Timothy Vartkes Kassouni
Sacramento, CA
Licensed for 32 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Real Estate
Language
English
About
Timothy Kassouni is the founder of Kassouni Law. He has over 20 years civil litigation and appellate experience, with an emphasis on land use, property rights, real estate, and construction litigation. While as a Loyola Law School student, Mr. Kassouni completed a judicial externship with Justice David N. Eagleson of the California Supreme Court, was President of the Loyola Law School Federalist Society, and studied eminent domain and inverse condemnation law under professor Gideon Kanner. Mr. Kassouni later received the first Fritz B. Burns Foundation public interest fellowship with the Pacific Legal Foundation, where he served from 1989-1991. While at the Pacific Legal Foundation, he argued before the California Supreme Court on vested rights issues and also submitted briefs before the United States Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on various constitutional property rights issues. Mr. Kassouni served as a temporary Deputy District Attorney with the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office in 1991, and subsequently practiced complex land use, real estate, and construction litigation with firms in Orange and Sacramento Counties. His law review article, "The Ripeness Doctrine and the Judicial Relegation of Constitutionally Protected Property Rights," was published by the California Western Law Review in 1992 and has been cited numerous times by scholars in the land use field. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Kassouni worked with Ronald A. Zumbrun as Senior Attorney with the Zumbrun Law Firm. From 2008 to 2009 Mr. Kassouni was Legal Director with the Zumbrun Law Firm. Mr. Kassouni specializes in land use law, including inverse condemnation, eminent domain, government abuse, permitting issues, California Coastal Commission issues, and building and planning department abuses. Mr. Kassouni also has extensive experience in real estate and construction defect litigation. His litigation expertise in land use law has led to legal victories and the setting of legal precedents throughout the state of California. Mr. Kassouni graduated from Loyola Law School in 1989 and the University of California at Berkeley in 1985 with an A.B. in philosophy. HighlightsOral argument and amicus curiae briefing before the California Supreme Court inBeverly Towers Inc. v. City of West Hollywood (1991) 52 Cal.3d 1184 (localgovernments precluded from enforcing condominium conversion regulations after the property owner obtains all discretionary approvals). As lead trial counsel representing a self storage company, Mr. Kassouni obtained an inverse condemnation liability ruling against the County of Alamenda after a six day trial. The Court concluded that the County of Alameda acted arbitrarily in denying building permits, and ordered a second trial for damages in March, 2010.As lead trial counsel representing a self storage Representation of over 75 individual property owners in construction defectlitigation in Orange County, California, generating multi-million dollar settlements.Lead counsel in land use litigation, including inverse condemnation, civil rights,exactions, vested rights, and estoppel challenges to governmental regulation. Lead counsel in real property actions including quiet title, prescriptive easements, mining issues (including Surface Mining and Reclamation Act), breach of contract, specific performance, subsurface oil and gas rights, conservation easements, and foreclosures. Invalidation of non-competition covenant in complex litigation action against apublicly traded company on behalf of large group of orthodontists, which triggereda multi-million dollar nationwide settlement. Successful representation of developers in land use and construction defectlitigation in Orange County, California. Successfully opposed anti-slapp motion brought by Topanga Canyon resident, on the ground that trespass on private property for the purpose of obtaining evidence of an alleged Coastal Act violation is not protected speech. PublicationsThe Ripeness Doctrine and the Judicial Relegation of Constitutionally Protected Property Rights. California Western Law Review, Volume 29, Number 1(Fall 1992) The Daily Journal California's leading legal newspaper. The following articles were drafted by Mr. Kassouni and Ronald A. Zumbrun: The Uses and Abuses of Conservation Easements; The Task of Restoring Private Property Rights after Decades of Abuse; Ninth Circuit Resurrects Due Process Protections for Property Owners; The Cost of Wetlands in /Half Moon Bay; The Unrepentant Sins of the California Coastal Commisison
Practices Areas
Business
Real Estate
Language
English
Contact
Kassouni Law455 Capitol Mall, Suite 604Sacramento, CA, 95814-4504 Office (916) 930-0030 Fax (916) 930-0033 455 Capitol Mall, Suite 604Sacramento, CA, 95814-4504 Office (916) 930-0030(916) 930-0030 Fax (916) 930-0033(916) 930-0033
Office: (916) 318-3105
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni reviewed our documents and provided accurate and practical advice in a timely, thoughtful and cost-effictive manner. We would certainly use him again for any applicable issues. It was a pleasure.
Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni reviewed our documents and provided accurate and practical advice in a timely, thoughtful and cost-effictive manner. We would certainly use him again for any applicable issues. It was a pleasure.
Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni reviewed our documents and provided accurate and practical advice in a timely, thoughtful and cost-effictive manner. We would certainly use him again for any applicable issues. It was a pleasure.
Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni reviewed our documents and provided accurate and practical advice in a timely, thoughtful and cost-effictive manner. We would certainly use him again for any applicable issues. It was a pleasure.
Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni reviewed our documents and provided accurate and practical advice in a timely, thoughtful and cost-effictive manner. We would certainly use him again for any applicable issues. It was a pleasure.
Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.
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Mr. Kassouni reviewed our documents and provided accurate and practical advice in a timely, thoughtful and cost-effictive manner. We would certainly use him again for any applicable issues. It was a pleasure.
Mr. Kassouni was extremely attentive to the legal issues involved in my case, and always provided a very honest and realistic assessment of the merits of my case. He was able to obtain crucial documents from the government that were instrumental in convincing the city council to grant me development rights after years of delay.