Frank J. DeMarco, Counsel

Practice Areas/Industries
Public Agency

Based in our Sacramento Office
916-551-2807 Direct Phone
916-551-3382 Direct Fax
fdemarco@hansonbridgett.com
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Frank J. DeMarco assists the firm's public agency clients with a wide variety of local, state, and federal administrative matters. He has considerable experience in land use and land use development, complex public agency real estate transactions, including landfill/solid waste facilities, jail construction, hospital facility transfers and concessionale/ shared development transactions, natural resources/environmental law, endangered species, solid waste management legal issues, public utilities issues and waste regulation matters. In addition, he has substantial experience in litigation evaluation and significant litigation settlement proceedings. He is also highly experienced in the developing of strategies to handle highly contentious, controversial matters including leading edge legal matters.

Frank has extensive experience representing public entities having previously served as County Counsel for Siskiyou County, one of the five largest and most geographically diverse counties in California, from 1973 to 2008. He also has served as an arbitrator for the Superior Court of California, handling a wide variety of matters including corporate law, real property disputes, and medical malpractice.

Academic Distinctions
American Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law, University of San Francisco School of Law

Awards
James B. Lindholm, Jr. Legacy Award, County Counsels' Association (2009)
County Counsel of the Year/Public Service Award (1995)
Outstanding Public Law Practitioner Award (Nominee), California State Bar (1991)

Memberships
California County Counsels' Association (President, 1991)
Northern California County Counsels' Association (Founder & Chair)
County Counsels' Association Strategic Planning Committee (Developer & Chair)
County Counsels' Association Litigation Overview Committee (Former Chair & Founder)
County Counsels' Association Continuing Education Committee (Member)
CSAC-Excess Insurance Authority Claims Review Committee (Alternate Legal Advisor)

Presentations
Continuing Education meetings, County Counsels' Association (Presenter)
Local Bar Association (Presenter)
School Districts (Presenter)
Grand Juries (Presenter)
City, County and Special Districts (Presenter)

Education
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law (1967)
B.S., University of California, Berkeley (1964)

Admissions and Courts
California State Bar
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court, 9th Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California