Our Latest Featured Speaker is Brad Estes!

Our latest Featured Speaker is Brad Estes of Lewis & Llewellyn LLP!

Brad is speaking at our 21st Annual California Superior Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts, on October 6 and 8, 2026!

This two-part webinar has set the standard in litigation training in CA for more than two decades and walks through most every phase of a case, from the first pleading through pre-trial motions, with insight from judges and attorneys on both sides of the aisle. Hon. Kira L. Klatchko, Retired, and now in ADR at JAMS, adds her two cents throughout Part 1, and Hon. Laura A. Seigle does the same throughout Part 2.

Brad is co-teaching “Building the Case from Day One: Themes, Pleadings, Defenses, and Early Motions” today, along with Meghan Féronie Loisel. It opens the program and covers early case assessment and themes, the complaint (advice and strategies), answering the complaint, defenses vs. affirmative defenses, motions directed at the pleadings, motions to dismiss, motions for a more definite statement, motions to strike, practice pointers and pitfalls, additional important rules, and mistakes not to make.

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Brad is returning to our Superior Court Boot Camp for the third year in a row, after opening the program alongside Meghan in 2024 and 2025, and we love having him kick things off each year. He will also be speaking at our Anti-SLAPP Litigation in California: From Complaint Through Appeal program in December.

Brad Estes is an experienced litigator, representing plaintiffs and defendants across a wide variety of industries at every stage of complex commercial litigation, including business tort, contract, fraud, regulatory, trade secret, trademark, employee mobility, and competition disputes.

Brad has a proven track record of counseling senior leadership, orienting his litigation approach to the strategic needs of the business and emphasizing tenacity, creativity, and pragmatism. He prides himself on his subject matter adaptability and ability to dive deep into the facts of a case at any stage. Brad’s practice has been uniquely trial-focused, providing insight at every stage of the case of the ultimate risks and rewards his clients face. He is also experienced at performing pre-litigation investigations to identify claims, mitigate liability, and resolve disputes at an early stage. He has been recognized as a Northern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Brad also founded and runs Lewis & Llewellyn’s annual fellowship, which is designed to promote access to the legal profession by providing hands-on litigation experience, law school preparation, and general professional development to high-achieving young adults from a diverse array of backgrounds.

Before joining Lewis & Llewellyn, Brad clerked for the Honorable Lawrence J. O’Neill of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Prior to clerking, Brad practiced at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP in San Francisco, California, representing a range of clients from Fortune 500 companies to privately held corporations, including pharmaceutical, consumer product, professional, and technology companies. The vast majority of Brad’s time at Quinn Emanuel was spent in or preparing for jury trials in state and federal courts across the country.

We are so happy to welcome you back, Brad!