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About Steve Estey
Steve Estey co-founded Estey & Bomberger, LLP in 1994 with law school friend Mike Bomberger. He specializes in cases other attorneys view as unwinnable, with a particular focus on institutional childhood sexual abuse, catastrophic personal injury, automobile accidents, slip and fall, products liability, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, and wrongful death. Steve is one of only 10 Board Certified Trial Attorneys in San Diego and holds an AV Preeminent rating. He is a two-time recipient of the 'Trial Attorney of the Year' award from the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and has received four Outstanding Trial Lawyer Awards from the same organization.
His first childhood sexual abuse case resulted in a $30 million verdict. Since 2010 he has been named to the National Trial Lawyers' Top 100, and since 2011 to 'The Best Lawyers in America.' He serves as a media expert on child sexual molestation in institutions and has presented at conferences including the National Center for Victims of Crime and the San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment.
Proven verdicts and settlements
Ohio State University agreed to pay $100 million to 279 of 280 remaining plaintiffs who sued the university over decades of sexual abuse by former team physician Dr. Richard Strauss; Estey and Bomberger was among co-counsel firms representing survivors.
A Los Angeles judge awarded $60 million to three female taekwondo athletes who were sexually abused by their coach for seven years, a case that later prompted the California Supreme Court to hold that national sports governing bodies owe a legal duty to protect athletes from abuse.
A Santa Clara County jury awarded $30 million to a man who endured years of sexual abuse as a foster child, finding the Giarretto Institute 75 percent responsible for licensing and failing to monitor the Mountain View home where the abuse occurred.
A Los Angeles jury awarded $23 million in December 2012 after finding that LAUSD ignored repeated warning signs while a fifth-grade teacher molested a ten-year-old student dozens of times over the course of a school year.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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