Ehud Gersten
Ehud Gersten
Ehud Gersten
Managing Partner
Perch Wealth Managing Partner Ehud Gersten is committed to helping investors, providing them guidance on real estate investments.
In addition to being a licensed securities professional, focusing on 1031 exchanges and Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs), Ehud is also a licensed California attorney and real estate broker.
For more than a decade, Ehud owned and operated a highly successful law firm in San Diego, focusing on real estate and consumer rights. He has advocated on behalf of many clients, including homeowners’ associations (HOAs), real estate developers, and investment property owners, in both California state and federal courts. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ehud has been repeatedly recognized by his legal peers as one of the top litigators in San Diego County, featured multiple times in both SuperLawyers magazine and San Diego’s “Best of the Bar.” He has been interviewed and featured for his national real estate work by Bloomberg, the L.A. Times, the New York Times, and HousingWire magazine.
Ehud holds two degrees from the University of Auckland in New Zealand – a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in political science and a law degree. He also holds a Master of Laws and Letters (LLM) degree, with a concentration in intellectual property, from Boston University. He holds Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) series 7 (general securities representative), 66, and 63 registrations.
Ehud has previously served and is currently on the board of several non-profit organizations, including the Commercial Real Estate Alliance of San Diego. He also participated on the planning committee for the Commercial Real Estate Symposium, organized by the Real Estate Section of the State Bar of California. He is a graduate of the Continuing Leadership Institute (CLI), a non-profit organization run by the Los Angeles Jewish Federation. This 18-month program is designed to educate individuals to act as lay leaders within the Jewish and broader community for the betterment of all who live there.