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    Alexandra Azad

    Department Attorney


    • San Francisco
    • Office+1 415.984.8323
    • aazad@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Alexandra Azad represents developers, property-management companies, landlords, real estate investment trusts (REITs), property owners, real estate brokers and agents, homeowners’ associations (HOAs), and members of HOAs.

    Practice Areas

    LitigationConstruction & Real Estate LitigationReal EstateCommercial Lease DisputesComplex DisputesArbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute ResolutionPermitting & Land Use Cooperatives & Condominiums

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    Real Estate

    /My focus

    I defend clients in disputes, landlord-tenant matters, construction and architectural litigation, and quiet title actions. I am knowledgeable on specific real estate laws in the Bay Area, such as the San Francisco Rent Ordinance, State-Wide Rent Control regulations, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, and other local rent ordinances.

    During law school, I received the Lawyering Process Award and was a Dean’s Merit Scholarship recipient. As a legal intern for California Rural Legal Assistance, I worked on landlord-tenant disputes and habitability issues and conducted research on state legislation promulgated during the COVID-19 pandemic for the California Law Revision Commission. Prior to that, I interned for the Humane Society of America, assisting in tracking the progress of animal-related legislation.

    /In the news

    • The American Lawyer

      Nixon Peabody picks up 10 lawyers amid uptick in real estate disputes

      The following article covers the arrival of a prominent women-led Real Estate Litigation team in San Francisco. Led by partners Ashley Klein and Jeanne Grove, the team also includes partner Jaimie Bombard; counsel Morgan Cahill-Marsland, Laura Campbell, Lauren Jones, and Matthew Urdan; and department attorneys Stephanie Andersen, Alexandra Azad, and Lindsey Schmidt. The American Lawyer and Law360 articles also quote Litigation Department head Tony Barron and San Francisco Office Managing Partner Rob Weikert.

      June 27, 2023
    • Law360

      Nixon Peabody hires women-led real estate team in California

      The following article covers the arrival of a prominent women-led Real Estate Litigation team in San Francisco. Led by partners Ashley Klein and Jeanne Grove, the team also includes partner Jaimie Bombard; counsel Morgan Cahill-Marsland, Laura Campbell, Lauren Jones, and Matthew Urdan; and department attorneys Stephanie Andersen, Alexandra Azad, and Lindsey Schmidt. The American Lawyer and Law360 articles also quote Litigation Department head Tony Barron and San Francisco Office Managing Partner Rob Weikert.

      June 27, 2023
    • Bloomberg Law

      Nixon Peabody adds real estate litigation team in San Francisco

      The following article covers the arrival of a prominent women-led Real Estate Litigation team in San Francisco. Led by partners Ashley Klein and Jeanne Grove, the team also includes partner Jaimie Bombard; counsel Morgan Cahill-Marsland, Laura Campbell, Lauren Jones, and Matthew Urdan; and department attorneys Stephanie Andersen, Alexandra Azad, and Lindsey Schmidt.

      June 27, 2023

    /Admitted to practice

    California

    /Education

    University of California, Davis School of Law, J.D.
    Vassar College, B.A.

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