Gregory Alan Jackson Jr.
Host: The Sustainable Economies Law Center
Sponsor: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Brendan Darrow
- Hosted by East Bay Community Law Center
- Sponsored by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Service location Berkeley, California
- Law school University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Issue area Housing/Homelessness
- Fellowship class year 2010
- Program Design-Your-Own Fellowship
The Project
Brendan represents Spanish-speaking renters who have been thrust into the foreclosure crisis by their landlords’ default. Without English skills it is practically impossible to navigate the already infuriatingly complex intersection of foreclosure law and tenants’ rights. By keeping lawful renters in their homes, he will protect the value of bank-owned properties while sparing the surrounding community from the blight and crime accompanies vacant homes.
What’s Next
Brendan currently serves as a staff attorney for the City of Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Board.
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