Joshua Safran

Joshua Safran has extensive experience in all aspects of land use and development, CEQA, real property, municipal law, business transactions and litigation, and writ and general civil litigation. His practice includes business formation, governance, contracting, and disputes; complex development projects; multi-party real estate transactions; and, complicated multi-stakeholder public agency and public-private partnerships. Joshua is also well known for his pro bono post-conviction habeas work. Joshua received his Juris Doctor with a Certificate of Specialization in Environmental Law from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 2001. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College in 1997 with a triple major in Politics, Environmental Studies, and Judaic/Near Eastern Studies. Safran’s compelling and inspirational story has been seen around the world on PBS, CBS, FOX News, Shalom TV and Authors@Google, and heard on the BBC, NPR, PRX, CBS Radio and Talkline. His essays have appeared in Salon, Huffington Post, Utne Reader and The Daily Beast. A sought-after public speaker, Safran has inspired audiences nationwide at book and film festivals, universities and law schools, businesses and nonprofits. Joshua Safran has also presented at grand rounds regarding childhood resiliency. Joshua is an author and nationally recognized advocate for survivors of domestic violence and the wrongfully imprisoned. Seven-year legal odyssey to free an innocent woman from prison was featured in the award-winning documentary film Crime After Crime, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The film won over 25 awards, including the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Received numerous awards and national media coverage for pro bono advocacy work. Critically-acclaimed memoir, FREE SPIRIT: Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid (Hachette), about a childhood on the dark side of the Age of Aquarius, has been called a “beautiful, powerful memoir. . . reminiscent of David Sedaris’s and Augusten Burroughs’s best work: introspective, hilarious, and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and “a remarkable account of survival despite the odds” (Kirkus Reviews). We make it easy to take the next step toward legal support by starting with a quick intake form.