FREDERICK W. PENNEY

Born February 23, 1963, admitted to the California State Bar in 1992. Mr. Penney received his B.A. defree from Brigham Young University in 1988 in Philosophy. He attended J. Reuben Clark Law School where he received his J.D. degree in 1991.

Following his admission to the bar he briefly worked for a nationwide personal injury firm. Due to numerous requests from potential clients, he opened the law firm of Penney and Associates in 1992. Mr. Penney as a young lawyer was contracted by a national law firm to take a number of their difficult cases to trial. Within six months of passing his bar he was lead trial lawyer in a large Superior Court personal injury case.

Mr. Penney is the author of numerous personal injury articles. He became a member of the California Trial Lawyers Association in 1993 and has been admitted in 1992 and 1993 to the Federal Eastern District Court and the 9th District Court of Appeals. Mr. Penney has appeared in cases that have had issues litigated successfully before the California Supreme Court.

The Penney and Associates firm has now expanded to offices in Sacramento, Roseville and Chico, with satellite offices in Fairfield, Sunnyvale and Southern California. Mr. Penney and the attorney's within the firm have handled numerous high profile personal injury cases and thousands of personal injury cases which has made his firm arguably one of the most sought after personal injury firms in the state.

STEWART P. GALBRAITH

Born March 25, 1964; admitted to the bar: California (1990). Mr. Galbraith received his B.A., with honors, from California State University at Sacramento in 1987. He graduated from California Western School of Law in 1990, Cum Laude, where he served as an editor and staff writer for the California Western Law Review.

Mr. Galbraith received the American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing and interned at the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District. Following law school, Mr. Galbraith worked for eight years with a Sacramento insurance defense law firm, defending personal injury cases.

In 1998, he began his employment with Penney & Associates in Roseville, specializing in personal injury law. In July of 1999, he opened and began managing the Penney & Associates satellite office in Chico, California, limiting his practice to personal injury cases on behalf of the injured party.

JAMES E. GINGRICH

Born October 4, 1960; admitted to the bar: California (1989). Mr. Gingrich received his B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Davis in 1984. He graduated from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1989, qualifying for the Dean's List. His course of study emphasized civil and criminal litigation, including courses in Trial Advocacy, Moot Court, Bankruptcy, Advanced Civil Procedure, Advanced Criminal Law, and Family Law.

He also interned with the Sutter County District Attorney's Office. Following his admittance to the State Bar, Mr. Gingrich worked for eight years with Sacramento insurance defense law firms, defending personal injury cases, including complex products liability cases, as well as the defense of consumer warranty cases.

In 1997, he expanded his practice to include prosecution of personal injury cases on behalf of the injured party, and became a trial attorney with the Sacramento County Indigent Defense Panel. In October of 2001, he began his employment with Penney & Associates, specializing in personal injury law, and now limits his practice to personal injury cases on behalf of the injured party.

LARRY K. ESLINGER

Born February 15, 1947, admitted to the California State Bar in 1972. Mr. Eslinger received his B.A. degree from the University of California in 1969 in Biological Field Sciences. He attended the University of San Francisco School of Law where he received his J.D. degree in 1972. Following his admission to the Bar, Mr. Eslinger went to work as staff counsel for the California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau, where he defended personal injury actions.

He retired from the Bureau after thirty years of service in 1999. Following a brief retirement, Mr. Eslinger joined Penney and Associates in September of 2000. His incite and knowledge of the insurance industry have proven to be invaluable in his present practice of representing injured individuals with their claims. He is an experienced litigator and trial attorney. He has also served as an Arbitrator for the Sacramento Superior Court for more than 20 years.

ROBERT W. BRANNEN

Born December 11, 1972, admitted to the California Bar in 1999. Mr. Brannen received his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego in 1995. He graduated from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1998. Mr. Brannen's course of study in law school emphasized trial advocacy, civil litigation, and alternative dispute resolution.

While there, he was a teaching assistant/instructor for the school's course in international appellate advocacy specializing in oral argument and brief writing. Following law school, Mr. Brannen worked for insurance defense and personal injury litigation firms in Menlo Park, CA and Sacramento, CA.

For three years, Mr. Brannen worked as staff counsel for Farmers Insurance in Sacramento, CA. Mr. Brannen is a pro tem judge for El Dorado County Superior Court. In 2003, he joined Penney and Associates and currently runs the Downtown Sacramento office. His practice is focused on the prosecution of personal injury cases on behalf of injured individuals.