Andrew Wolff
Andrew Wolff | Principal Attorney
Andrew Wolff is an attorney working on behalf of injured people and tenants suing their landlords due to the poor conditions of their rental units. A graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and UC Santa Cruz, his practice is focused exclusively on personal injury and landlord-tenant litigation.
Mr. Wolff’s deep roots in advocacy began early in his career. For three years, he served as a City Commissioner on the Oakland Rent Stabilization Board as a tenant representative appointed by then-Mayor Elihu Harris. He is also one of three founding members of the Just Cause Eviction Protection Initiative, a grassroots movement that began as an adjunct committee of the Oakland Tenants’ Union and culminated in the Just Cause Eviction Ordinance, which today protects thousands of tenants in the City of Oakland. Mr. Wolff spent three years immersed in community organizing, attending City Council meetings and building the coalition necessary to place the initiative on the ballot and see it passed into law.
Mr. Wolff achieved recognition in a published decision: Fernandez v. Singh, California Court of Appeal, Third District (Duarte, J.); October 5, 2017 (modified November 2, 2017); 2017 WL 5076415. He has appeared in numerous news stories involving his work with the Just Cause Oakland Initiative, as well as reports of obscene landlord conduct related to the Menlo Hotel (2012) and the Empyrean Hotel (2017). In 2018, he represented a life-long tenant who had been viciously ejected by a landlord developer, achieving the largest known single-unit wrongful eviction settlement in Alameda County history.
The Law Offices of Andrew Wolff, PC has obtained multiple judgments and thousands of settlements for clients throughout California. Beyond the courtroom, Mr. Wolff has conducted landlord-tenant MCLE training for young lawyers and served as a guest lecturer at Golden Gate University. His career of service has earned him prestigious recognition, including the Guardian of Justice Award (Alameda County Bar Association, 2017-2025) and Advocate of the Year (Centro Legal de la Raza, 2023). Most recently, he was honored as a 2025 CLAY Award Attorney of the Year for his work on Terry v. Wasatch, a federal class action that resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement for hundreds of Section-8 tenants who were being charged illegal fees.
With twenty-seven years of experience, Mr. Wolff is an expert in all phases of litigation. He is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, East Bay Tenant Bar Association, Alameda County Bar Association, and a former Board Member of Housing Rights, Inc. Well known in the non-profit community for his regular volunteer work, Mr. Wolff cares deeply about his clients and the underlying issues of social justice involved in his cases. What started as a practice in a conference room in Jack London Square has grown into a successful firm built on referrals from satisfied clients. He remains committed to providing personal attention, quality consultation, and tireless work to obtain excellent results for every person he represents.