Press Releases

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Aug. 29, 2011) – California Governor Jerry Brown has announced the appointment of Frederick Schenk — a partner with the law offices of Casey Gerry, Schenk, Francavilla, Blatt and Penfield  — as a member of the Board of Directors, 22nd District Agricultural Association (San Diego County Fair Board), which runs the San Diego County Fair and oversees all operations at the state-owned fairgrounds in Del Mar.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (August 18, 2011) — Lawyers for the sole survivor of a deadly crash involving an out-of-control Lexus filed suit today seeking compensatory damages for product liability and negligence from Bob Baker Lexus in El Cajon, Calif.,

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (August 8, 2011)…In a case that reaffirms the right to safe public access for the physically disabled, a $1.25 million out-of-court settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving the country’s longest survivor of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) — a disease in which victims progressively lose muscle control.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (July 27, 2011) – In a move that allows a class action lawsuit against the City of Chula Vista, Calif.  to proceed, The California Supreme Court has unanimously held that Government Code Section 910 allows taxpayers to file a class action claim against a municipal governmental entity for a refund of local taxes.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (June 23, 2011) — The San Diego-based law offices of Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield, LLP and Newport Beach-based Capretz & Associates have filed a class action lawsuit against the City of Chula Vista, Calif.,

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Six CaseyGerry partners – Gayle M. Blatt, David Casey Jr., Robert J. Francavilla, Thomas D. Luneau, Thomas D. Penfield, and Frederick Schenk – have been recognized in Super Lawyers Magazine, the nation’s leading annual legal services directory for consumers, in its prestigious annual ranking of attorneys. 

SAN DIEGO (June 9, 2011) — Shari Friedman Schenk, director of marketing at the law offices of Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, has been named president of the board of directors of the San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), a private independent Jewish day school in Carmel Valley which serves children from infant day care, preschool and kindergarten through grade 12.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Thomas D. Penfield – a partner with San Diego-based law firm Casey Gerry – was recently elected to the board of directors of the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA), the county’s largest legal organization with over 10,000 attorney members.