Stephen D. Blea is a Partner in the Estate & Trust Litigation Group and the Civil & Commercial Litigation Group, where he advises clients in estate and trust controversies and business litigation matters. Mr. Blea’s practice broadly encompasses all aspects and stages of litigation for clients at both the trial and appellate court levels, and his practice primarily focuses on trust and estate litigation, as well as business and contract disputes and commercial litigation.
Mr. Blea received his law degree in 2013 from Santa Clara University. He is admitted to practice law in the State of California. Mr. Blea is listed in Southern California Super Lawyers – San Diego (Rising Stars) (2019 – present) for work in Estate & Trust Litigation. In 2025, Mr. Blea was recognized by The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® In America for work in Litigation – Trusts and Estates, and Trusts and Estates.
Mr. Blea is a member of the California Lawyers Association (Trusts and Estates Section) and the San Diego County Bar Association (Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section, the Business/Corporate Law Section, and the Elder Law Section).
In 2021, Mr. Blea co-authored the article, Whose Money is it Anyway? Making Cents of the California Uniform Principal and Income Act, published in the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Official Publication of the California Lawyers Association, Trusts and Estates Section, with Kristen E. Caverly and Lisa B. Roper.
