About Joshua Denbeaux

Joshua Denbeaux is a partner at Denbeaux & Denbeauxconcentrating his practice in commercial litigation, employment litigation, and insurance coverage litigation.

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Mr. Denbeaux received his law degree in 1994 from Seton Hall University after completing his undergraduate work at The College of Wooster. A member of the New Jersey Bar Association, Bergen County Bar Association and the “Guantanamo Bay Bar Association,”

Mr. Denbeaux is licensed to practice in the United States District Courts for New Jersey, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, District of Columbia, Middle District of Tennessee and the Northern District of Florida. He is also admitted to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Denbeaux is a member of the “Guantanamo Bay Bar Association,” and represents two detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Facility, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Joshua, with his father, Professor Mark Denbeaux of the Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey, is the co-author of eight reports regarding the government’s conduct towards their clients and towards all the prisoners on the base.

The United States’ military defense counsel, led by Col. Dwight Sullivan, USMC, have consulted with Mark and Joshua Denbeaux with regard to the Military Commissions Act Hearings.

Representative Areas of Practice:

Commercial Litigation

Derivative shareholder disputes
Director liability for fraud and negligence by co-director
Insurance coverage
Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Declaratory Judgment actions
Coverage Opinions

Employment Litigation

Law Against Discrimination claims
Conscientious Employee Protection Act claims
Family Medical Leave Act claims

Matrimonial Law

Divorce valuation and equitable distribution of business entities and other professional interests
Post-judgment issues and appeals
Guardianship and incompetence proceedings

Mortgage Foreclosure Defense

Represents individuals facing foreclosure
Enforcement of Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Lenders Liability Act and Housing and Urban Development regulations to protect the rights of homeowners

Selected Decisions:

Newman v. Ramapo College, 349 N.J. Super. 196, 793 A.2d 120 (App. Div. 2002)
Trepel v. Dippold, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19782 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
Alhami v. Bush, (D.D.C. 2007) Memorandum Order, 10/2/2007, Unsealed 10/9/2007

Selected Publications:

No Hearing Hearings: CSRT: The Modern Habeas Corpus? An Analysis of the Government’s Combatant Status Review Tribunals at Guantanamo (11/17/2006)
June 10th Suicides at Guantanamo: Government Words and Deeds Compared (8/21/2006)
The Guantanamo Detainees During Detention: Data from Department of Defense Records (7/10/2006)
Second Report on the Guantanamo Detainees: Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy (3/20/2006)
Report on Guantanamo Detainees: A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis ofDepartment of Defense Data (2/8/2006)

Selected Television Appearances:

CNN; Interview with Paula Zahn; September 6, 2006 (transcript) (video)
CBS Evening News; Interview with Mika Brzezinski; June 10, 2006