Kavita Sharma

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Kavita is the principal attorney at Sharma Law Group and has been practicing for 12 years focusing on litigation of property disputes including landlord/tenant, co-ownership disagreements, partition actions, fair housing/discrimination, easement/boundary cases, buyer-seller (non-disclosure) disputes, nuisance, commercial leasing and HOA litigation. Kavita handles every aspect of litigation from serving pre-litigation notices, filing complaints, depositions, settlement conferences, to arbitrations or trials.
Kavita uses her extensive litigation experience, understanding of damages and insurance issues to settle cases early so that her clients do not have to face lengthy litigation and expensive trials.
Kavita has spoken on numerous MCLE programs including most recently “Insurance Coverage Issue in Real Property Cases” at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the State Bar and earlier this year at the “2017 Annual Landlord/Tenant Update” for the Bar Association of San Francisco. She has also given landlord/tenant seminars to brokers, property managers and owners. From 2013-2015, Kavita served as an update author for the CEB California Landlord-Tenant Practice Guide.
Kavita is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the San Francisco Bar Association. From 2013-2016 she served as an Executive Committee member for the Real Property Law Section of the California State Bar.
Areas Of Practice
- Real Estate Law
- Landlord/Tenant
Bar Admissions
- California, 2005
- Illinois, 2006
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 2005
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- B.A.
- Major: History and History of Science
Published Works
- Reconsidering Wrongful Eviction after Anti-SLAPP, CAL. REAL PROPERTY JOURNAL , 33(2), 2015
- Update Author, CALIFORNIA LANDLORD-TENANT PRACTICE GUIDE , CEB, 2ed, 2014
Representative Clients
- Property Managers
- Residential and Commercial Landlords
- Condominium Owners
- Home Owner Associations
- Tenancy in Common Owners
Classes/Seminars
- Practioner Needs to Know about Unpermitted Units, 2017, Bar Association of San Francisco
- 2017 Annual Landlord/Tenant Update, 2017, Bar Association of San Francisco, Present
- Insurance Coverage Issues in Real Property Cases, 2016, State Bar of California Annual Meeting
- Judges' Roundtable: Ethical Conduct in the Court, 2016, State Bar of California, Real Property
- The Pros and Cons of Using Standard Leases, 2015, State Bar of California, Real Property
Honors And Awards
- Morning Star Award, Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, 2015
Professional Associations And Memberships
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Real Property, Executive Committee Member, Present
- State Bar of California, Real Property Law Section, Executive Committee Member, 2013 to 2016
Past Employment Positions
- Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners, P.C., Partner, 2009 to 2017
- Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Harris & McSparran, Associate, 2007 to 2009
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer Attorney, Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco, 2006 to 2011