Joseph Tobener - a San Francisco, California (CA) Landlord-Tenant Issues Lawyer

San Francisco Landlord-Tenant Issues Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Landlord-Tenant Issues
Harassment of Landlord
Wrongful Eviction

Attorney Information

Overview

Joseph Tobener is a partner at Tobener Ravenscroft LLP. An attorney for more than fifteen years, Mr. Tobener draws on his specialized tenant law expertise to provide caring, easy-to-understand, and aggressive assistance to a diverse clientele. He has represented thousands of Bay Area residents on tenant law issues and earned millions on behalf of his clients. He has appeared on KALW and KQED and was featured in the SF Bay Guardian, the Daily Journal, and California Lawyer. Cases he has successfully litigated have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Times, Reuters, and Wired. His clients have included countless lawyers, high-tech executives, mobile home residents, the San Francisco Tenants Union, and several art collectives. One of his passions is working to preserve artist live/work housing. He also worked for Home Base, a homelessness law nonprofit and has been an adjunct professor at San Francisco State University and UC Hastings. The firm is dedicated to employee activism, and sponsors each of its lawyers to volunteer weekly in the community at housing rights nonprofits, donating nearly 500 attorney hours each year.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Joseph Tobener included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

Super Lawyers, 2017 - 2020

Other Sources of Feedback About Joseph Tobener

Included on the 2026 Northern California Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), San Francisco, California
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- San Francisco State University
  M.S.
- University of California, Los Angeles
  B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

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Classes and Seminars

Adjunct Professor, San Francisco State University
Adjunct Professor, UC Hastings
Tenant Attorney Roundtable, Restriction Following No-Fault Eviction, 2014 - Present
San Francisco State University CLE, Bluebooking and Cite Checking CLE, 2014 - Present
SFSU, Professional Legal Writing, 2011 - Present
San Francisco Tenants Union, Force Your Landlord to Repair, 2011 - Present
CLE, Shepardizing and Bluebooking CLE, 2010 - Present
UC Hastings, Legal Research and Writing, 2007 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

Home Base

Published Works

Articles

California Lawyer Magazine, To BNB - or not?, 2014
Daily Journal, Lawyers Pursuing Short-Term Rentals, 2014
New York Times, San Francisco Sues Landlords, 2014
San Francisco Chronicle, Airbnb Profits Prompted SF Eviction, 2014
San Francisco State University, Cite Checking and Bluebooking Action Guide, 2007
Tenant Attorney Tips: How to deal with disruptive tenants, avoid lawsuits, and maintain pleasant tenant-landlord relationships, San Francisco Tenant Magazine, 2016

Bar Admissions

California

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Contact

San Francisco, CA

21 Masonic Avenue
Suite A
San Francisco, CA 94118

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Phone: 415-504-2165

Fax: (415) 418-3492

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Websites:

http://www.tobenerlaw.com/
http://www.tobenerlaw.com/blog/ (Tobener Blog)

Hours: 8 am - 6 pm

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