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Frank J. Christy, Jr.
Member
Email: frankchristy@comcast.net
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents and Injuries, Consumer Law, Dog Bites, Products Liability, Civil Rights, Wrongful Deaths, General Practice, Slip and Fall, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect.
Admitted: 1985, California; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; 1999, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School: McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, J.D., with distinction, 1985
College: University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., 1982
Member: State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys of California; McGeorge School of Law Dean's Council; Member of the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Biography: Member, Traynor Honor Society. Associate Editor, Owens California Forms and Procedures, 1984-1985. Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, 1991-1995. Partner, Holland & Christy, 1996-1997. Full-Time Contract Attorney, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, 1994-1996. Senior Associate Attorney, Brayton, Gisvold & Harley, 1990-1994. Associate Attorney: Bennett & Rowland, 1989-1990; Wright, Robinson, McCammon, Osthimer & Tatum, 1988-1989; Shaw, Gisvold & Rowland, 1987-1988; Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz and Dicker, 1986-1987.
Reported Cases: Mr. Christy was the lead attorney in the following reported cases.
Delgado v. Trax Bar & Grill (2005) 36 Cal.4th 224, which presented the following issue: Under what circumstances, if any, may a Tavern Owner who voluntarily provides security guards to monitor the Tavern’s parking lot and control patron behavior be held liable under the “Special Relationship” doctrine or the “Negligent Undertaking” Doctrine for injuries to a patron who was criminally attacked in the parking lot by another patron and others.
Mata v. Mata (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 1121, which presented the following issue: Whether a bar owner who hires a security guard to protect bar patrons may be held liable for injuries to patrons if the owner was negligent in hiring, training or supervising the security guard or for the security guard’s negligence.
Cohen v. Five Brooks Stable (2008) A116938, which presented the following issue: Whether a Release executed by a patron prior to going on a horseback trail ride was precluded from pursuing a claim for personal injuries.
Born: Greenville, Mississippi, January 15, 1959
ISLN: 908389412
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