David P. Shebby, CFLS

Mr. Shebby is a Certified Family Law Specialist and founding partner of Shebby Hirashima LLP. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1993 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990. Mr. Shebby is also an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he teaches marital property. Mr. Shebby has more than three decades of trial experience and has litigated scores of trials to verdict.

Los Angeles Magazine recognized Mr. Shebby as a Southern California “Super Lawyer” each year since 2010, and in 2024 he was recognized as one of the top 100 lawyers (in all fields of practice) in Southern California. He has an AV®Preeminent™ peer ranking (the highest possible rating) with regard to both Family Law and Civil Litigation, and is selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Family Law Executive Committee.

Mr. Shebby is a member of the Board of Directors of the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law. The Center provides free family law assistance and legal education to those living in poverty. He served as President of the Center from 2014 to 2016. In 2017, he was awarded the Center’s Hall of Fame Award, which “honors a volunteer whose efforts exhibit, by action and deed over an extended period of time, exceptional service and dedication to the Center, its clients and its causes, and who has left a permanent mark in its history.” The story of one of the clients Mr. Shebby assisted through the Harriett Buhai Center can be found here.

Mr. Shebby is a practicing Catholic and previously served his Catholic community as the chair of the Parish Council at St. Mark Catholic Church in Venice, California. Mr. Shebby is a member of the St. Thomas More Society of Los Angeles, the Catholic Bar Association, and a volunteer for Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles.

Away from the office, he enjoys hunting, fishing, and most outdoor activities.

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 Bar Association of San Francisco, the Alameda County Bar Association, the American Inns of Court, CalCPA, and other organizations. A complete list of those lectures and articles can be found below.

In addition to all California state courts, Mr. Shebby is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court, Central District of California.