• Terry Chucas

    Attorney in San Diego

  • About Terry Chucas

    A self-employed attorney with many years of experience in the San Diego area, Terry Chucas focuses his practice on representing children and parents in dependency court appeals. Terry Chucas frequently counsels clients in high-conflict divorce cases at the Superior Court of San Diego and often takes on some of the most difficult casework.

     

    Recently, Mr. Chucas accepted an offer to join the Dependency Appellate Panel for the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles and the Fourth District Court of Appeal in San Diego. One of the top attorneys in San Diego, according to San Diego Magazine, he also holds pre-eminent ranking from Martindale Hubbell, the highest honor awarded by the legal peer review organization.

     

    Mr. Chucas received his J.D. degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, where he ranked in the top 15 percent of his graduating class. He also holds a bachelor of arts in history from the University of British Columbia.

  • Education

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    University of British Columbia

    BA (1968)

    History

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    Thomas Jefferson University

    JD (1976)

    Class rank 15th out of 105.

  • My Blog

    One of the foundational aspects of California dependency court law and terminating parental...
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    Dependency court cases involve allegations of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. The primary...
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    California Dependency Court hearings are typically initiated after the removal of a child from...
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