Steven Weil

Steven Weil is one of the founding principals, former managing principal, and current member of the firm’s executive committee. He has practiced community association law since 1984 and has dealt with virtually every kind of challenge facing directors, managers and community association members. These have included analyzing board and member duties under the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act and other state and federal laws, helping communities deal with CC&R amendments and director recalls and campaigns for large special assessments to fund capital improvements or major repairs. LEGAL HISTORY Mr. Weil is one of the most well-known authors and lecturers on matters relating to community associations in the state. He has lectured before groups of attorneys, accountants, owners, directors and managers at numerous functions sponsored by the Community Associations Institute (CAI), the Lorman Group, the Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO), the Council of Condominium Homeowner Associations, the Building Owners and Managers Association and the California Association of Community Managers (CACM). Mr. Weil is the Recipient of 2005 CACM's Vision Award for Excellence in Education and is a member of the nationally recognized College of Community Association Lawyers. He presently serves on the ECHO board of directors and the Legal Steering Committee and Faculty Committee for CACM. Mr. Weil has taught classes in corporate, property management and community association law to hundreds of residential and commercial managers throughout the state. He has also taught Civil Procedure at San Francisco Law School and is the Past President of the Bay Area Chapter of Community Associations Institute. Mr. Weil has testified numerous times before the California Legislature regarding community association legislation and has written many articles on topics such as financing major repairs, allocation of political authority, fiduciary duty, disclosures, free speech issues, proxies, recalls and a host of other matters relating to the operation of non profit corporations and homeowner associations.