Gattey Baranic llp

2445 Fifth Avenue, Suite 350
San Diego, California 92101
Phone 619.232.8142

 

James M. Gattey  

    Mr. Gattey is a partner in the law firm of Gattey Baranic llp and has been meeting the legal needs of San Diego area employees for over 40 years. Mr. Gattey received his bachelor of science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor of laws from the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law.

    Mr. Gattey has served as a guest lecturer on numerous occasions for the University of California's Continuing Education of the Bar Program and for Lorman's Legal Education, lecturing before audiences in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange counties.

 

    For over ten years, Mr. Gattey also served as an adjunct professor for San Diego State University's Criminal Justice Administration Program and as a Judge Pro Tem for the Municipal Court of the San Diego Judicial District. 

 

    Mr. Gattey was also an adjunct professor with the San Diego Community College District's Labor Studies Program and an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law teaching Labor Law.
 


Admissions

State of California

United States District Court, Southern District of California

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

United States Supreme Court

 

Notable Cases

Mr. Gattey's reported cases include:

Cook v. Superior Court of San Diego County (1970) 4 Cal.App.3d 822

Lopez-Ramirez v. Wilshire Insurance Co. (1970) 13 Cal.App.3d 622

People v. Botos (1972) 27 Cal.App.3d 774

People v. Callahan (1985) 168 Cal.App.3d 631

Paulino v. Civil Service Commission of the County of San Diego (1985) 175 Cal.App.3d 962

Laws v. County of San Diego (1990) 219 Cal.App.3d 189

San Diego Adult Educators, Local 4289, American Federation of Teachers/California Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. San Diego Community College District (1990) 223 Cal.App.3d 1124

Dibb v. County of San Diego (1994) 8 Cal.4th 1200

Shields v. Poway Unified School District (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 955.