Louis Anthes (CBN 263059)
P.O. Box 2557
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
dr.louis.anthes@gmail.com

Current Employment:
Staff Attorney at Tenant Sanctuary, Santa Cruz, California (December 2023- )
- Preparing letters to landlords, and other entities and individuals, involved in disputes with tenants concerning rights and obligations under relevant law.
- Attending and speaking at “know-your-rights” and similar trainings conducted for tenants and Volunteers advising tenants, and preparing written materials for use at such trainings.
- Representing tenants before a UD case is filed with the court and during court proceedings.
- Preventing evictions or, where possible, extending an eviction timeline and obtain relocation assistance for affected tenants.
- Representing tenants who have affirmative claims against their landlords.
- Advising tenants on preparing their arguments for small claims court related to housing or eviction and assist them with preparing necessary paperwork.

Law Office of Louis Anthes, Long Beach, California (March 2019 - )
- Served Hundreds of Clients in Los Angeles County and California, mainly Pro Bono.
- Experience with Demand Letters, Landlord-Tenant Negotiations, Small Claims Advising, Restraining Orders, Civil Litigation Hearings and Motions.
- Court Admissions: California State Bar; United States District Court for the Central District of California; United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Major Works: “Lawyers and Immigrants, 1870-1940: A Cultural History” (Leo F. Balk Scholarly Press, 2003), and “Publicly Deliberative Drama: The 1934 Mock Trial of Adolf Hitler for ‘Crimes against Civilization’” (American Journal of Legal History, Oxford University Press, 1998).

Other Works: Several shorter scholarly publications (historical articles for anthologies, book reviews, 1995-2001); Published several works of journalism and adult fiction for L.G.B.T.Q. publications (2003-2007), and one publication regarding cannabis political reform (2015).

In Legal History: Contributed to field by applying social practice theory to empirical historical study of state agents and clients, in the context of European immigration to the United States.

Teaching Emphasis: Materialist approaches to legal practice, taking up constructivist conceptions of rights without abandoning their fundamental value: “talk of rights … represented an idea of the good that was social and community-centered, as much as it was about individuals demanding legal compensation” (Lawyers and Immigrants, p. 149).

Education: St. Joseph High School, South Bend, Indiana (Diploma, 1986); The University of Chicago (A.B., “Politics, Economics, Rhetoric and Law”, 1990); The University of Chicago (A.M., “Social Science,” 1991); New York University (J.D., Review of Law and Social Change, 2000); New York University (Ph.D., “U.S. History,” Adviser William E. Nelson, 2000).

Recent Volunteering: Los Angeles City Attorney, Dispute Resolution Program (2012); Public Counsel, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Clinic (2016); Los Angeles Law Library (2019-2021).

Languages: English and Intermediate French.

Adult U.S. Passport Travel: U.S.S.R. (1986); Western and Southern Europe (1988); Western Europe (1996, 1997); Central Europe (2001); France and Western Europe, (2001-2003); France, India, Philippines (2005); France (2006), Scotland (2017), New Zealand (2023).

Marital Status: Jeremiah T. Malumaleumu, Domestic Partner (2011-2013), Husband (2013- ).