Mr. Fraser serves as Vice-Chair of the firm-wide Environmental Law and Toxic Tort department.  His practice focuses on environmental law matters including toxic tort and mold litigation, commercial trucking, personal injury and property damage matters.  Mr. Fraser litigates high profile environmental and contaminated property cases involving multi plaintiffs.

• Obtained a defense verdict in the first mold exposure case claiming personal injury damages to be tried in California
• Obtained a defense verdict in a highly publicized burn/wrongful death case
• Tried several mold exposure cases to verdict
• Handled hundreds of asbestos exposure cases
• National coordinating counsel for radar gun exposure cases
• Handled numerous groundwater and soil contamination cases
• Litigated the "Golden Eagle Refinery" case which is a published appellate opinion on environmental coverage issues
• Litigated the Imcera case which is a published appellate opinion on environmental coverage issues
• Tried to verdict a contaminated seed case in Imperial County
• Tried to verdict a case involving ARCO's solar energy company
• Recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars after obtaining a judgment against Korean Explosives Company, one of the largest companies in Korea
• Handled several cases arising out of a petroleum pipeline explosion which received national media attention
• Represented the Temple City School district in a much publicized mold exposure case involving approximately 50 plaintiffs
• Involved in a number of large environmental cases including the Stringfellow case, the McColl case and the BKK case.  Primary lawyer in a multi-plaintiff suit against the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Facility in San Luis Obispo 
• Tried the first sick building syndrome case in the United States 
• Handled a number of transportation cases including a 61 plaintiff matter in which a prison bus collided with a gasoline tanker truck 
• Litigated the Perris Sky Diver Crash in which seventeen sky divers died and five others were permanently injured

ASSOCIATIONS

• International Court of Trade
• Small Business Association of California

AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

• Named "Super Lawyer" for environmental law in Los Angeles Magazine
• Recognized by the Los Angeles Daily Journal for one of the top ten defense verdicts of the year in 2001 for the first personal injury mold case to receive a defense verdict in California, the first Sick Building Syndrome case to be tried in the US and obtained a defense verdict in another mold case which received national publicity.
• Environmental law editor for the Municipal Law Handbook 
• Numerous lectures including the Association of Environmental Engineers for the California Association of Certified Public Accountants and Indoor Environmental Standards Organization 
• Published numerous articles including pieces for the Association of Environmental Engineers, the California Association of Certified Public Accountants, and the Municipal Law Handbook

SPEECHES

• "The Allison Trial:  How to Defend a Mold Case" DRI (Defense Research Institute) on mold litigation
• "Science in Mold Litigation" Mealey's on mold litigation
• "Seeking Reimbursement Under the Buss Case" Insurance subsection of the ABA on Best case reimbursement claims
• "Mold: Fact and Fiction" The Institute of Industrial Hygienists on mold litigation
• "Developments in Environmental Litigation" The Institute of Environmental Engineers on environmental litigation
• "Calculating Damages in Environmental Cases" The Institute of Accounting Professionals on environmental litigation
• "Developments in Property Contamination Cases" Cable television interview on environmental litigation
• Numerous presentations for clients such as St. Paul/Travelers, Farmers, AIG, etc.

EDUCATION

• University of California at Los Angeles, Juris Doctor, 1975
• University of California at Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts, 1971