Our Practice Areas
Health & Safety Receiverships
Griswold Law takes control of properties that have been abandoned or have become a health & safety threat to the community.
Partition Referee Matters
When a dispute arises between co-owners of real property, Griswold Law serves as the court-appointed partition referee.
Business Dispute Receiverships
Griswold Law may be appointed by the court to take control of a business that is at the center of a dispute between business partners.
Post-Judgment Receiverships
As a post-judgment receiver, Griswold Law ensures that a court’s orders are fulfilled, even when the judgment debtor is uncooperative.
Rents & Profits Receiverships
With disputed real property in litigation, Griswold Law is routinely appointed by courts to preserve the property and maintain its rents and profits until resolution.
Cannabis Receiverships
Struggling cannabis companies must abide by different laws than most businesses in California, and Griswold Law often steps in as a court-appointed receiver in the event of business failures.
Griswold Law solves problems across the region when drastic measures are required.
- Appointed over 250 times in courts across 29 different counties
- Consistently appointed in a variety of legal scenarios, including health & safety receivership, partition referee, tenant habitability receiver, post-judgment receiver, and rents/profits receiver
- Appointed as a receiver in business disputes to take operational control of businesses during litigation
- Substantial experience taking control of troubled real estate assets, including houses, apartments, motels, and failed developments
- Focus on commercial properties, multi-family, hoarding, nuisance/drug activity, slum motels/apartments, illegal conversions, and abandoned properties
Meet the Team

Richardson “Red” Griswold
CEO, Receiver/Attorney

Jamie Eberhardt
Managing Director of Receivership Operations

Neil Sheaffer
Managing Attorney

Markus Woods
Staff Attorney

Casey Fashouer
Senior Project Manager

Gabrielle Ritter
Paralegal

Jarrod Ready
Staff Attorney

Kim Tate
Director of Marketing and Special Projects

Leslie Garcia
Receivership Property Manager
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Richardson “Red” Griswold acts as a court-appointed Receiver and court-appointed Partition Referee in California. Mr. Griswold has been appointed by over 200 California courts in 22 different California counties. He is a licensed California attorney, as well as a licensed California real estate broker. Mr. Griswold was the 2019 Chair/President of the California Receivers Forum.