Frederick H. Ebey

Email: fhebey@grunskylaw.com

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Practice Areas:

Frederick H. Ebey, the senior shareholder at the Grunsky Law Firm, represents clients in the following practice areas:

• Tort litigation, including personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits
• Business litigation
• Real property disputes
• Insurance coverage

Mr. Ebey began his legal career as a Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County where he practiced until he was selected as Counsel to the California State Senate Judiciary Committee in 1965. In 1966, the Chairman of the State Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Donald L. Grunsky, invited Mr. Ebey to become an associate at the Grunsky Law Firm.

Mr. Ebey is the senior shareholder at the Grunsky Law Firm, having worked at the practice for more than forty years. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in business and tort litigation on a wide variety of cases, including purchase and sales disputes, construction defects, homeowners' associations, inverse condemnation and earth movement, insurance coverage, personal injury, and wrongful death cases.

He has been designated a Northern California "Super Lawyer" for each of the past five years.  In 2006, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Santa Cruz County Trial Lawyer's Association. 

He also frequently serves as a Mediator, Arbitrator, Special Master and Discovery Referee. 

Experience:

Mr. Ebey has served as lead counsel in over 200 jury trials that have gone to verdict, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of cases in both federal and state court.  He also received one of the largest jury verdicts in Santa Cruz County history when he successfully represented a client in an action against an insurance company.

In addition to his extensive trial court practice, Mr. Ebey has a broad scope of appellate experience, having appeared before the California Supreme Court and four of the six California Courts of Appeal.  In addition, he has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeal (Ninth Circuit) and has submitted briefs to the United States Supreme Court. 

Education:

Mr. Ebey received his law degree from U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1962.  He earned his B.S. from U.C. Berkeley in Business Administration in 1958.

Professional and Community Activities and Affiliations:

Mr. Ebey was the first Santa Cruz County attorney elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the only Central Coast attorney who has attained ABOTA's highest ranking of Diplomate.  He served as the President of the San Francisco Chapter of ABOTA in 2005 and is presently a member of ABOTA's National Board of Directors, as well as Vice President of California ABOTA.

Mr. Ebey is one of only two active Santa Cruz County attorneys elected to membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization whose membership is limited to less than one percent of the attorneys in each state.  In 2002, he became the first Santa Cruz County attorney ever elected to membership in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, whose membership is limited to only five hundred attorneys in the entire United States.  He is a member of the Monterey County and Santa Cruz County Bar Associations and is a past president of the Santa Cruz County Bar.

In addition, he is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Santa Cruz County Legal Aid Society, and has served as an officer or director for numerous charities, including the Kidney Foundation, Little Helpers, and the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County.