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Real Estate Lawyers in San Francisco County, California

Every real estate attorney and real estate lawyer listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to real estate matters arising in San Francisco County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

The state's only consolidated city and county, and the seat of the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the State Bar of California. Venue for most real estate matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, seated at San Francisco.

The law also keeps time: three years for trespass or injury to real property; four years on written contracts (§ 337) under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b). Adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims require five years of qualifying use (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 321–325). Seller non-disclosure claims sound in fraud: three years from discovery (§ 338(d)). The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.

This page is the San Francisco County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Real Estate Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Three years for trespass or injury to real property; four years on written contracts (§ 337).

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b)

Adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims require five years of qualifying use (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 321–325). Seller non-disclosure claims sound in fraud: three years from discovery (§ 338(d)).

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

County seat: San Francisco

Main courthouse: Civic Center Courthouse, 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: sf.courts.ca.gov

Real Estate · San Francisco County roster

1,335 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list real estate among their practice areas with an address of record in San Francisco County.

1,289 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in San Francisco (1,332), Emeryville (1), SF (1) and Stanford (1).

11 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 76, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1961 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Shartsis Friese LLP (31), Hanson Bridgett LLP (22) and Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP (20).