Christopher P. Wesierski

Prior to forming Wesierski and Zurek LLP, Mr. Wesierski was the managing senior partner at the Orange County office of a large defense firm. He also served on the executive management committee for that firm.

Mr. Wesierski attended California State University at Long Beach where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975. He studied law at the University of San Diego and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1978.

Mr. Wesierski was admitted to the California State Bar in 1979 and is currently a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association, the Hispanic Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and he is an Advocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble (highest ranking) and is ranked 10 (out of a possible 10) by AVVO.

He has also been admitted to the Ninth Circuit of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for all districts in California. He is on the editorial board for James Publishing as to sexual harassment publications. Mr. Wesierski is a Master Bencher in the Robert Banyard Inn of Court. Chris Wesierski is a member of the executive board for Orange County ABOTA. He is a member of the executive board for the Robert Banyard Inn of Court. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Bar Foundation.

Mr. Wesierski has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal court in such diverse areas of law as wrongful termination, medical malpractice, premises liability, insurance coverage bad faith, products liability, defamation, breach of contract, sexual harassment, 17200 claims, agent malpractice, malicious prosecution, appraiser malpractice and auto liability. Mr. Wesierski has also arbitrated numerous cases to successful conclusion.

He is a specialist in Mary Carter agreements and has consulted as an expert in this area. He has published an article concerning Mary Carter agreements in the Insurance Counsel Journal and has been quoted in the California State Bar Magazine on that topic. Mr. Wesierski has lectured for the Rutter Group and has been asked to teach a trial practice course for a local law school. He has also given trial seminars to various insurance companies, corporations and other companies as well as such groups as the California Hotel and Motel Association and the National Food Service in Portland, Oregon and Beaver Creek, Colorado as well as Phoenix, Arizona and San Diego, California. He has published an article on employment in two magazines and has cases that have been published on appeal in employment as well Chris Wesierski has published an article along with Laura Barns on Labor Law in CEB on line.

Mr. Wesierski has once again been selected as the defense coordinator for a new program in 2010 which is Masters in Cross-Examination through ABOTA at Chapman Law School.

In May 2009, Mr. Wesierski was the defense coordinator, while in January 2008, he handled the direct exam of the expert in regard to accident reconstruction and biomechanics at Chapman Law School for an audience of over one hundred. In 2006, he was the defense coordinator for all of the attorney speakers on the defense side of the case, in 2003, he was one of the speakers, and in 2001, he was the defense coordinator as well.

Most recently, in August of 2009 Chris Wesierski was selected as one of the top attorneys in Orange County for both Employment/Labor matters and for Insurance situations by OCMETRO. As the cover of the magazine stated "OC's Top Lawyers - Is your attorney among them? It's the list every business owner and savvy professional Must Read!"

Mr. Wesierski was selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer again for 2010. He has received this honor every year since 2004 by votes tabulated and sent to over 65,000 lawyers in Southern California. Only three percent of licensed attorneys in Southern California were selected for this award which includes lawyers from every type of practice including public interest lawyers, in-house counsel, prosecutors and public defenders.

In November 2003, Mr. Wesierski was presented the prestigious Angelo Palmieri award for maintaining the legal profession's highest tradition of professionalism and civility by the Robert Banyard Inn of Court.