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Information about Epsten Grinnell & Howell - Jon Harry Epsten Epsten Grinnell & Howell - Jon Harry Epsten 9980 Carroll Canyon Road San Diego, California 92131 Phone: (858) 527-0111     Fax: (858) 527-1531 http://www.epsten.com/ Trademember: CACM CAI Rank: No ranking. Summary: • I had to file bankruptcy to protect my home over a small (few hundred dollars • Encinitas Village Board changes Rules and gives notice to terminate Peters & Freedman and is interviewing:• Epsten Grinnell and Howell and • Bickler Law Offices • Promontory Crest Homeowners Association Came After Us - Linda Simmons ª Miring An Active Duty Soldier With Lawyers Fees and Liens - due to Board and Manager Accounting error • Shouldn't service members on active duty be protected from penalties, liens and foreclosures? • Senior Told Her Home Would Be Sold In Two Weeks To Collect A $405. Debt She Did Not Know About - Mary L. Tooker Other Information: President/Head of Company: Jon Epsten, Senior Partner Homeowner Association collection and foreclosure lawyersAdditional lawyers: Tom Gatlin PALM DESERT OFFICE44875 Deep Canyon Rd., Ste.3 Palm Desert, CA 92260 Tel: 760-836-1036; Fax 760-836-1040 Toll Free 800.300.1704 RANCHO CUCAMONGA OFFICE 10470 Foothill Blvd./Suite 116 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730-3754 Office 909.483.6540 Fax 909.483.6543 VISALIA OFFICE 3120 W. Main Street, Ste. D-2 Visalia, CA 93291 Tel: 559.627.4002 Fax: 559.627.3948

9. Legal advice that goes against individual homeowner interests in favor of "association" interests or MONEY     I sat on the Board of Directors and personally caught Tom Gatlin "conspiring with our Property Manager" in December, 2004 and when I told him perhaps I should report it to Jon Epsten he shut up and became Mr. Legal all of a sudden - refusing to answer questions I would ask him regarding our CC&Rs - deferring the matter to a "Board Decision". Tom Gatlin have been caught red-handed giiving legal advice that goes against individual homeowner interests in favor of "association" interests or MONEY. Posted Jul 3 2005 7:57PM CEST     Username withheld San Diego, California   8. Complaint by homeowner of Wintergardens Terrace , Lakeside, California     Complaint by homeowner of Wintergardens Terrace , Lakeside, California who incurred legal fees by Epsten & Grinnell in San Diego, California. The management firm was Walter's Management, with a sudden shift to Hudson Management of San Diego. Posted Mar 9 2005 2:48PM CET     Username withheld Los Angeles, California   7. Our HOA has spent over$10,000 of the associations money in actions against us     We are in the same situation, We have not removed much from our website but were instructed to change some things to avoid another lawsuit. Our HOA has spent over$10,000 of the associations money in actions against us. Our site still stands at www.harrissonsgarrison.com. Posted Jul 24 2003 4:18PM CEST     Username withheld Crestwood, Kentucky   6. Kieran Purcell at Epsten, threatening legal action     My association's BOD got their feelings hurt when we put up a very mildly critical website about the community. Within 2 weeks of the site going up, we got a letter from Kieran Purcell at Epsten, threatening legal action - though he objected to our posting that info on the front page to our website after we took down the bulk of the site to review it. He has so far ignored our requests for justification of his allegations. Basically, our board didn't like what we wrote and spent the association's money to threaten us with a groundless lawsuit. It's nowhere near as bad as what other people have endured, but it's worth noting when a BOD threatens first amendment rights. Posted Jul 18 2003 2:04AM CEST     Marna Riser (View Profile) , California   5. Epsten, Grinnell     This nonsense by Epsten,Grinell is an outrage! I know of a friend in an association who hired this law firm and since they have been aboard they have seen many foreclosures . These attorney's only care about M O N E Y ! HOMEOWNERS MONEY! Too bad that board is too stupid to recognize them for what they really are! Of course,it's been said, like attracts like. On several occassions they have been caught in misrepresentations, Who wants to pursue the issue in court, after all they'll only prolong any petition and stall to get MORE MONEY. Of course anyone associated with CAI well.....you know the rest. Posted Jun 24 2003 4:32PM CEST     Username withheld Diamond Bar, California   4. $2867.40 lawyer bill and foreclosure to collect $405.60 dues     She is 75 years old and she invested in a rental unit in Rancho San Clemente Community Association. The escrow closed one and half years ago. She received maintenance bills from two sources Vista Pacifica HOA $163.90/month and AMMCOR Maintenence $15/qrtly. She paid her bills regularly. On January 22, 2003 she received a letter from Assessment Recovery Department - Epsten & Grinnel informing her that her home would be sold on February 5, 2003 "as a result of non-payment of your assessment account for Rancho San Clemente Community Association. All previous collection efforts have failed. Our office has been sending notice to you at the unit address....". She had not receive any bills from Rancho San Clemente Community Association. in the year and a half she owned the property and did not know they were due $69/quarter. She says that Curtis Management, the management company knows that this is her rental property and made no attempt to redirect her mail to the proper address. The lawyers, board, and management refused to provide copies of all bills and communications, lien or foreclosure filings. Epstein & Grinnel from demanded $3135.00 Dues owed: $405.60 Lawyers fees and costs $2867.40 If you wish to contact the victim , please contact AHRC Posted Mar 6 2003 8:34PM CET     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   3. Other lawyers - 2002     James F. Danow , Mary M. Howell , Thomas S. Gatlin , Susan M. Hawks McClintic , Michael D. Drenan ,John ("Jay") W. Hansen, Jr. , Antonina C. LoCoco , Debora M. Zumwalt , Kieran J. Purcell , Luis Enrique Ventura , Vincent J. Sincek , Linda Adams , Sheryl J. Rosander , William S. Budd, Jeffrey D. Paape ,Anne Rauch , Courtland W. Creekmore Posted Sep 30 2002 5:35PM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   2. Douglas Grinnell     Member of Consumer Attorneys of California, San Diego Bar Association, CAI,CACM. Posted Sep 30 2002 5:32PM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   1. Jon Epsten     Taught at California Western School of Law. Was past President of CAI at San Diego and the Greater Inland Empire. Has served as judge pro tem for the Municipal Court of California Testifies as an expert witness in community association-related issues. Contributes to the Continuing Education of the Bar Publication "Advising California Condominium and Homeowner Associations." Instructs for CAI). Active member and instructer of California Association of Community Managers (CACM). Member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the Foothills Bar Association, and the College of Community Association Lawyers (CAI). CAI National Hall of Fame Award, Co-Chair of the Committee on Common Interests Subdivisions for the State Bar, probation monitor for the State Bar. Posted Sep 30 2002 5:29PM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California

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