Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Workers Compensation
- Social Security Disability
Biography
Deirdre Frank's interests include local Ventura County politics, national and international travel, Italian, French and Persian cooking, reading, especially autobiographies, astrology and the ocean lifestyle.
Education
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D., Doctorate of Jurisprudence - 1978
- University of California, Los Angeles, California
- B.A. - 1975
- Major: Political Science
Bar Admissions
- California, 1978
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1979
Professional Associations
- National Women's Political Caucus, Former President
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Former Member, Board of Governors
- Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Former Member, Board of Governors
- Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association, Former President & Member, Board of Directors
- National Womens Political Caucus Ventura County Chapter, Former President & Member, Board of Directors
- Ventura County Bar Association, Former Member, Board of Directors
- Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation, Former Vice-President
- Ventura County Civil Service Commission, Former Chair
- City of Oxnard Planning Commission, Former Chair & Member over several terms
- Court Appointed Mediator/Arbitrator/Judge Pro Tem
Representative Cases
- Morales v. W.C.A.B., 230 Cal.Rptr. 575 (Cal.App. 2 Dist. 1986)
Pro-Bono Activities
- Arbitrator, Municipal & Superior Courts
- Judge Pro Tem, Small Claims and Municipal Court
- Developed “Lawyers in the Classroom” program with Ventura County Bar Association
- Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court
- Fee Dispute Arbitrator - Ventura County Bar Association
- Mock Trial Coach, Ventura High School, 1991 to 1992
Past Positions
- Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas, Los Angeles, Law Clerk, 1976 to 1978
- Gilliland, Roberson & Moser, Los Angeles, Attorney, 1979 to 1981
- Robertson & Frank, Century City, Attorney, 1981 to 1982
- Brown & Goldberg, Oxnard, Attorney, 1982 to 1983
- Frank & Rosenfeld, Oxnard, Attorney, 1984 to 1990