Stefanie Herrington is an attorney and the sole shareholder of Montecito Law Group, P.C., an estate planning law firm that serves Santa Barbara County. Stefanie has been a Rotarian for eight years, and serves on the board of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Sunset as well as the club's charitable foundation. Stefanie volunteers with Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, where she served on the board of trustees for seven years, including two years as president. She also founded and co-chaired the nonprofit's largest annual fundraiser for six years, raising a record $250,000 in 2019 and doubling Girls Inc.'s endowment fund. 

Stefanie grew up in Portland, Oregon, and received her B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She received her J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the Oregon Law Review. During law school, Stefanie clerked for business and environmental litigation law firms, as well as the Hon. Michael Hogan for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Before moving to California, Stefanie clerked for the Hon. Daniel M. Taubman at the Colorado Court of Appeals and practiced complex business litigation in Portland. Stefanie was a partner in an estate planning law firm in Carpinteria for six years before establishing Montecito Law Group.