Attorney Profiles

CHESTER A. ROGASKI, JR., Partner, Rogaski, Preovolos, Weber & Patterson, LLP, Vallejo, California; admitted to bar 1971, California. Education: University of California, Davis; McGeorge College School of the Law (Pacific Law Journal). Judge Pro Tem, Solano County Superior Court; Arbitrator, Solano County Superior Court. Member: Solano County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Northern California Association of Defense Counsel; California Medical-Legal Committee; Defense Research Institute; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas : Defense of health care providers; public entity law; general civil litigation, mediation and arbitration.

Areas of Practice

• 55% Defense of Medical Malpractice Cases
• 5% Health Care Provider Licensing Matters
• 10% Public Entity Representation
• 10% General Litigation
• 15% Mediation
• 5% Arbitration

Litigation Percentage

• 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California, 1971
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1971
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1971
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1971
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1971
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1971

Education

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, 1970
  J.D.
  Honors: McGeorge Law Review, 1968-1969
  
  
• University of California at Davis, Davis, California
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science
  

Representative Clients

• NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company
• Cooperative of American Physicians Mutual Protections Trust
• Kaiser
• Greater Vallejo Recreation District

References

• Bank of the West

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Damages - Post Trial Considerations, CAP / MPT, 2007 - Present
• Physician in Litigation, NAPA County MED. Assoc., 2005 - Present
• Medical Malpractice, SUTTER, 1987 - Present

Honors and Awards

• Northern California Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of California
  
  
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 1999 - Present
  Associate
  
  
• American College of Trial Attorneys (FACTL), 2000 - Present
  
  
• California Medical Legal Committee, 1985 - Present
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Chair, Board of Directors, Vallejo Community Hospital, 1980 - 1985
• Chair, Board of Directors, Sutter Solano Hospital, 1983 - 1987
• Coach, Board Directors, PAL, 1987 - 1995
• St. Basil's Catholic Church, Chairman Fundraising Committee, Lector/1973-94
• Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Lector/1998 - present
• Sonoma County low fee mediation panel
• Solano County Strauss mediation panel

Ancillary Businesses

• Mediation / Arbitration

Languages

• English

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Sigma Phi
• Phi Alpha Delta

Birth Information

• September 23, 1943, Plains, Pennsylvania, United States of America