Law Office of Colleen Shaw

I have only worked with this law office via phone, but that was all we needed to get great sound advice on a 20 year old eviction charge that came after us out of the blue. Colleen Shaw rapidly performed the necessary research to provide us with the points to support ourselves in court. Based on our experiences and how she helped steer us possibly out of thousands of dollars, we are confident that Ms. Shaw’s legal expertise will be sought if we ever need her now that the side of the coin has flipped and we now find ourselves as the landlords. I just recommended her to a colleague of mine today.

Colleen helped us with an eviction and she was very thorough, reachable, and so extremely helpful. She has a high degree of professionalism and she’s very good at what she does.

Colleen Shaw is absolutely amazing! We’ve had a very positive experience working with her. She is very professional, competent, and detail-​oriented. She takes excellent care of her clients and goes beyond what you would expect. We highly recommend Colleen if you need help with real estate law. This was the best money we ever spent. Thank you Colleen!!!

I had the pleasure of hiring Colleen Shaw as my lawyer. My landlord was refusing to give me my deposit, infact taking my deposit and charging me for things that were wear and tear on the place I lived in for 7 ½ years. Colleen Shaw took care of everything and I got my deposit back in full. It was such a relief knowing I didn’t even have to deal with my old landlord or take anymore of their abuse. Colleen was pleasant and very professional! I will be recommending her to anyone and everyone I know! She gets the job done :)

Colleen Shaw provides everything you need from a lawyer when you are in a challenging situation and more.
She is very responsive, proactive, extremely detailed. She takes good care of her clients.
Colleen’s professionalism gives you confidence that your case will be handled in the most efficient way possible, while her genuine interest in others make you feel that your interests are really cared for.
The reassurance of letting someone who knows how to navigate the waters of real estate law was a heavy burden lifted so our lives could return to order.
I will highly recommend Colleen to others.

Colleen Shaw helped my daughter contact her landlord, and helped her through termination of a lease with her roommates. Colleen is awesome with follow-​ups, and very thorough. She’s a great attorney. I’m a court reporter by profession, and have met many attorneys over the years. Believe me when I say Colleen is someone who knows her stuff, and I recommend her highly.

I’ve been a landlord in NYC for about 10 years and unfortunately I’ve had to work with eviction lawyers every now and then.
In my experience, eviction lawyers are sometimes rude, slow, incompetent, and NEVER return phone calls.
Sadly, my father passed away recently and left a small investment property in Martinez to my sister and me. The tenant apparently had not paid rent for a long time, and we had I evict him.
I called Colleen based on good Unilocal reviews. She was very helpful from the very beginning. She told us what our options were and explained how tenant law works in California. She negotiated with the tenant and she was able to get him out quickly with a good settlement. And she always returned my calls. 5 stars!

I was a tenant dealing with some major issues from my joke of a landlord, who was trying to pull some illegal evictions /​erroneous unlawful detainer on me — in the middle of her going through a foreclosure on the house I was renting from her.
There are not many lawyers willing to fight for the tenant around here, but Colleen did such an awesome job. Not only was she prompt in responding to my many questions, but she took on the stress of the situation so it would be removed from my shoulders and handled everything with full knowledge of the laws & an easy disposition. To make a long story short, the case against me was dismissed!
It was a pleasure working with Colleen and I promised to call upon her if I ever have any legal woes in the future. Which hopefully I won’t need, but it’s a comforting feeling to know that someone like her has your back.

Colleen is everything I wanted in an advocate. I am a landlord and my tenant tried turning into a squatter.
Here is some basic info on my relationship as a client with Colleen:
I recommend Colleen Shaw.
I used Colleen 1 – 6 months ago.
Colleen handled my Landlord /​Tenant matter.
I have previously worked with 6 – 10 lawyers.
I needed to evict a tenant that decided she’d like to live for free and take me for a ride. I didn’t live in the area and this situation put me in a tough spot. I hoped I’d find a good lawyer. I didn’t know Colleen, but we met and her experience quickly cut through the noise and she immediately got the process started. She was responsive to me in every manner — by phone, email, text. She gathered the facts, discussed options, and handled the case from beginning to end to my satisfaction. Through my experience, I’ve found Colleen to be honest, smart, responsive, and effective. I highly recommend her.