Sean Estes - Associate

Sean Estes joined James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich in 2008. He focuses his practice on consumer class actions and civil litigation.

Sean is a “Double Gator” having graduated cum laude with majors in Economics and Political Science from the University of Florida (B.A., 2005) and cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law (J.D., 2008). While cheering the Gator football and basketball teams on to four national championships, Sean interned for the Honorable Peter K. Sieg of the Eighth Judicial Circuit and the Office of the State Attorney in Levy County. He also worked as a law clerk for Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano, PA. On campus, Sean was a Pro-Bono Certificate Recipient and a teaching assistant for the Trial Practice course.

Since law school, Sean has been admitted to the Florida Bar as well as the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Florida, Western District of Wisconsin, and Colorado. In 2010, he became a member of the Ferguson-White Inn of Court, an organization dedicated to fostering ethics and integrity in the legal profession that was co-founded by senior partner Judy Hoyer.

In his leisure time, Sean competes in distance running events. In 2010, he trained for and completed the Chicago Marathon and currently runs in the occasional half-marathon. Locally, Sean and his wife Jillian, also an associate of the firm, take part in 5K events and relay triathlons. Sean balances all this activity with many sedentary hours spent rooting on the Tampa sports teams, playing his favorite iPhone app Angry Birds, and managing his several fantasy football teams.