Scott Talkov is the Founder and Managing Partner of Talkov Law, a firm specializing in real estate partition actions and litigation throughout California.

Scott has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine for nine consecutive years from 2013 to 2021. Scott graduated cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where he was a member of the Board of Editors for the Washington University Law Review.

Beginning his studies at University of California, Riverside, Scott completed his bachelor’s degree as a 2004 graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara. Scott was an elected official and earned leadership awards for his role in student government at both campuses.

Scott’s articles on real estate law have been published in the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal of the American Bar Association, California Real Property Journal of the State Bar of California, and Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. He has been quoted by the Real Deal Los Angeles, is listed in the U.S. News Lawyer Directory powered by Best Lawyers, and is a Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Scott was twice elected as President of a Barristers’ (young attorney) association in California and has served on the board of multiple bar associations. Scott founded the firm after serving as a partner at a California law firm.

Scott volunteers his time as the Assistant Director of the Associated Students Legal Clinic at the University of California, Riverside, where he provides free advice to students with real estate and civil litigation issues.

Scott has been featured on CNN, FoxNews, ABC 7, and KCAL 9, as well as the Los Angeles Times, Press-Enterprise, San Diego Union Tribune, LA Weekly, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, San Bernardino Sun, Redlands Daily Facts, Vice, Arizona Republic, Washington Examiner, The Coast News Group, and Los Cerritos Community News.

Scott’s state court experience includes the California Superior Court in counties in the state, as well as the California Court of Appeal. His federal court experience includes every district court in California, along with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Contact Information

To contact Scott about a new matter, you can reach him directly at info(at)talkovlaw.com or (844) 4-TALKOV (825568). He can also be reached at scott(at)talkovlaw.com.

Bar Admissions:

State Bar of California
United States District Court, Central District of California
United States District Court, Southern District of California
United States District Court, Eastern District of California
United States District Court, Northern District of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Published Works and Presentations:

Scott Talkov and D. Edward Hays, Protecting the Old Homestead, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (Los Angeles County Bar Assoc., July/August 2021)
Scott Talkov, Mortgage Shotgunning and the Priority of Trust Deeds, 32 Cal. Real Prop. J. 9 (State Bar of California, 2014)
Scott Talkov, Exposing the Myth of Mortgage Prepayment Penalties in the Aftermath of River East, 44 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L. J. 585 (Amer. Bar Assoc., Fall 2009)

Published & Unpublished Decisions:

Karl Avetoom vs. Rosa Fridman (In re Rosa Fridman), BAP No. CC-21-1101-LSF, 2022 WL 421098 (9th Cir. B.A.P. Feb. 11, 2022)
Bayati v. Town Square, B295426 (Cal. App. 2nd Dist. May 18, 2020)
Ashworth v. Ehrgott (In re Ashworth), 637 Fed. Appx. 387 (9th Cir. 2016)
Inland Western Temecula Commons v. Potter, No. E05785, 2014 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6590 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. Sep. 18, 2014)
Eleiwa v. Whitmore, No. CC-12-1559-ClDKi (9th Cir. B.A.P. Jun. 5, 2013)
In re Matthew Banks Ashworth, No. 8:11-bk-10946-RK, 2012 Bankr. LEXIS 4563, 2012 WL 4596217 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. Oct. 1, 2013)
Ashworth v. Ehrgott (In re Ashworth), BAP No. CC-12-1591-TaDPa, 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 5256 (9th Cir. B.A.P. Dec. 16, 2013)

Honors and Awards

Super Lawyers – Rising Star, 2013-2021
Avvo – 10 out of 10
Justia – 10 out of 10
Lead Counsel Rated – Thomson Reuters – Real Estate Law
William J. Lasarow Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service to the Community, Riverside Legal Aid, 2013
Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum Lifetime Member
Civitas Award for Unique and Significant Contributions to the Civic and Cultural Life, KUCR 88.3 FM, 2012
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, Walnut, California

Speaking Engagements and Presentations

Scott Talkov, Partition: An Overview of the Most Efficient and Equitable Way to Compel Sale of Co-Owned Properties, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) MCLE (2022)
Guest Lecturer, Real Estate Law and Business I, Prof. George Lefcoe, University of Southern California School of Law