Attorney at Law

Education

JD, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, cum laude, 2005, Bar License: California, BA, Clemson University, cum laude, 1995

Teddy Robert McNamara prepares living trusts for individuals, professionals, parents, teachers, plumbers, United Food and Commercial Workers, ironworkers, teamsters, County and City of San Diego Employees, Communications Workers of America, and members of countless other unions. Teddy also prepares estate plans for clients from all parts of San Diego County.

He is a regular speaker at numerous companies and unions here in San Diego. Teddy donates his time to go to places where people work and belong to conduct seminars on Estate Planning. Since 2006 Teddy has conducted over 150 seminars in San Diego County. A few of the places where he presented include, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar's Transition Program, the City of Poway, the City of Chula Vista, Qualcomm, Intuit, the City of Oceanside, Maxwell Technologies Inc., Francis Parker School, Caci, Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, FBI, San Diego Research Foundation, Caltrans, Nokia, Mitchell International, Nokia, La Mesa Council on Aging, Chula Vista Council on Aging and Charlotte Russe to name a few. If you know of a company or place where people belong who would benefit from a seminar on Estate Planning, please contact Teddy at the number or email listed below.

In the course of his practice, Teddy maintains a personal touch with his clients. Quite simply put, Teddy’s clients are considered friends. Every client receives an extremely high-quality customized estate plan, which is specifically designed to meet his/her needs. Teddy's practice is limited to estate planning, trust and probate administration, estate and gift taxation, business, guardianship and conservatorship law, and personal injury law. On the rare occasion that Teddy’s clients require legal advice, that is outside the scope of his practice, an appropriate list of affiliate counsels are provided, who also share his philosophy of providing the highest caliber of legal services at a reasonable cost.

History

While attending law school with two small children and a wife working full time at night as a Registered Nurse, Teddy worked as a law clerk in the Legal Department of Sharp Healthcare. During Teddy’s last year of law school, he worked as a law clerk for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT). Upon graduation from law school, Teddy continued to work at CAMFT and moved into a Staff Attorney position with CAMFT upon passing the California State Bar. Upon leaving CAMFT to explore new areas of law Teddy worked for Asaro Keagy Freeland & Mckinley, an Eminent Domain and Real Property Litigation Law Firm here in San Diego since 1965. While working at Asaro Keagy Freeland & Mckinley, Teddy also worked with Frank Griswold, an Estate Planning and Business Attorney here in San Diego since 1973. Soon thereafter, Teddy assumed full responsibility for Frank Griswold’s practice and has focused on estate planning matters since that time. In 2008 Teddy purchased the law practice of attorney Linda Schumacher. Linda has been practicing in the area of estate planning, probate, and trust administration for over 15 years. In 2007 Teddy's practice expanded into personal injury matters. In 2022, Teddy assumed the law practice of Andy J. Marcus. Mr. Marcus is Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and has been in practice in San Diego, California since 1975.