Frank Fernandez

After graduating from law school in 1975 I worked for several years as a labor lawyer for the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and the California Department of Occupational Health & Safety (Cal-OSHA.) After that I represented the most powerless and unorganized segment of our community. For six years I represented criminal defendants in dozens of trials.

I have spent the last twenty years representing workers who are seriously ill as a result of exposure to asbestos and other toxins. I advocate for persons against powerful defendants who refuse to compensate our clients for injuring them. My labor, occupational health and safety experience, and trial skills help me obtain substantial recoveries for our clients.

I am a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, the San Francisco Bar Association, San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association and the State Bar of California. From 1990 and 1994 I was a member of the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission of the California State Bar. I am admitted to practice in all federal courts in California.In addition to my legal work, I serve on the board or advisory board of a number of non-profit community organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area that help people who are having difficulty obtaining food, shelter, clothing and basic human rights and help disadvantaged youth to recognize and achieve their limitless potential. The organizations include Friends of the Mission Campus, Seven Tepees Youth Program, Youth Law Academy and San Francisco La Raza Centro Legal.