Atty. Frank M. Pitre

• Legal Externship, California Supreme Court, 1980
• Law Clerk, San Mateo County Superior Court, 1981

Author

• "Abuse of Process," California Tort Damages, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1988
• "Tort Trends," The Docket, San Mateo County Bar Association, 1989-1994

Co-Author

• "Jury Instructions: A Practical Approach to their Use," Civil Litigation Reporter, March, 1984
• "Arguing Punitive Damages," Civil Litigation Reporter, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1991
• "Effective Opening Statements," California Litigation, Journal of the Litigation Section, California State Bar, 1991
• "Jury Trial Tips: Witnesses," California Litigation, Journal of the Litigation Section, California State Bar, 1991
• "Winning Through A More Effective Direct Examination," California Litigation, Journal Of The Litigation Section, California State Bar, 1991
• "Jury Trial Tips: High Tech Tools," California Litigation, Journal of the Litigation Section, California State Bar, 1992

Consultant

• "California Civil Practice," Bancroft-Whitney, 1992
• "California Trial Practice: Civil Procedure During Trial," CEB, 1995
• "California Personal Injury Proof," (CEB, 1996-2016)

Panelist

• "Fundamentals of Civil Litigation Before Trial," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1988 and 1990
• "Jury Instructions," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1986
• "Proving Injuries To The Body And Mind," San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, 1989
• "Tort Damages: How To Identify And Prove Them," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1989
• "Jury Voir Dire Skills Workshop," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1989
• "Trial Preparation: The War To End All Wars," Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California, 1991
• "Evaluation & Settlement," San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, 1991
• "Trial Video: Litigation In The Televisual Age," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1991 and 1993
• "Premises Liability Seminar," San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association, 1994
• "Deposition Fundamentals," Lorman Business Center, 1995-
• "Preparing For Trial The Last 100 Days," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998
• "Mass Torts: The Future Is Here," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2000
• "Jury Trials in the Aftermath of September 11th," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2001
• "Jury Selection: Overcoming Juror Bias," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2002, 2004
• "Jury Selection," San Francisco Trial Lawyers, 2003
• "Legends of Litigation: The Art of Examination," CEB 2003
• "Evidence For the Trial Practitioner in California," Lorman Education Services, 2003-2007
• "The Art of Jury Selection," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2003
• "Effective Opening Statements & Closing Arguments," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2004
• "Opening Statements and Hearsay," Lorman Business Center, 2004-2005

Lecturer

• Working With Experts, Hastings College of Advocacy, 1987
• Overlooked Torts in Business Litigation, California Trial Lawyers Association, 1987
• Closing Arguments, Hastings College of Advocacy, 1989
• "Trial Preparation," Hastings College of Advocacy, 1992

Faculty

• Hastings College of Advocacy, 1988-1994
• University of San Francisco, "Trial Skills Workshop," 1992, 1995-1998
• "Creative Opening Statements," California Trial Lawyers Association, 1994
• "Creative Use Of Video Evidence," Consumer Attorneys of California, 1995
• "Evaluation Of A Case," Santa Clara University, 1996
• "How to Handle The Trial Of a Trademark/Trade Dress Claim; The Kendall-Jackson v
• Gallo Case," Business Section of the San Mateo County Bar Association, 1997
• "The Case Against the TEC-9 Assault Rifle," Consumer Attorneys of California, 1998
• "Diet Center Liability and the Fen-Phen Cocktail," Consumer Attorneys of California, 1999
• "Tips on Jury Selection for a Business Tort Case," Consumer Attorneys of California, 1999
• "The First Amendment Challenge to Product Liability Suits," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2000. "De-Mystifying Daubert," Consumer Attorney's of California, 2007
• "Masters in Demonstrative Evidence," American Board of Trial Advocates, Trial Demonstration, 2009
• "Masters in Opening Statements & Closing Arguments," American Board of Trial Advocates, 2010
• "Masters In Trial - Opening Statement To Jury Deliberation," Trial Deposition, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2011
• Judge Pro Tem, San Mateo County Superior Court, 1993-

Listed

"The Best Lawyers in America," Naifeh & Smith, 2006-2016 Selected Lawyer of the Year - Personal Injury, San Francisco Bay Area, "Northern California Super Lawyers 2004-2016 (Top 100; Top 10 2010, 2014-2015); Listed, Lawdragon "Top 500 Leading Litigators in America," 2006

Recipient

• San Mateo County Trial Lawyers, Trial Lawyer of The Year, 2006
• Edward I. Pollack Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2010
• Consumer Attorney of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2013
• Selected Top 25 California Plaintiffs Lawyers, Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal (2015)