #209713
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Consumer Law Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Christopher M Kiernan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Talkov Law Corp.
 2900 Adams St Ste C225 Riverside CA 92504
(949) 200-3300
Emory University School of Law (2014)
California Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Business Law
Delaram Keshvarian - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Delaram Keshvarian Law Office
 1100 West Town & Country Road Suite 1250 Orange CA 92868
California Western School of Law (2022)
English, Farsi
California Bar
Active License
Foreclosure Defense Landlord Tenant Real Estate Law
Yelena Gurevich - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
YG Legal Firm
 3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Suite 800 Studio City CA 91604
(213) 534-7769
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (2015)
English, Russian
California Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Collections
Neil Robert Hedtke - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 820 North Mountain Ave. Suite 109 Upland CA 91786
(909) 579-2233
University of La Verne College of Law (2006)
English, Spanish
California Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Cannabis & Marijuana Law Divorce
Melanie Tavare - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Melanie Tavare
 505 14th St #904 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 255-4646
University of San Francisco School of Law (2007)
English
California Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Foreclosure Defense
Douglas Andrew Crowder - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Crowder Law Center, P.C.
 350 S Figueroa St Suite 190 Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 325-3040
University of Iowa (1975)
Bar #140130
US Court Northern District Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Consumer Law
Jerry Richard Lowe - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Jerry R. Lowe
 2344 Tulare Street Suite 301 Fresno CA 93721
(559) 495-1529
Westminster Coll
Bar #234199
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
Desiree T. Washington - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Washington Law Firm
 21250 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 500 Torrance CA 90503
University of Chicago
English, Spanish
Bar #217368
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Collections Consumer Law
Joseph B. Angelo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Gale, Angelo, Johnson & Patrick P.C.
 75 Broadway Suite 202 San Francisco CA 94111
(916) 721-2767
Willamette University College of Law (2009)
English
Bar #268542
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Foreclosure Defense
Robert S. Williams - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Williams & Williams, Inc.
 2441 G St A Bakersfield CA 93301
(661) 323-7933
Santa Clara University School of Law (1976)
English
Bar #73172
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Foreclosure Defense
Vincent D Howard - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Howard Law, P.C.
 1851 E First St #650 Santa Ana CA 92705
(800) 872-5925
Western State College of Law at Argosy University (2003)
English
Bar #232478
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Employment Law Foreclosure Defense Personal Injury
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