Carolyn J. Frank

Carolyn Frank is an associate attorney focusing on civil litigation. Ms. Frank represents public agencies in a wide range of matters, including civil rights, labor and employment, municipal taxation, and public safety issues. Ms. Frank was part of the 2009 trial team from Cota Cole that successfully defended a civil action brought by a former Deputy Sheriff against the County of Madera.

After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 2000, Ms. Frank pursued her law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where she graduated first in her class in 2006. During law school, Ms. Frank was a member of the McGeorge Law Review staff. Ms. Frank was also a member of the award-winning Mock Trial Competition Team. In addition, Ms. Frank was awarded Witkin awards for earning the highest grade in several of her courses, including Property, Torts, Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law, Business Associations, Evidence, Wills & Trusts, Remedies, Judicial Arbitration, Election Law, and Issues in Government Lawyering. Ms. Frank was also awarded the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, which is given to the graduating senior that the faculty determines made the greatest overall contribution to the law school.

While in law school, Ms. Frank clerked for the Honorable Justice Kathleen Butz at the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. While there, Ms. Frank gained experience in both civil and criminal appeals. Additionally, Ms. Frank clerked at the Pacific Justice Institute where she worked with nonprofit organizations on maintaining their tax exempt status and worked to defend students alleging First Amendment rights violations. After graduation, Ms. Frank clerked for the Honorable Garland E. Burrell, Jr. in the Eastern District Court of California. During her clerkship, she gained experience in a wide range of civil litigation cases.

Currently, Ms. Frank is teaching the Introduction to Law at William Jessup University.

Bar Admissions:

California Bar: 2006
United States District Court, Eastern District of California