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Schenk tapped to serve on governing body of world?s largest trial bar

By Richard Binder

Frederick Schenk ? a longtime partner with Casey Gerry, San Diego?s oldest plaintiff?s law firm ? has been elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), which with more than 55,000 members is the world?s largest trial bar.

An attorney with Casey Gerry since 1983, Schenk has extensive experience in products liability, personal injury, asbestos law and drug litigation. He co-authored the LexisNexis California Automobile Litigation Handbook, and since 2005, he has been listed in Woodward and White?s Best Lawyers In America. Additionally, he has been recognized by San Diego Magazine as the top local plaintiffs? personal injury attorney specializing in asbestos litigation, is listed in Super Lawyers magazine, and was awarded the ?Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award? by the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego. Active in numerous community and professional organizations, he has served as president of the Consumers Attorneys of San Diego and was recognized as ?Chapter President of the Year? by the Consumer Attorneys of California. Schenk is also past-president of the Civil Justice Foundation, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization dedicated to preventing consumer injury and defending consumer access to justice; past-president of The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center and a founding co-chair of the Cardozo Society of the United Jewish Federation of San Diego, which promoted Jewish learning, continuing legal education, and networking for Jewish attorneys in San Diego. In addition, he was vice president of the 22nd District Agricultural Association (Del Mar Fairboard), serving on the board of directors from 2002 to 2005.

The Board of Governors is the governing body of the AAJ (previously known as ATLA ?the American Association of Trial Lawyers), and is charged with establishing and approving all Association policies, including the adoption of a three-year budget on an annual basis. Each state trial lawyer organization is represented on the board by two or more governors; governors are also chosen by international jurisdictions and by various caucuses, organizations and groups within the Association. Schenk represents the Consumer Attorneys of California on the board.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on June 29, 2009 (boomark / email).