PRESENTER BIO

David Shebby

Mr. Shebby is a Certified Family Law Specialist and founding partner of Jacobson Scully Shebby, LLP.  He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1993 and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1990. He practices exclusively in the area of family law.  Mr. Shebby has extensive experience in both state and federal courts and has litigated scores of jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations to verdict.  Los Angeles Magazine recognized Mr. Shebby as a Southern California “Super Lawyer” for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. He has received an AV® Preeminent™ peer ranking (the highest possible rating) with regard to both family law and civil litigation.  Mr. Shebby has published articles and lectured for the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, the American Inns of Court, and other organizations. He served as immediate past President of the Board of Directors for the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law. He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Family Law Executive Committee. Mr. Shebby previously served his Catholic community as the chair of the Parish Council at St. Mark Catholic Church in Venice, California, and is a member of the Los Angeles Catholic Lawyers Association and a volunteer for Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles.  In addition, he founded and ran a pro bono legal clinic at Miriam’s House, a sober-living facility for women and their children. He enjoys hunting and fishing and remains in search of the (thus-far elusive) 100-pound tuna.