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Tom Elke
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โจ About
About Tom Elke
A San Francisco native, Mr. Elke has counseled thousands of Bay Area residents on tenant law and renters-rights issues. For the past five years in a row, Mr. Elke has been recognized as a Northern California โRising Starโ by SuperLawyers Magazine. He has also been honored on multiple occasions as an Outstanding Volunteer Attorney by the San Francisco Bar Association. In 2016 he was named both a โTop 40 Litigation Lawyer Under 40โ by The American Society of Legal Advocates and a โTop 100 Trial Lawyerโ by The National Trial Lawyers. Mr. Elke received his bachelorโs degree from Harvard University in 2001 and his law degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. While in law school, Mr. Elke was active in the El Centro legal aid program and received an Imelda Rosenthal Bar Scholarship for Public Interest Law from the California State Bar. He has helped clients secure millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements and has personally tried more than twenty-five jury trials to verdict.
โ๏ธ Practice Areas
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Personal Injury
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Landlord Tenant
Credentials & Experience
๐ Education
Harvard Univ
Undergraduate Degree
UCLA School of Law
Law Degree
๐ Bar Admissions
Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco ย # 203163
Member
Member
Member
California State Bar ย # 241187
Member
Member
Member
๐ผ Professional Experience
Partner
Elke & Merchant LLP 2013 - Current
Adjunct Professor
California State University - San Francisco State University 2016 - 2017
๐ Awards & Recognition
Outstanding Volunteer Attorney
Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco
Rising Star
Superlawyers