Polly Jessica Estes

Work Experience

• Partner
• Estes Law Group
• 2013 - Present

• Chief Law Clerk to the Hon. Carlos T. Bea and Motions Attorney
• U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
• 2002 - 2013

• Associate
• Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP
• 1999 - 2001

Education

• University of Texas School of Law
• N/A

• University of Colorado - Boulder
• N/A

Legal Cases

• San Mateo County Trans. Dist. v. Tanforan Park Shopping Ctr., L.L.C., (San Mateo County Superior Court 2001, case no. 407836)
• complete victory

• Cordis Corp. v. Advanced Cardiovascular Sys., Inc., 2000 WL 376416 (D. Del. 2000)
• Complete victory for our client

• 50-OFF Stores, Inc. v. Banques Paribas (Suisse) SA, 180 F.3d 247 (5th Cir. 1999)
• We recovered far more for our client than it lost due to the Defendants actions.

Associations

• Bar Association of San Francisco
• 2001 - Present

• Ninth Circuit Bar Association
• 2001 - Present

• Fifth Circuit Bar Association
• 1995 - Present

Languages Spoken

• English

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Phi Beta Kappa
• 1989

Publications

• Insurance Litigation Reporter
• A Legal Theory of the Use of Experts in Insurance Claim Adjustment, Vol. 23 No. 5 Ins. Litig. Rep. 140 (2001)
• 2001

• St. Mary's Law Journal
• Preservation of Error: Filing a Lawsuit Through Presentation of Evidence, 30 St. Mary’s L.J. 993 (1999)
• 1999

• State Bar of Texas
• Homeowner’s Insurance: Coverage and Liability, Texas State Bar’s Advanced Ins. Law Course (1997)
• 1997

Speaking Engagements

• Bar Association of San Francisco
• Writing a Reply Brief
• 2014