Serving Los Angeles County and Orange County

Fred Yadegar’s practice covers the two most populous counties in California. Los Angeles County alone has nearly ten million residents, close to forty courthouses, and freeways that see hundreds of injury crashes a day. Orange County adds three million more people, its own superior court system, and some of the most active real estate markets in the state. Fred appears in the courts of both counties and meets clients wherever they are.

Los Angeles County

From the Antelope Valley to the South Bay and from the Westside to the San Gabriel Valley, Fred handles cases across all of Los Angeles County. Injury cases arise on the 405, the 101, the 10, the 5, the 110, and surface streets in every neighborhood. Foreclosure sales and the surplus funds they generate are recorded with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder in Norwalk. Eviction cases are filed in the Stanley Mosk Courthouse downtown and in regional courthouses in Van Nuys, Pasadena, Long Beach, Torrance, Compton, Norwalk, Santa Monica, and elsewhere. Probate matters run through the Stanley Mosk probate department.

Cities include Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, Torrance, Pomona, Burbank, Downey, West Covina, Inglewood, Van Nuys, Santa Monica, Compton, Whittier, Lancaster, Palmdale, El Monte, Norwalk, and Culver City. Read more on the Los Angeles County page.

Orange County

Orange County cases run through the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, the Lamoreaux Justice Center in Orange, and the Harbor, North, and West Justice Centers in Newport Beach, Fullerton, and Westminster. Real property records are kept by the Orange County Clerk-Recorder in Santa Ana. Injury cases come off the 5, the 405, the 55, the 91, the 22, and the toll roads, and off Pacific Coast Highway through the beach cities.

Cities include Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Orange, Fullerton, Costa Mesa, Mission Viejo, Westminster, Newport Beach, Buena Park, Lake Forest, Tustin, Yorba Linda, San Clemente, Laguna Niguel, La Habra, Fountain Valley, and Placentia. Read more on the Orange County page.

How location affects your case

Where something happened decides which court hears the case, which local ordinances apply, and sometimes how fast things move. A few examples:

• Eviction defense. The City of Los Angeles has its own rent stabilization and just-cause ordinances on top of state law. Many Orange County cities do not. Fred checks the local rules for your address before you respond.
• Surplus funds. The trustee deposits disputed funds with the superior court of the county where the sale took place, so an Orange County sale means an Orange County hearing even if you now live in Los Angeles.
• Injury claims against a city or county. A claim against a public entity, such as a crash involving a city vehicle or a fall on a public sidewalk, must be filed as a government claim within six months. That rule is the same in both counties, but the claim goes to a different agency.
• Probate. The estate is administered where the decedent lived, which may not be where the heirs live.

Meetings by phone, video, and in person

Most first conversations happen by phone or video the same business day you reach out. If you prefer to meet in person, Fred arranges a location that is convenient for you. After a serious injury, when driving is out of the question, Fred comes to your home or hospital room.

Whatever your zip code, the starting point is the same. Tell Fred what happened. Every matter in every one of these communities starts with that conversation, and injury and surplus-funds cases start with no upfront cost. If you don’t get paid, we don’t get paid.