Retired Partner
frank@macfern.com
| 221 Sansome Street, Third Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 362-0449 |
914 Thirteenth Street Modesto, CA 95354 (209) 521-8100 |
Since 1965, Frank has worked as an attorney and farmer in Modesto, Dixon and Calistoga. Not only has he worked in a general private practice, but in 1967 and 1968 he served as the Assistant City Attorney of Modesto.
SPECIAL INTERESTS/HOBBIES
Viticultural cultivar development and research.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Agricultural Law
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Producer Lien Rights
- Real Property Law
- Mechanics and Materialmen’s Liens
- Estate Planning
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, J.D. 1964
University of California, Davis, B.S. 1961, Major: Agricultural Production (Viticulture, Pomology, Plant Sciences) Agricultural Economics
PUBLISHED WORKS
A Home & A Price: 75 years of History with the California Peach Canning Association (Lafayette, CA: California Canning Peach Association, 1997)
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
- Allied Grape Growers, Board Member, 1970-1978
- California Canning Peach Assn., Board Member, 1972-1988
- California Canning Peach Assn., Vice-chairman, 1974-1982
- California Freestone Peach Assn., Board Member, 1974-1978
- Cling Peach Advisory Board, Board Member, 1974-1992
- United Vintners, Board Member, 1975-1978
- California Freestone Peach Assn., Chairman, 1976-1978
- Diamond Walnut Growers, Assn., Board Alternate, 1978-1980
- California Canning Peach Assn., Chairman, 1982-1988