Stewart R. Albertson
Top rated Estate & Trust Litigation attorney in Rancho Santa Fe, California
Albertson & Davidson, LLP
Practice areas: Estate & Trust Litigation, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in California since: 2004
Education: Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2010 - 2011, 2013 - 2014 Call today:
888-253-1194
Albertson & Davidson, LLP
18029 Calle AmbienteSuite 517
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091 Visit website
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Stewart R. Albertson is an attorney with Albertson & Davidson, LLP, assisting residents throughout California with their legal issues. He primarily handles cases involving estate planning, trust and probate, and litigation disputes. Regularly appearing before the state and federal courts in California, he is licensed to practice law in California and Louisiana and is admitted before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Central Districts of California.
Before delving into his legal studies, Mr. Albertson served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army for two years, and before that, he was stationed along the DMZ border of North Korea and South Korea for a one-year tour with the Second Infantry Division. He earned his Juris Doctor in 2002 from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and then proceeded to receive his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown Law School.
Rated “Superb” on Avvo, Mr. Albertson is well-appreciated by his clients and peers for his shrewd legal acumen and adept legal services. He is recognized for his contributions to the field by notable organizations such as the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Trial Lawyer of the Year – 2013) and the National Trial Lawyers (Top 100 Trial Lawyers – 2014, 2015 and 2016). In addition to his legal practice, he previously dedicated time to mentoring law students with wills and trusts law at Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law and the Loma Linda University School of Public Health through the role of an adjunct professor.
A voracious reader and writer, Mr. Albertson has authored many articles in esteemed publications such as The Advocate magazine and the Inland Empire Business Journal and has delivered talks before the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc., the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, and the Oak League Education Institute. An active member of the legal community, he maintains memberships with prominent associations, such as the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the San Diego County Bar Association, the San Mateo County Bar Association, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Consumer Attorneys of California and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
Practice areas
Estate & Trust Litigation, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Defense, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Will Contests, Wrongful Death
- 80% Estate & Trust Litigation
- 20% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2002, Louisiana
Professional Webpage: https://www.aldavlaw.com/attorneys/stewart-r-albertson/
- California, 2004
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- San Mateo County Bar Association
- San Diego County Bar Association
- The Bar Association of San Francisco
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- California State Bar Association
- Taxation of Financial Derivatives, Oak League Institute, 2003
- Charitable Trusts and Taxation of appreciated property, Redlands Yucaipa Guidance Counseling Association Board Meeting, 2003
- Estate and Financial Planning Seminar, Loma Linda University and Medical Center, 2004 & 2005
- Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court Precedent, The Research Channel. Loma Linda University Bioethics Grand Rounds, 2005
- Jury Selection. Melvin M. Belli Society, Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, 2013
- Trust and Will litigation, American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, 2015
- Ethics, Malpractice, Litigation…Oh My! Incapacity, Undue Influence and What Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorneys Need to Know, 2018
- The New Frontier–Contingency Practice for Trust and Will Litigation, 2018
- United States District Court, Northern District of California
- United States District Court, Eastern District of California
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- Louisiana, 2002
- Mr. Albertson's grand rounds presentation explains the distinction between fundamental rights and ordinary rights under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment’s substantive due process clause, as well as how physician-assisted suicide fits into the Supreme Court’s interpretation on what is and what is not a fundamental right. Mr. Albertson also explores the issue of federalism – the federal, state, and local governments sharing concurrent power and how the outcome of certain laws such as Gonzales v. Oregon (2005) will impact California’s own physician-assisted suicide proposed legislation, Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court Precedent
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2014, 2015, and 2016
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- LL.M. (Taxation); The Georgetown University Law Center, 2003
- B.S.; Southwestern Adventist University, 1999
- Teaching Will and Trust Litigation at Chapman University School of Law
- Products liability: Avoiding the “land of the lost”. Stewart R. Albertson, Advocate Magazine (2013)
- How the motion picture industry miscalculates box office receipts. David Shavlik, S. Eric Anderson, and Stewart R. Albertson, Inland Empire Business Journal (2004)
- Are employer-sponsored tax-deferred 401(k) plans still a good investment? Stewart R. Albertson and S. Eric Anderson, Inland Empire Business Journal (2004)
- 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)
Office location for Stewart R. Albertson
18029 Calle Ambiente
Suite 517
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091
Phone: 888-253-1194
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2010 - 2011, 2013 - 2014
