Joshua S. Bauchner

Joshua Bauchner is co-chair of the Litigation Department, head of the Controlled Substances and Regulatory Law Department, and a member of the Community Association and Bankruptcy departments. He devotes his practice to complex commercial, class action, bankruptcy-related and securities litigation, including:

• Enforcing commercial lease agreements, guaranties, purchase and sale contracts, and commission agreements
• Litigating partnership disputes
• Defending against class actions arising from alleged violations of consumer protection and related statutes
• Litigating claims arising from bad faith denial of insurance coverage
• Defending against commercial foreclosure actions

As head of the Controlled Substances and Regulatory Law Practice Group, Josh co-hosted on behalf of the Firm the first-ever Cannabis Symposium in New Jersey which drew nearly a thousand people (two other Symposia followed).  He is co-chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Cannabis Law Committee, a member of the NORML Legal Committee and Amicus Committee, has spoken at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo at the Jacob Javits Center, and has presented CLE’s on cannabis at the NY and NJ State Bar Associations, among other fora across the country.  He also was honored with the New Jersey Law Journal’s Innovator of the Year Award for his work in the cannabis space and also publishes regularly on the topic.

Josh also represents condominium and cooperative boards of management, is a licensed real estate instructor in the state of New York and teaches a course for real estate sales professionals. He has taught as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School.

Following law school, Josh served as law clerk to the Honorable Ursula Ungaro in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Immediately prior to joining Ansell Grimm & Aaron, he was deputy director of the Legal Division at the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs and previously worked at a national litigation firm.

Josh was appointed by the Manhattan borough president to serve on Manhattan Community Board 10, where he was treasurer of the board and co-chair of the Committee on Land Use. He is president of the Wheaton College Alumni Association and serves on the college’s board of trustees. He has also served on the boards of the New York Theater Ballet, Frederick Douglass Boulevard Alliance and Harlem Wellness Center.