Epsten Grinnell & Howell, APC

Specialties

Epsten Grinnell & Howell is a leading Southern California law firm whose practice is dedicated to the complex field of community association law. More than 4,000 homeowners’ associations (HOAs) have selected the knowledgeable, effective and skilled attorneys of Epsten Grinnell & Howell to guide their corporate activities and represent their interests.

For more than 28 years, the attorneys of Epsten Grinnell & Howell have provided common interest developments with counsel, legal strategies, rapid assessment recovery, construction defect and other civil litigation, interpretation of fair housing issues, and alternative dispute resolution. If you are involved in the governance or management of a homeowners association, explore our website to learn more about how the legal expertise of Epsten Grinnell & Howell can benefit you.

History

Established in 1987.

The original Epsten & Grinnell law firm began business in December of 1987. Jon Epsten had worked in property management, and saw community association law as a relatively new field offering an opportunity to participate in the growth of a still developing body of law. Doug Grinnell had served as a trial attorney in the Judge Advocate General Corps in the Navy, and had also worked in the San Diego Office of Hyatt & Rhoads, founded by Wayne Hyatt, the dean of community association lawyers. Together, Jon and Doug sought to fulfill a growing need as the number of community associations rapidly increased.

But there was much more. Jon and Doug recognized that serving the needs of community associations would mean more than just dealing with barking dogs and noisy neighbors. Associations would need help adapting their governing documents to their own specific needs; developers would need to pay for leaking roofs and cracked slabs; financial issues would need to be addressed, such as ensurin