With over 30 years of experience in housing law, Margaret Elder brings extensive knowledge, insight, and compassion to the tenants she represents. She advocates for clients facing slum housing conditions, discrimination, retaliation, and violations of rent control ordinances, and has successfully tried cases to verdict in both state and federal courts.
Ms. Elder began her legal career as a staff attorney at the Fair Housing Council of Orange County, where she worked to ensure government compliance with fair housing laws. She later joined an insurance defense firm representing landlords accused of housing violations. This experience gave her unique insight into the defense side of litigation. Ms. Elder then founded her own practice exclusively representing tenants, which expanded into Elder & Spencer LLP when she partnered with Chandra Spencer in 2013.
Ms. Elder graduated cum laude from Western State University College of Law. She earned three American Jurisprudence Awards, served on Law Review, and competed in Traynor Moot Court and Ferguson Honor’s Moot Court.
Outside of her legal work, Ms. Elder trains and competes as a master women’s rower.
With over 30 years of experience in housing law, Margaret Elder brings extensive knowledge, insight, and compassion to the tenants she represents. She advocates for clients facing slum housing conditions, discrimination, retaliation, and violations of rent control ordinances, and has successfully tried cases to verdict in both state and federal courts.
Ms. Elder began her legal career as a staff attorney at the Fair Housing Council of Orange County, where she worked to ensure government compliance with fair housing laws. She later joined an insurance defense firm representing landlords accused of housing violations. This experience gave her unique insight into the defense side of litigation. Ms. Elder then founded her own practice exclusively representing tenants, which expanded into Elder & Spencer LLP when she partnered with Chandra Spencer in 2013.
Ms. Elder graduated cum laude from Western State University College of Law. She earned three American Jurisprudence Awards, served on Law Review, and competed in Traynor Moot Court and Ferguson Honor’s Moot Court.
Outside of her legal work, Ms. Elder trains and competes as a master women’s rower.
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