Professional Profiles
MARK P. ESTRELLA, ESQ.
Background
Born Los Angeles, California; February 22, 1972. Admitted to the State Bar of California; all United States District Courts (C.D./E.D./N.D./S.D.) in California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education
J.D., UCLA School of Law, Class of 1996; A.B. in Politics, Princeton University, Class of 1993.
Participation
Principal, Law Office of Mark P. Estrella (2011-2016); Senior Counsel/Team Leader, Initiative Legal Group, APC (2010-11); Income Partner, Bannan, Frank & Terzian, LLP/Burke Williams & Sorensen, LLP (2001-2010); Associate Attorney, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. (1998-2001); Associate Attorney, Shan K. Théver & Associates (1997-98).
Summer Law Clerk, Chapter 13 Standing Bankruptcy Trustee in Los Angeles (1995); Judicial Extern, United States District Court Judge Lourdes G. Baird (1994).
Associate Faculty, University of Phoenix, (Business Law / Risk Management); 2015 Academic Faculty Member of the Year (Southern California Campus, School of Business).
Memberships
The Maritime Law Association of the United States; The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies; American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Languages
German
Practice Areas
Handling and coordination of all phases of civil litigation venued in jurisdictions worldwide and before federal and state courts as well as administrative bodies in the United States involving transportation law with emphasis on loss/delay/damage to commercial cargo or other liabilities resulting from transportation of commercial cargo and representing shippers, consignees, insurers, and intermediaries. Business litigation experience culled from matters involving employment law, class action wage and hour law, products liability, consumer warranty law and protection, antitrust, bankruptcy, landlord/tenant, insurance (defense, coverage, insolvency), and business/complex torts. Public law matters involving employment/housing discrimination, civil rights, vendor contracts, land use, and liability defense matters.