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Christopher A. Kerosky
Present
Position :
Honorary Consul, Republic of Poland, San
Francisco.
His office in San Francisco is now the Consulate for
the Republic of Poland and he serves as its Honorary Consul.
Education :
| 1984 |
Juris Doctor
Degree
University of California, Berkeley, Boat School
of Law |
1981
cum laude |
Bachelor of Arts in
Philosophy
Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio |
Work Experience
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| 1993-present |
Attorney and Partner,
Kerosky & Associates, San Francisco, California
Operates his own law practice with four attorneys and
several staff. Clients are primarily Polish and Polish-Americans.
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| 1993-2002 |
Attorney and Partner, Kerosky
& Bradley, San Francisco, California
Worked as a
partner and lawyer for a private law firm specializing in civil and
immigration law. Primary clientele was Polish and Polish-American
clients. |
| 1989-1993 |
Attorney and Partner, Byrne
Igleheart Kerosky & Byrne, San Francisco, California
Worked as a partner and lawyer for a private law firm
specializing in civil and immigration law. Primary clientele were
Polish and Polish-American clients. |
| 1986-1989 |
Trial Attorney, Law Offices of
Knecht Haley Lawrence & Smith, San Francisco,
California
Worked as a trial lawyer for a private law
firm specializing in insurance and public works law. |
| 1984-1986 |
Honor Law Graduate and Trial
Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington
D.C.
Handled various civil cases filed against the
federal government including the case of Richard Nixon v. U.S.
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| Summer 1983 |
Honor Law Associate, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington D.C.
Worked as a paid
summer honor intern as a law student |
Notable legal work
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Katyn Forest Case:
handled litigation on
behalf of the families of victims of the Katyn massacre against the
Soviet and Russian governments
Tyrakowski v. City of
San Bernadino:
successfully sued the City of San
Bernadino police department for the shooting and killing of a Polish
citizen on behalf of his mother, another Polish citizen. Referred
the case by the Polish consulate
Polish Pastoral
Center Case:
successfully defended a lawsuit against
the Polish church in San Jose for construction costs allegedly owed.
Handled the church's defense pro bono and obtained a defense verdict
(holding nothing was owed by the church)
Polish
American Congress Litigation:
Have represented the
Polish American Congress in various cases since 1989, including a
case successfully recovering sums embezzled from a Polish charity
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Honors :
- Attorney General's Trial Advocate Award, 1984
- Attorney General's Special Achievement Award, 1985, 1986
- Listed, Who's Who in Polish America, 1996
Courts Admitted :
- U.S. Claims Court, Washington, D.C.;
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit;
- U.S. District Courts, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern
Districts of California.
Memberships :
- State Bar of California
- San Francisco Bar Association.
- American Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member and Former President, Polish American Congress, Northern
California Division.
- Director, US-Polish Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco
- Counsel and Member, John Paul II Foundation, San Francisco
- Counsel and Member, Polish Veterans Organization, San Francisco
- Member, Polish Arts and Culture Foundation
- Founder, Polonia Foundation
- Former Counsel and Board member, East Bay Polish American
Association
- Polish Pastoral Catholic Church
Languages :
- English, Polish (fluent)
- Russian, French and Spanish (conversational)
Personal :
- Born Fremont, Ohio, August 24, 1959.
- Parents: Tadeusz and Rose Kerosky
- Grandparents were Polish immigrants: Antoni and Maria Krylowski.
- Wife: Mary Kerosky, Speech Therapist
- 3 Children: Sara, Sophia and Samuel
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