Mary Catherine Wiederhold

Mary Catherine Wiederhold

As of April 2020:

Mary Catherine Wiederhold is a litigator specializing in tenant issues in San Francisco and the Bay Area. She concentrates on cases involving wrongful eviction, housing code violations, and other forms of landlord negligence. She also has extensive experience in cases involving fire and tenants.  She is the recipient of the 2014 Attorney of the Year award given by the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. She also received the 2010 Housing Justice Award from the Bar Association of San Francisco.  She is on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and is past President of the  Lawyers’ Club of San Francisco Inn of Court.

Articles written by this author:

Getting a fire report without getting burned

The three types of fire reports – how to get them and how to use them

Mary Catherine Wiederhold

2014 June


“Bad dog, no bone!”

Landlord’s liability when a tenant’s dog bites a visitor is based on negligence principles, not strict liability

Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Robert Smith

2015 March


The COVID-19 pandemic and tenants’ rights

A review of legal mandates that protect tenants statewide and others specific to the Bay Area

Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Courtney M. Brown

2020 May