Stephen D. Ruiz
Real Estate · Lodi · San Joaquin County
Bar #213515 · Admitted 2001
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Counsel for property: purchases, disputes, title, and land use. In San Joaquin County, that work runs through the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin. This directory presents real estate records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.
The northern San Joaquin Valley's hub; a 13-story Stockton courthouse opened in 2016 consolidated the county's calendars near the Delta waterfront. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.
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 Joaquin County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Real Estate Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.
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)).
Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin.
County seat: Stockton
Main courthouse: Stockton Courthouse, 180 E. Weber Ave, Stockton, CA 95202
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: www.sjcourts.org
84 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list real estate among their practice areas with an address of record in San Joaquin County.
79 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.
The roster concentrates in Stockton (57), Lodi (8), Tracy (7) and Ripon (5).
4 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 2, 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 1959 to 2024.
The employers most represented here are Neumiller & Beardslee (3), Downey Brand LLP (2) and Freeman Firm, A Professional Law Corp (2).
Real Estate · Lodi · San Joaquin County
Bar #213515 · Admitted 2001
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Real Estate · Woodbridge · San Joaquin County
Bar #229161 · Admitted 2003
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Real Estate · Stockton · San Joaquin County
Bar #332727 · Admitted 2021
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Real Estate · Stockton · San Joaquin County
Bar #294340 · Admitted 2013
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Real Estate · Tracy · San Joaquin County
Bar #216625 · Admitted 2001
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Real Estate · Stockton · San Joaquin County
Bar #300991 · Admitted 2014
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Real Estate · Stockton · San Joaquin County
Bar #148918 · Admitted 1990
6 published opinions on record
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Real Estate · Stockton · San Joaquin County
Bar #250014 · Admitted 2007
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Real Estate · Stockton · San Joaquin County
Bar #343082 · Admitted 2022
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Real Estate · Ripon · San Joaquin County
Bar #343706 · Admitted 2022
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