Sophie Haimof is a senior attorney with the law firm of Roseman Law, APC.
At Roseman Law, Ms. Haimof’s main work has been with the firm’s HOA, Real Estate and Business departments. As corporate counsel to residential community associations, Ms. Haimof advises volunteer board members on compliance with applicable law, interpretation, and enforcement of governing documents, negotiating, and drafting contracts, licenses, and easements, and drafting amendments and restatements of governing documents. As corporate counsel to business clients and real estate development companies, she works closely with her clients to understand their legal and business objectives and uses those objectives to provide practical advice on issues regarding enforcement of contracts, contract negotiation, risk assessment and avoidance.
Ms. Haimof believes that the success of her client is also her success. One of her favorite success stories as a member of Team Roseman is she was able to successfully assist in reaching an agreement with the developer of a large project in a mixed association that was slated to cause many logistical, public health and safety problems for the members of the association. In order to do so, Ms. Haimof spent many months working closely with the Board and appeared at several planning commission hearings.
Ms. Haimof is an active member of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and serves on the Programs Committee of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of CAI. She earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she was selected as a Scholarship Recipient. Ms. Haimof earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in Business Law and a minor in Management at California State University, Northridge, where she received the Department of Business Law Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award and was on the Dean’s Honors List in recognition of her academic achievements. Ms. Haimof combines her knowledge of the law with her backgrounds in real estate, business, and management to successfully advance her client’s interests.
As a law student, she was appointed to be a Loyola Ambassador and served to facilitate communication among faculty, administration, alumni, and students as an elected member of the Student Bar Association.
Prior to joining our team, Ms. Haimof worked for a boutique law firm where she developed and drafted estate plans and advised clients on protection of their assets, including retirement plans, life insurance policies, business interests and real property. In addition, she represented clients in general civil litigation matters, including personal injury and premises liability claims. She has experience negotiating claims with insurance carriers and drafting various pleadings in connection with general civil litigation matters.
Prior to practicing law, Ms. Haimof gained experience in real estate while working at a commercial real estate firm. She currently holds a real estate salesperson license.
Admissions:
State Bar of California, 2016
Education:
J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
B.S., California State University, Northridge