William "Bill" Stanger's legal philosophy is to provide cost-effective representation, straight-talk advice, and to keep his clients' reputations and business relationships intact.
Prior to striking out on his own in 2021, Bill represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of real estate, construction and insurance litigation throughout California with the Los Gatos law firm Sweeney Mason LLP, and the now-closed Oakland law firm Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe. Bill has been a licensed California attorney since 2014.
Bill earned his JD at the University of California, Davis School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Business Law Journal Volume 14, won the 2013 Doremus/Anthon Writing Prize and clerked for the California Attorney General's Office, the Governor's Office of Legal Affairs, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California Energy Commission and the Law Revision Commission.
Before moving to California, Bill had a nine-year career in commercial real estate development and asset management in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bill is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 2002.
For a complete list of Bill's experience, education and publications, please visit his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/wstanger/
- University of California, Davis, School of Law
- J.D. (2014) | Environmental Law
- Doremus/Anthon Writing Prize, 2013; Editor-in-Chief, Business Law Journal
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- University of Pennsylvania
- BAS & BSE (2002) | Business & Computer Science, Economics
- Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology
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- Principal
- Law Office of William Stanger
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- Associate Attorney
- Sweeney Mason LLP
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- Associate Attorney
- Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe
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- Contract Attorney
- Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group
- Law Clerk
- California Energy Commission
- Law Clerk
- California Law Revision Commission
- Law Clerk
- California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Public Rights Division
- Law Clerk
- State Water Resources Control Board
- Law Clerk
- California Governor's Office of Legal Affairs
- Law Clerk
- California Environmental Protection AgencyCalifornia
- Self Employed
- Ventuity, LLC
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- Associate Development Director
- PREIT
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- Bringing Students Into the Budgeting Process
- The National Jurist
- The Colorado River Delta and Minute 319: A Transboundary Water Law Analysis
- 37 Environs Envtl. L. & Pol'y J. 73 (2013)
- California Wastewater Rates — Life after Bighorn v. Verjil
- California Water Law Journal
- Environmental Law Certificate
- University of California, Davis School of Law, Environmental Law & Policy Center
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2020-2023
- Doremus/Anthon Environmental Law Writing Prize
- UC Davis Environmental Law & Policy Center
- State Bar of California # 301061
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- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 301061
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- 9th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. neighbor issue
- A: Nuisance claims require that a plaintiff prove the defendant acted (or failed to act) unreasonably, and as a result the plaintiff suffered some kind of harm/annoyance or interference with the use and enjoyment of their property, and that an ordinary person would be annoyed or disturbed by Plaintiff's conduct (that's the short version). I can imagine a judge or jury finding that weeds are a nuisance that need to be abated. The defendant only "must" abate the nuisance and remove the weeds if the Court orders them to as part of a judgment or order after a dispositive motion. When it comes to settling a claim, everything is negotiable.
- Q. Neighbors turning on double flood lights which trespass directly into my second floor apt, all the way to my back wall.
- A: Depending on where you live, it may be a violation of a local law and contacting the City and waiting would be your cheapest option. I would also expect that you have a claim for private nuisance against the neighbor, and you could seek an injunction, but that would be expensive.
- Q. Landlord ?: can I technically give “1 day leases” with 0 tenant/landlord obligations to have a gathering during covid?
- A: The one day lease isn't the problem. A contract (including a lease) is not valid if it has zero obligations. You are also limited in the number of legal tenants to two per bedroom. Further, it seems likely that such a lease would be deemed to have an "illegal purpose" and be void for violating public policy, if the only actual viable purpose is to violate COVID restrictions. You may also inadvertently violate a local Airbnb ordinance, if any. Note that if you are found to have violated an anti-gathering COVID restriction or Airbnb ordinance, you're going to have to be able to explain it to a judge. That is a lot of risk.