Lacey L. Estudillo

Clients benefit from Lacey Estudillo’s thorough research and carefully written appellate briefs.

Lacey Estudillo joined the firm in 2016 as part of Horvitz & Levy LLP’s two-year Appellate Fellowship Program. As an Appellate Fellow, Lacey participated in the drafting of briefs in the California Supreme Court and assisted other H&L attorneys with a variety of projects, including performing case-related legal research and developing articles for publication. In 2018, Lacey began her clerkship for Judge André Birotte, Jr. at the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and then in 2019, she clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for Judge Carlos Bea. She returned to Horvitz & Levy in 2020 to begin her career as an appellate attorney.

Lacey graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Lacey was a member of the Moot Court Team, a teaching assistant for Legal Research and Writing, and a teaching fellow for the Academic Success Program. Lacey obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, cum laude, from Pepperdine University, and a certificate in conflict management from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.

In 2016, Lacey received the Judge Barry Russell Federal Practice Award for achievement in federal practice and procedure.

Lacey assists in co-editing and updating the firm’s Evidence Code section 1157 Manual and MICRA Manual.