Residential tenants cannot generally obtain legal representation. The Massachusetts Trial Court, Department of Research and Planning statistics for 2023 report that over 95% of tenants in eviction cases were unrepresented. Tenants often have serious claims but cannot always obtain counsel in cases where their shelter is at risk or where they are living in seriously substandard housing.
Edward A. Rice, Esq., of Broderick Bancroft & Saccardi and Joel H. Feldman, Esq., of Heisler & Feldman, PC, detail the criteria that should be considered in order to select good tenant cases, excerpted from MCLE's 10/23/2023 live webcast: How to Assert a Residential Tenant Claim. The full program is available as an on-demand webcast or an MP3 here. Get 24/7 instant access to hundreds of related eLectures like this one—and more—with a subscription to the MCLE OnlinePass. Learn more at www.mcle.org/onlinepass and start your free trial today!