Ian J. Carstens is an Associate in the San Diego office. He is a member of the Insurance Coverage / Bad Faith and Landlord / Tenant / Habitability teams.

Prior to joining Manning Kass, Mr. Carstens worked as an associate attorney in insurance defense. Before that, he worked as an associate attorney at a Workers’ Compensation defense firm. While working toward his law degree, he also served as a student intern tax attorney for the University of San Diego Federal Low Income Tax Clinic.

Mr. Carstens received his Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, with dual concentrations in International and Business/Corporate Law. He also spent a year as a Managing Editor of the San Diego International Law Journal, where he was fortunate enough to have a comment published discussing Online Copyright. Additionally, he started an Anime & Manga Law Society at USD as a social student organization, which provided him the opportunity to make great friends and also volunteer at San Diego Comic-Con.

Outside of work, Mr. Carstens loves to watch anime and horror movies, play board and video games, and ride motorcycles. He also has a cat that he adores (when he isn't being an absolute jerk) called Tucker.