Joseph Tobener - San Francisco, CA
21 Masonic AvenueSuite A San Francisco, CA 94118
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP
Updated: 08/28/2024
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San Francisco Landlord-Tenant Issues Lawyer
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.About Joseph Tobener
Practice Areas
- Landlord-Tenant Issues
- Harassment of Landlord
- Wrongful Eviction
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
Education
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), San Francisco, California
J.D. - San Francisco State University
M.S. - University of California, Los Angeles
B.A.
Pro Bono Activities
- Home Base
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
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Joseph Tobener
Included on the 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 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
Honors
- Super Lawyers, 2017 - 2020
Office Information
Address
21 Masonic AvenueSuite A San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone
Fax
- (415) 418-3492
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
8 am - 6 pm
Websites
- http://www.tobenerlaw.com/blog/ (Tobener Blog)
Publication
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
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