Attorneys
Allison C. Fries
Allison was born and raised here in Sonoma County. She spent four years in Upstate New York earning her undergraduate degree and three years in San Francisco studying Law.
During her first summer in law school, Allison worked at San Francisco’s Office of the City Attorney as a Summer Intern on their Litigation Team. She spent the Fall semester of her third year externing in the U.S. District Court for Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman. While at Hastings, she was a member of the Constitutional Law Quarterly, the country’s oldest Constitutional Law Journal. As Acquisitions Editor for the journal, Allison reviewed submissions from Law Professors and other legal scholars from all over the world.
Practice Areas:
- General Civil Litigation (including Appellate, Business,Real Estate, Probate, Employment & Landlord-Tenant Litigation)
- General Business Law
Bar Admission:
- California State Courts
- U.S. District Courts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
Education:
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA Juris Doctor, May 2008
- Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, May 2005
Concentration: French Minor: Political Science - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France: Intensive French language program, Spring 2004
Associations:
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Sonoma County Women in Law
- Barristers Club of Sonoma County, Co-vice Chair
- Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals Network
Noteworthy:
- Professional:
Judicial Extern to Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman, U.S. District Court, Fall 2007
Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Acquisitions Editor (2007-2008), Member (2006-2007)
Completed intensive Mediation Training Program with The Center for Understanding in Conflict and the Center for Mediation in Law - Personal: Born in Santa Rosa, California. Enjoys tennis, biking, cooking and travel. Speaks proficient French.