Jethro Sanford Busch
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Experience:
45 years
Language(s):
English | Cantonese | Spanish
Jethro Busch | San Francisco Real Estate Lawyer
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San Francisco, CA 94102
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Whether you’re dealing with evictions, landlord-tenant disputes, and other real estate litigation, and other legal concerns San Francisco and the Bay Area, our experienced real estate and landlord-tenant lawyers are here to help.
Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners
About Jethro
Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners, P.C. Jethro S. Busch is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, several United States District Courts, and all the courts of the State of California.
Jethro received his undergraduate degree from the University of California (Berkeley), holds a law degree from Tulane University, and has been practicing law since 1981. His practice consists primarily of real estate litigation, including wrongful eviction and habitability disputes, disputes connected with buying or selling real property, and disputes between co-owners or condo owners.
Jethro is also a published author in the real estate field, served for five (5) years on the Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California (which subsequently was spun off into the California Lawyers Association), and served for several years as the co-chair of the State Bar Landlord-Tenant Subsection.
Jethro has taught numerous continuing legal education classes to other attorneys, including at numerous Annual Meetings of the State Bar, and at several Real Property Law Section Annual Retreats.
In his free time, Jethro enjoys cooking/baking, going to museums, travel, reading, and watching movies (including at the Silent Film Festival).
Jethro received his undergraduate degree from the University of California (Berkeley), holds a law degree from Tulane University, and has been practicing law since 1981. His practice consists primarily of real estate litigation, including wrongful eviction and habitability disputes, disputes connected with buying or selling real property, and disputes between co-owners or condo owners.
Jethro is also a published author in the real estate field, served for five (5) years on the Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California (which subsequently was spun off into the California Lawyers Association), and served for several years as the co-chair of the State Bar Landlord-Tenant Subsection.
Jethro has taught numerous continuing legal education classes to other attorneys, including at numerous Annual Meetings of the State Bar, and at several Real Property Law Section Annual Retreats.
In his free time, Jethro enjoys cooking/baking, going to museums, travel, reading, and watching movies (including at the Silent Film Festival).
Please call to discuss my fee structure.
Admission
California
1981
Education
Tulane University School of Law
J.D.
1981
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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U.S. District Court Northern District of California
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U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
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American Bar Association, Member
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–1981 / Present
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Landlord-Tenant Sub-Section of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, Co-Chair
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–1992 / 1996
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Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California
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–2002 / 2007
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Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, Vice-Chair
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–2004 / 2005
Honors / Awards
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Northern California Super Lawyer2025
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Selected to the Northern California “Super Lawyers” list published in the Super Lawyers Magazines2020-2022
Notable Work
Publications
Recognition of Hostile Housing Environment Claims Under the Federal Fair Housing Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (co-author), California real Property Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1,
2015
Reader Alert: Action Apartment Association Case May Bar Many Wrongful Eviction Lawsuits, California Real Property Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3,
2007
Noticing a Change: California Civil Code Section 827 Re-Visited, California Real Property Journal, Fall,
2003
Draconian or Clever Private Statutes of Limitation Revisited, California Real Property Journal, Fall,
1999
Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners Highlights
Real Estate, Litigation
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Languages:
English | Cantonese | Spanish
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