Bay Area Real Estate Lawyer

Anna Liu is a partner at Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners, P.C. and focuses her practice on real estate and landlord-tenant litigation. She has significant experience representing clients in a variety of matters including partitions, buyer-seller disputes, and commercial and residential landlord-tenant actions. Anna has tried cases, handled appeals, mediated and arbitrated disputes, and negotiated numerous settlements on behalf of her clients.

Anna is active in the legal community and serves on the on the Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section and is the former Co-Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco Barristers Solo and Small Firm Executive Committee.

Anna was awarded the Outstanding Barrister Award from the Bar Association of San Francisco in 2020 and has been named to the “Rising Stars” list published by Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2017, a distinction reserved for only 2.5% of attorneys in Northern California.

Published Works

• COVID-19’s Impact on Statewide Evictions, California Lawyers Association, March 24, 2020
• Prop. F Passes, Giving Every SF Evicted Tenant Free Legal Counsel, Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute, Vol. 20, No. 8, September, 2018
• Avoid Common Eviction Pitfalls, San Francisco Daily Journal, Vol. 122, No. 216, November, 2016
• Recognition of Hostile Housing Environment Claims Under the Federal Fair Housing Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (co-author), California State Bar Real Property Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2015
• Five New Laws Residential Real Estate Agents Need to Know for 2014: Recap of Real Property Law Section 2014 Landlord-Tenant Law Update and Networking Event, California State Bar Real Property Law Section E-Bulletin, February, 2014
• Residential Landlord-Tenant Sub-Section Hosts Unique Networking Event, California State Bar Real Property Law Section E-Bulletin, October, 2013

Classes and Seminars

• Practitioner’s Guide on Landlord/Tenant In The Now, California Lawyers Association Real
  Property Law Section Health and Wellness Retreat, Lake Tahoe, April 23, 2022
• Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute, Legal Panel, March 7, 2022
• Navigating COVID-19 Issues: SB 91 Extension of COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, California Lawyers Association, April 13, 2021
• SB 91: Examined and Explained, The Bar Association of San Francisco, April 8, 2021
• Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute, Virtual Legal Panel, March 9, 2021
• Overview of California’s COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, Contra Costa County Bar Association, February 19, 2021
• California Lawyers Association, What’s Up With Us, February 18, 2021
• Exploring California’s COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, California Lawyers Association, November 19, 2020
• Real Estate Law Updates: CA Prop 21 & Other Ballot Measures | AB 3088 COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, The SF Team, November 5, 2020
• Discovery 101: Written Discovery & Depositions; What You Need to Know, Bar Association of San Francisco, October 1, 2020
• Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute, Virtual Legal Panel, September 8, 2020
• Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute, Virtual Legal Panel, May 12, 2020
• Navigating COVID-19 Issues: Rent Payment Agreements, California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section, May 12, 2020
• Understanding COVID-19’s Impact on California Real Property and Housing Litigation, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area; May 7, 2020
• Ensuring Compliance with AB 1482: California’s New Statewide Rent and Eviction Control Laws, California Lawyers Association, April 24, 2020
• California’s Eviction Moratorium: Real Property and Housing Litigation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, California Lawyers Association April 22, 2020
• New Rules Affecting Landlords and Tenants During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Bar Association of San Francisco, April 22, 2020
• Navigating COVID-19 Issues: Overview of California’s Eviction Moratoriums, California Lawyers Association, April 2, 2020
• Overview of AB 1482: California’s Rent and Eviction Control Laws; Napa County Bar Association CA; February 28, 2020
• The Art of Juggling – Strategies for Law and Wellness; Bar Association of San Francisco; 4th Annual Solo/Small Firm Conference; January 23, 2020
• To Host or Not to Host? The State of Local Short-term Rental and AirBNB Laws, Bar Association of San Francisco; November 12, 2019
• Legal Talk Network: CLA 2019 Annual Meeting: Real Property Law- California’s Varied Short-term Rental Regulations
• Short-Term Rentals: Surveying the Legal Landscape of AirBNB, VRBO, and Other On-Line Rental Hosting Platforms; California Lawyers Association 2019 Annual Meeting; Monterey, CA; October 10, 2019
• Short-Term Rentals: Surveying the Legal Landscape of AirBNB, VRBO, and Other On-Line Rental Hosting Platforms, California Lawyers Association 38th Annual Real Property Law Section Retreat, Newport Beach, CA, May 3, 2019
• Insights from the Neutrals: How to Succeed in Mediation, Bar Association of San Francisco, March 21, 2019
• Hot Topics in California Landlord-Tenant Law, Lawline.com, December 5, 2017
• Drafting and Challenging Eviction Notices, California State Bar Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, September 30, 2016

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Barrister Award 2020 by the Bar Association of San Francisco

Selected to the Northern California “Rising Stars” list published in the Super Lawyers Magazines, 2017-2022

Bar Association of San Francisco Justice and Diversity Center Outstanding Volunteer Award

Becoming Partner: Tips for Success from Law Firm Partners

July 28, 2021 (Wednesday) | 1:00 – 2:00 PM

The Professional Development and Solo and Small Firm Sections of the Barristers Club present “Becoming Partner: Tips for Success from Law Firm Partners”.

Join four remarkable and talented partners for a roundtable discussion as they share their tips for strategic business development, leadership, and other topics to make and succeed as a law firm partner. This discussion is for attorneys interested in becoming a law firm partner, attorneys who new law firm partners, and those who are looking to strengthen their business and client development skills.

SPEAKERS:

• Teresa Johnson Partner, Arnold & Porter
• Kelly Matayoshi Partner, Farella, Braun + Martel
• Emily McGrath Partner, Lawless, Lawless & McGrath
• Khari Tillery Partner, Keker, Van Nest & Peters

MODERATOR:

• Anna Liu Partner, Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners

Practitioner’s Guide on Landlord/Tenant In The Now

April 23 2022

Not only did COVID-19 affect our day-to-day lives and our perception of normality, but housing laws and regulations in California. Partner Anna Liu will discuss the changes and updates to landlord-tenant laws at the California Lawyers Association Real Property Health and Wellness Retreat. Topics include tenant protection, landlords’ due-diligence, and advice for attorney’s practicing in the changing era of landlord-tenant law.

Join four remarkable and talented partners for a roundtable discussion as they share their tips for strategic business development, leadership, and other topics to make and succeed as a law firm partner. This discussion is for attorneys interested in becoming a law firm partner, attorneys who new law firm partners, and those who are looking to strengthen their business and client development skills.

SPEAKER:

• Anna Liu, Esq.

If you’re dealing with evictions, eviction defense, landlord-tenant disputes, property owner disputes, HOA & TIC disputes, and other real estate concerns in California, our San Francisco real estate attorneys can help!

Call Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners, P.C. at 415-991-6078 to schedule a consultation and get legal help for your real estate issues in San Francisco and the Bay Area from our Bay Area real estate lawyer today!