Stewart Albertson | San Francisco Probate Lawyer

Mr Stewart Richard Albertson

Mr Stewart Richard Albertson

Experience: 21 years
Language(s): English

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About Stewart

Stewart R. Albertson is a founding partner of Albertson & Davidson, and represents clients throughout California in Trust, Estate, and Probate litigation matters. He works across the Firm’s California offices.

Mr. Albertson received his law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law before obtaining an LL.M. degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C.  Prior to attending law school, he served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army for two years, and before that was stationed along the DMZ border of North Korea and South Korea for a one year tour with the Second Infantry Division.

With a focus on energetic and dynamic representation committed to achieving just and fair results for his clients, Mr. Albertson has helped the Firm’s clients obtain over $30 million in verdicts and settlements, including a jury verdict in one San Bernardino wrongful death case for $5.7 million (Sloan v. Redmond). He is also active in the legal community, teaching Will and Trust Litigation at Chapman University School of Law.

Mr. Albertson also handles the Firm’s wrongful death, product liability, and catastrophic personal injury litigation. In 2013, he was part of a team of lawyers that recovered more than $50 million for clients that had been harmed by several large corporations. In March 2015, he was part of a team of lawyers that obtained a $5.7 million jury verdict against a multi-billion dollar corporation that refused to accept responsibility for harming a California resident.

In 2013 Mr. Albertson was nominated for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ Trial Lawyer of the Year, and in 2014 and 2015 he was selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Albertson regularly appears in California state courts, and has experience in Federal courts as well.

Outside of work, Mr. Albertson is a motorcycle enthusiast, enjoys exercising, and mountain biking. He resides in Redwood City and Colton.

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Experience

Attorney

Albertson & Davidson LLP

Present

San Francisco, CA

Vice President

The Albertson & Davidson Children's Foundation

2011 - Present

California

Adjunct Professor

Chapman University School of Law

2008 - Present

Orange, CA

Associate Attorney

Ziprick & Cramer, LLP

2006 - 2007

California

Professor

Loma Linda University School of Public Health

2003 - 2007

Loma Linda, CA

Owner

Law Office of Stewart R. Albertson

2004 - 2006

California

Admission

Verified Louisiana

2002

Verified California

2004

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.

LL.M. (Taxation)

2003

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • California State Bar Association
  • San Mateo County Bar Association
  • The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
  • Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
Honors / Awards
  • Top 100 Trial Lawyers The National Trial Lawyers
    2014
  • Southern California Rising Stars Super Lawyers Magazine
    2014
  • Southern California Rising Stars Super Lawyers Magazine
    2013
  • Southern California Rising Stars Super Lawyers Magazine
    2011
  • Southern California Rising Stars Super Lawyers Magazine
    2010

Notable Work

Publications

Products liability: Avoiding the “land of the lost”. Stewart R. Albertson, Advocate Magazine ()

2013



The International Taxation of Dividend Income: A Closer Look at the Bush Administration’s Dividend Exclusion Proposal and Two Proposals Outside of the Classical and Integration?   Tax Regimes (Masters Thesis LL.M.; Not Published ()

2003


Are employer-sponsored tax-deferred 401(k) plans still a good investment? Stewart R. Albertson and S. Eric Anderson, Inland Empire Business Journal ()

2004


How the motion picture industry miscalculates box office receipts. David Shavlik, S. Eric Anderson, and Stewart R. Albertson, Inland Empire Business Journal ()

2004

Albertson & Davidson, LLP Highlights

Litigation, Trusts, Wills, Wills & Probate, Wrongful Death

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