Stuart K. Cohen committed fraud, abused children, and is trying to steal our home in Portland Oregon

Stuart K. Cohen was fired at the end of 2019 from the law firm of Landye, Bennett, and Blumstein for his unethical, fraudulent, and illegal activity. He now has his own corner law office "Cohen and no one" officially named Stuart K. Cohen PC. The current contact information is as follows:

(((REDACTED))), Portland, Oregon (((REDACTED)))

Email:  stuartkcohenpc@gmail.com

Telephone:  503-780-5808

No one likes lawyers.

No one likes HOAs.

HOA lawyer is not a liked guy.  Dude should retire or take up nonprofit work.

Jim who are you? Why do you care so much about this case matter? How do you even know about it? Why are you reverting to name-calling? If you have nothing of substance to offer, then why involve yourself at all?

Finally, you are simply not correct as to any of the facts of this case matter. Given that I am directly involved with this case matter, I know that what you are saying is simply not correct.

I will not respond with name-calling as it is below me. Please also stop the misleading commentary. Thank you.

I guess you really are this stupid.  You came to a public website.  You see the buttons to allow the public to respond?  Well, that's us - the public.  The public is entitled to respond to your post.  So let's be clear once again:  You are an idiot for several reasons:

• In an HOA you are limited in paint colors, exterior changes to your house, interior changes to your house based on the CC&R's of the HOA.  The HOA Board has enforcement power over you for many things.  If you don't like living in an HOA, and many people don't, then I suggest moving.
• In a situation where there is a HOA, so long as the CC&R's don't violate the local laws, and they don't, the court will ALWAYS defer to the CC&R's and what they say - not what the law says.
• Your only option at this point is really to work/negotiate with the HOA.  Otherwise, you will lose because your attorney cannot breach the CC&R's of the HOA.

Now, the guy you slandered in your complaint is nothing more than the HOA's attorney who helps to enforce the CC&R's established by the HOA.  In other words, if it isn't this guy who is going to come to sue you on behalf of the HOA, then there will be another attorney who is going to come after you.  Your problems aren't with the attorney.  Your problem is with your violation of the CC&R's.

So why respond?  You mean besides the fact you are an idiot?  Because this complaint has NOTHING to do with the attorney you decided to slander.  This has everything to do with your violation of the CC&R's of your HOA which you clearly admit doing.  You chose to violate those laws, and the HOA is enforcing the CC&R's which they're supposed to do.  So, for painting your house, you now have an attorney to do exactly what?  Collect fees from you?  You clearly violated the CC&R's - you made that obvious in your original posting.  Accordingly, you're throwing more money away because your attorney isn't going to be able to do much.  Most CC&R's on this subject are pretty clear cut and in most HOA's, are boilerplate.  Since you decided to slander the attorney for something that is your fault, I - as a member of the public - opted to make certain the issue is focused where it should be - on your overall general stupidity.

Actually, you should be thanking me.  I may have saved you from a libel suit by simply telling everyone else you are a complete and utter moron.  This way, the public knows you have no credibility.  Now, it's time for you to go away.

If we may add, it is certainly strange that two complete strangers with no knowledge nor vested interest in this case matter would suddenly take on such an immediate interest in responding to our Rip Off Report. It is suspicious to say the least, and we would like to know who these two "stranger" accounts belong to.

They have never apparently responded to any other Rip Off Report. How did these two "stranger" accounts even gain knowledge of our Rip Off Report in the first instance? Why do they have such an interest in supporting an HOA law firm?

How can they allege what is libelous or not when they have no stated knowledge of this case matter? In these respects and more, the two "stranger" rebuttals are highly suspect at best.

In response to the comment rebuttals, please know that we have followed the law to an absolute T. Of course, the CC&Rs legality are decided in a court of law. We have followed the CC&Rs and all that we are supposed to do.

It is the HOA that has acted completely contrary to any fiduciary duty and rule of law. The HOA has a complete lack of judgment in telling us we have to repaint for racist reasons. Racism is not a valid reason under the law.

Also, the HOA has no documents or any evidence that it has followed the law. There is nothing we have stated here that is libelous.

 I certainly hope YOU have concrete evidence of YOUR accusations, (which have NOTHING to do with this), because YOU are setting yourself up for one big libel case! Secondly, under the Terms and Covenants of your HOA, they have to approve the color, trim and overall paint job you want BEFORE you start painting.

Since you did not state you followed the approval process, then yes, they can take action against you. Don't bother wasting time writing back about your constituional rights, because YOU agreed to the terms of the covenants, which I suspect you didn't even bother to read! Now don't forget to advise your attorney, if you really have one, of your potential libel case because YOU are going to need one unless you have concrete evidence to the contrary.

Even though we  resided and painted our home, and it looks beautiful--the HOA for no reason is trying to force us to get it repainted.  Nobody cares whether it looks beautiful.  When you are in an HOA, you MUST follow the CC&R's of the HOA.  Often, the CC&R's require homes be a certain color, or you cannot make significant aesthetic changes to the exterior of the home.  If you don't comply, the CC&R's can literally fine you out of existence and there is nothing the law can do because the CC&R's are the law in an HOA.

The HOA is providing no reason under the law why we should repaint it.  The law has nothing to do with it.  It has everything to do with the CC&R's.  If what you did is in violation of the CC&R's, then the court will side with the HOA....every single time.  

We now have an attorney and are pursuing our action in court. However, the court system where we live locally is extremely corrupt.  So what you're saying is that you're going to lose and you have no one else to blame except the court system.  So let's assign blame where it belongs:  THIS IS YOUR FAULT.  I hope that was clear enough.  The court will look to the CC&R's 100% of the time in adjudicating your case.  

Moreover, we have proof that Stuart K. Cohen abuses children.  Nice going.  You just opened yourself up for a slander case - I'm sure if the attorney reads this, you may be getting a lawsuit soon.  I forwarded this complaint to his attention so he can properly act against you.

Lesson for Today:  If you live in an HOA, then don't do anything to your home without consulting them first.