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| type, state, number: | attorney, ca, 100077 |
| issuer: state bar of california | |
| current status: active | |
| district: district 3 | |
| county: san mateo | |
| sections: | litigation |
| license history | |
| 12/01/1981 | admitted to the state bar of california |
Frank is no stranger to standing up to big business. He’s been spearheading the class-action suits by crab fishers and others who claim losses from the spill of 53,000 gallons of bunker oil into the San Francisco Bay after the container ship Cosco Busan struck the Bay Bridge on Nov. 7. A recent ruling had slashed punitive damages to Alaskans by 80 percent from the Exxon Valdex spill. But Frank said he didn't think the ruling would affect his case. He said his clients, suing under a state water-pollution law, want compensation for their losses, punitive damages for pilot Joseph Cota's alleged “conscious disregard for safety” and long-term monitoring of the fisheries. A confident lawyer is just what is needed for a case like this.