Steve Collier

Profile Information

Profile Title

Of Counsel

Bar Information

United States District Courts for the Northern District of California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; all California Courts.

Education

J.D., 1986, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California. Top 15% of class. American Jurisprudence Award in Conflict of Laws. Callaghan Award for Trial Advocacy. Associate Editor, Law Review.
B.A., 1981, University of California, Berkeley, California.

Prior Employment

1987 – Present Staff Attorney, Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. Represent low-income tenants in all aspects of landlord-tenant law, from counseling through eviction defense. Specialize in affirmative tenant suits for wrongful eviction and habitability.
2003 – Present Adjunct Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law.

Community Involvement

2003 Volunteer Legal Services Program, Bar Association of San Francisco, Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service Award.
1997 – 2000 Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco, California. Advisory Board Member.
1989 – 1996 North of Market Planning Coalition (NOMPC), San Francisco, California. Board of Directors. Chair, Housing Committee, 1992-1995. NOMPC is the Ternderloin neighborhood organization established with the mission of preserving the Tenderloin as a residential neighborhood.
1989 – 1994 National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. Executive Board. Military Law Task Force, 1992 – Present.
1987 – 1993 Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Pro Bono Political Asylum Program. Volunteery Attorney.
1993 San Francisco Board of Supervisors Task Force on Homelessness. Member. Homeless Advocacy Project, Consulting Attorney, 1990-1993.
1992 – Present Project Sentinel, Palo Alto, California. Panel Attorney.
Alice B. Toklas Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Democratic Club. Member.
Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom. Member.
1999 – Present Equality California. Member, Board of Directors.

Biography

Steve Collier and Matt Kumin met when both were young law students in 1984 working for Marc Van Der Hout. Steve Collier was a student at Golden Gate Law School in San Francisco and Matt attended Northeastern University in Boston (interning for the summer in San Francisco.) Steve displayed brilliant and clear thinking that marks his practice. After law school Steve Collier worked first as an immigration attorney. Eventually, he began working as an attorney at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in the City. When the practice first opened Steve Collier became “of counsel” to the Law Offices of Matthew Kumin (a predecessor firm to Kumin Sommers LLP). His presence in the practice has proven invaluable, helping it to grow and earn its reputation. Steve Collier has co-counseled on numerous cases, scoring impressive victories in one case, on behalf of a young woman sexually assaulted by her employer and in another case, on behalf of the residents of an artists’ live-work building.

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