Stephen J. Estey
Estey & Bomberger LLP 2869 India Street San Diego, CA 92103 Practice Area(s): Personal Injury, Civil Litigation visit website
Biographical Information
Stephen J. Estey is a founding partner of Estey & Bomberger, LLP. In February of 2012 and 2014, he was named “Trial Attorney of the Year” by the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego for his many record setting, eight figure verdicts and settlements. He has received three Outstanding Trial Lawyer Awards from CASD and was lead counsel in the California Supreme Court Case of Morris v. De La Torre (2005) 36 Cal 4th 260. Steve is an ABOTA member and has an AV-Rating with Martindale-Hubbell. He has also been named Super Lawyer for the years 2008-2014. In addition, he has been included in The National Trial Lawyer’s “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” since 2010 and The Best Lawyers in America since 2011. Finally, Stephen was chosen as a finalist for the Consumer Attorneys of California’s 2010-2011 Consumer Attorney of the Year Award.
Steve is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Presidents Club of California Consumer Attorneys, the California Trial Lawyer Association, San Diego Consumer Attorneys, and the American Bar Association. Steve also teaches trial skills to other attorneys at various seminars throughout the United States, including most recently the annual CAOC Convention in San Francisco and the Melvin Belli Seminar in San Jose, CA.
Specialties: Catastrophic Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Dog Bites; Institutional Sexual Abuse; Slip and Fall; Products Liability; Construction Accidents; Product Defects; Brain Injury; Truck Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Bicycle Accidents; Airplane Crash Litigation; Elder Law; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Insurance Bad Faith; Birth Injuries; and Wrongful Death.
Admission Dates & Jurisdictions
United States Supreme Court
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
State of California
Education
Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice, San Diego State University, 1989
Juris Doctor, California Western School of Law, 1992
Professional Associations
Presidents Club of California
Consumer Attorneys California
Trial Lawyer Association
California Consumer Attorneys
San Diego Consumer Attorneys
San Diego Better Business Bureau
American Bar Association
San Diego County Bar Association
National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
Verdicts & Settlements
$30 million
John Doe v. Giarrettto
For physical and sexual abuse a child endured due to the negligence of a private company that licensed the foster home where child was placed for four years.
$23 Million
Matt Doe v. Los Angeles Unified School District
A Los Angeles jury awarded a young victim $23 million resulting from sexual abuse by his former elementary school teacher, Forrest Stobbe.
$18 million
Luke Acuna Case
The City of San Diego agreed to an $18.5 million settlement, which is believed to be the largest settlement of its type ever paid by San Diego.