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Jethro S. Busch

Senior Counsel

Jethro S. Busch serves as Senior Counsel at LDY Law, adding depth in landlord-side defense litigation, partition actions, and buyer-seller disputes.

His practice strengthens the firm’s ability to handle the real estate matters that often grow out of landlord-tenant conflicts, especially when a dispute moves beyond an unlawful detainer or when insurance is not covering the defense.

He brings senior litigation depth to the ownership, sale, and defense matters that can become high-stakes quickly for property owners, landlords, and referral partners. His background helps expand LDY Law’s bench in the broader real estate disputes that do not fit neatly inside day-to-day tenancy issues alone.

What He Handles
  • Landlord defense litigation without insurance coverage
  • Partition actions and co-ownership disputes
  • Buyer-seller disputes
  • Real estate matters that extend beyond unlawful detainers and tenant removals

Jethro S. Busch at LDY Law

Jethro’s addition expands LDY Law’s bench in the broader real estate disputes that property owners, landlords, and referral partners may face when a matter no longer fits inside a tenancy issue alone.

He gives the firm added senior depth in ownership, sale, and defense matters that can become high-stakes quickly and require direct, experienced litigation counsel.

Education And Admissions

Jethro earned his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978. He earned his J.D. from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1981.

He is admitted to practice in the following courts:

  • California
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Recognition And Professional Leadership

Jethro was named a 2025 Northern California Super Lawyer and was also selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list published in Super Lawyers magazine from 2020 through 2022.

He has also held leadership roles within the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, including service on its Executive Committee and as Co-Chair of the Landlord-Tenant Sub-Section.

  • Handling Issues of Habitability, Edrington and Associates, April 15, 2021
  • Lease Workouts – MCLE at 2012 Annual Meeting, State Bar of California (RPLS), 2012
  • Foreclosure, etc. – MCLE at 2011 RPLS Retreat, State Bar of California (RPLS), 2011
  • Real Estate Market Downturn: Good Thing For Landlords-Bad Thing For Tenants, State Bar Annual Meeting, 2010
  • Please Take Notice: Drafting and Serving Effective Tenancy Notices, State Bar Section Education Institute, 2008
  • Righteous or Wrongful Evictions 2007: Strategies for Successfully Representing Your Client, State Bar Annual Meeting, 2007
  • Does Your Client Have A Code Enforcement Problem Assessing, Handling, and Resolving Building and Housing Complaints Received from Governmental Agencies, State Bar Annual Meeting, 2006
  • Don’t You Dare SLAPP My Client! Anti-SLAPP Motions in Real Property Disputes, State Bar Annual Meeting, 2005
  • The Battle Continues: Unfair Business Practice Litigation in the New Millennium, State Bar Annual Meeting, 2002
  • Evictions and Landlord/Tenant Law in California, National Business Institute, 2000
  • American Bar Association, Member, 1981 – Present
  • Landlord-Tenant Sub-Section of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, Co-Chair, 1992 – 1996
  • Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, 2002 – 2007
  • Executive Committee of State Bar Real Property Law Section, 2002 – 2007
  • Co-Chair of State Bar Landlord-Tenant Subsection, 1992 – 1996
  • Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, Vice-Chair, 2004 – 2005