Joshua Genser

A lifelong resident of West Contra Costa County and the second generation of his family to provide legal services to West County businesses. He has a Master's Degree in Economics from Stanford University and his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Mr. Genser has practiced law since 1983, handling litigation and transactions for businesses both, large and small, local and national.

Northern California SuperLawyers named Mr. Genser as one of the “Super Lawyers” of 2008.

Joshua Genser represents businesses and individuals in incorporations and other business organizations, contract drafting and negotiation, real estate transactions and disputes, property tax assessment appeals, sales and use tax compliance, defense of employment-related litigation, creditors’ interests in bankruptcy, and litigation.

A partner in West Contra Costa County’s largest law firm, Mr. Genser concentrated in civil litigation, with special emphasis on cases and issues which required quantitative economic, financial or statistical analyses. Mr. Genser represented cable television operators in defense of consumer class actions over late fees, in defense of breach of construction contract allegations, in multi-million dollar property tax assessment appeals, in litigation over the legality of utility users’ taxes, and in regulatory proceedings and franchise negotiations. Mr. Genser also represented financial institutions, solid waste companies and hospitals in State, Federal and Bankruptcy Courts, litigating cases involving lender liability, disputes over public contract awards, construction defects, municipal taxation and insurance coverage.

"Explaining the Inexplicable: A Primer on Present Value," published in the Contra Costa Lawyer, April 1998.

"Statistics, Probability and the Law: What You Don't Know Can Lose the Case," published in the Alameda County Bar Association Bulletin, April, 1998.

"Employment Litigation Isn’t Out of Control -- It’s a Tempest in a Teapot," published in The Recorder, February 19, 1997, in the San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals, February 3, 1997, and in the Alameda County Bar Association Bulletin, April 1997.

" Economists and Accountants as Expert Witnesses on Damages," published in the Contra Costa Lawyer, January 1997, and in the San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals, January 10, 1997.

"Economic Experts Help Decide if Claim is Actionable," published in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, October 28, 1996.

"The Economic Case for the Coexistence of Monopoly Power and Goodwill in the Cable Television Industry," published in the Winter, 1994, edition of the Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal.

"How the 1992 Cable Act Affects Sales Tax Liability," published in the November, 1993, edition of Cable TV and New Media Law & Finance.

"Goodwill Emerging as a Factor in Taxation of Cable Franchises," published in the December, 1992, edition of Cable TV and New Media Law & Finance.