Attorney Profile

Phone:	(858) 361 4264
Email:	estemko@aol.com

Areas of Practice

California Statewide Family Law Appeals and Writs including Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco and San Diego

Trial Consulting in Complex Family Law Litigation

Selected San Diego Super Lawyer 2009 -2021

Frequent lecturer to Family Law Lawyers California state wide

• Family Law Appeals
• Trial Consulting in Complex Family Law Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 1996
• Family Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 1990

Bar Admissions

• California, 1975
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1975
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Education

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado
  J.D.
  Law Review: Denver University Law Review
  
• University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance
  

Representative Cases

• In re Shaughnessy, 139 Cal.App.4 th 1225 (Cal.App. 4 Dist. 2006)
• In re Marriage of Harris, 34 Cal.4th 210 (Supreme Court of California 2004)
• Muckle v. Superior Court, 102 Cal.App.4th 218 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 2002)
• In re Marriage of Duncan, 90 Cal.App.4th 617 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 2001)
• Lammers v. Superior Court, 83 Cal.App.4th 1309 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 2000)
• In re Marriage of Kerr, 77 Cal.App.4th 87 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 1999)
• Droeger v. Friedman, Sloan & Ross, 54 Cal.3d 26 (Supreme Court of California 1991)
• Berry v. Berry, 216 Cal.App.3d 1155 (Cal.App.1.Dist. 1989)
• Guardianship of Simpson, 67 Cal.App.4th 914 (Cal.App.1.Dist. 1998)
• Casas v. Thompson, 42 Cal.3d 131 (Supreme Court of California 1986)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  Fellow
  
• San Diego County Bar Association
  
• San Diego County Family Law Specialists
  
• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists