Stephanie S. Germani, Esq., LL.M., EMBA
Stephanie Germani is a California trial lawyer whose practice focuses on landlord-tenant litigation. She founded Germani Law in 2021 and has represented both landlords and tenants in unlawful detainer trials, wrongful eviction and Tenant Protection Act cases, habitability claims, and security deposit disputes. Germani Law is based in Vista and takes cases throughout California.
Her housing work began in law school, helping self-represented tenants respond to eviction lawsuits in the Legal Aid Society of San Diego’s unlawful detainer clinic and representing veterans as a certified law student in Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic.
Today she is also an adjunct professor and supervising attorney of clinical programs at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she supervises law students handling real client matters. She regularly co-hosts “What’s Up With Us?,” the California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section’s monthly case-law MCLE program.
Before law school, Stephanie was a newspaper copy editor at The Express-Times. She still writes for lawyers, including articles for the Real Property Law Section’s eNewsletter.
Honors
Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2025 Rising Star
Super Lawyers, 2026 Rising Star
San Diego County Bar Association, 2026 Service by a New Lawyer Award
Leadership
California Lawyers Association, Real Property Law Section, Executive Committee and Legislation Committee
Lopardo Inn of Court, Executive Committee
San Diego County Bar Association, For The Record, Co-Editor
Founder and four-year coach, San Marcos High School Mock Trial Team
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
LL.M., Business and Corporate Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology