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[i]* I apologize in advance that I can't go into more detail but my friend is concerned that anything I write could make her  identifiable to her landlord, and fears if he realizes what she's doing (looking for an attorney) that he'll make their tenant/landlord relationship even more difficult.  
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A close friend of mine is dealing with a smug, manipulative bully of a landlord, who seems to have an expertise in gaslighting and twisting facts around. 
My friend is kinda timid, shy & non-confrontational, so she definitely doesn't know how to deal with someone who has such an aggressive & confrontational personality.  It almost feels like he's personally offended by how nice she is and that's why he's made things so difficult for her (fyi, her current landlord wasn't the owner when she signed her rental agreement, the property was purchased by the current landlord sometime into the first year of her multi-year lease).

I've read all of the text messages between my them.  
I've read all of the reasonable, rational, basic & straightforward  questions my friend has asked, as well as every one of the difficult, perplexing and downright exasperating replies he's sent back.

She's now asked for my help, because I've always stood up for her in the past when she had an issue bullies, but honestly...  even I don't know how to deal with someone THIS problematic & difficult.
He seems to have made toxicity his entire personality.

I can't even tell you how much anxiety I had reading through his replies, and I'm not even personally involved!
So it's fairly easy to imagine how difficult it's been for my friend -- who truly is the kindest, sweetest & most lovely woman you'll ever meet (in her free time, she hand crochets blankets for our local no-kill animal shelter, so every animal there has their own blanket for their cage).

It's obvious to me that he takes her kindness for weakness, and it's starting to have a detrimental affect on her mental health.  
I really want to help her, but I just don't know how to, so we think an attorney is the way. 
She doesn't want to go to the county again or the tenant/landlord organizations she's already reached out to... at this point, she'd rather just hire a very strong attorney who can send her landlord a harshly worded, consequential, almost threatening letter on her behalf.  
Someone who's used to dealing with the difficult personality of someone who tries to manipulate anything anyone ever says to them. 
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If you've ever seen the show "Suits" she's looking for an aggressive, Lewis Lit type of attorney, to take the wind right out of this guy's smug sails, plus scare him enough that he backs the eff off.
Unfortunately for us, they don't exactly advertise like that on Google. 😁
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So, any recommendations?
Thank you so much in advance for any & all replies! 
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