Name: Stephen Estey
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Stephen J. Estey is a founding partner of Estey & Bomberger, LLP. He is a Board Certified Trial Attorney in San Diego. He holds an AV-Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is also a member of ABOTA. He boasts three Outstanding Trial Lawyer Awards and two Trial Attorney of the Year designations from the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, and has been a finalist for the Consumer Attorneys of California's Consumer Attorney of the Year Award. He was chosen by the Daily Journal, California's largest legal news provider, as a Top Plaintiff Attorney in the State of California for 2017.

Estey is an active mentor to many attorneys and teaches trial skills at various seminars throughout the United States. He is also a popular presenter and guest speaker and has presented at various conferences including the Color of Child Welfare Conference in Milwaukee, the National Center for Victims of Crime, the East Los Angeles Women's Center, and the San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment.

Estey specializes in “institutional” child sex abuse cases, meaning the child was in the care of a school, day care, etc, at the time he or she was sexually abused. “My goal,” says Estey, “is to take the blame and shame they’re feeling, and redirect it to the institutions that failed to protect them in the first place.”

Some prominent recent results include:

1) $30 million for single victim of sexual molestation by foster parent

2) $23 million for single victim of sexual molestation by teacher

3) $15 million for victims of sexual molestation by teacher

4) $9 million for victims of sexual molestation by teacher’s aide at day care center

These cases and others have illustrated the lifelong consequences of sexual abuse, as researched in the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Institutions take notice of large verdicts. When an institution’s checkbook is affected, it begins to change policies and procedures, which keeps children safer in the long run,” says Estey. To prove his point, he recalls that after finishing his keynote speech at the recent Color of Child Welfare Conference, a woman commented in private, “I wish you would sue the organization I work for so that they will listen to what I’m telling them, i.e., we are not doing enough to protect the children.”

Estey can be reached at steve@estey-bomberger.com or 619-295-0035.

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