Ehud Gersten, Managing Partner
Ehud Gersten is a managing partner at Perch Wealth. He is committed to helping and guiding investors with their 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 admitted to practice law before the United States 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. Ehud is also a graduate of Boston University's School of Law and received a Master of Laws and Letters (LLM) degree, with a concentration in Intellectual Property. He holds Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 3, 7, 63, and 66 registrations.
Ehud is an active member of the Forbes Finance Council. He 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 has served as a volunteer Judge Pro Tem with the San Diego Superior Court. He is a graduate of the Continuing Leadership Institute (CLI) program, a charitable organization run by the Los Angeles Jewish Federation.