Mr. Frigerio is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.
Practice areas
- Civil rights defense
- Governmental law
- Law enforcement litigation
- Torts
- Appellate practice
- Labor law
Admitted
- Texas, 1982
- United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C. 1987
- United States Court for the Federal Circuit, Washington D.C. 2014
- U.S.Tax Court, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1987
- U.S. Tax Court, 1991
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas 1985
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1992
- U.S. Court of the Armed Forces, 1995
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1996
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 1998
Education
- St. Mary's University of San Antonio, J.D., 1982
- St. Mary's University of San Antonio, B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1979
Experience
- Chief Prosecutor and Chief of Litigation, City Attorney's Office, City of San Antonio, 1983 - 1995
Certifications
- Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Associations and memberships
- San Antonio Bar Association
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- Texas Bar Foundation
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Defense Research Institute
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- American Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Litigation Counsel of America
Representative cases
- United States Supreme Court
- Rothgery v. Gillespie County, Tex., 554 U.S. 191 (2008)
- Texas Supreme Court
- In re Texas Dept. of Transp., 218 S.W.3d 74 (2007)
- Ballantyne v. Champion Builders, Inc., 144 S.W.3d 417 (Tex. 2004)
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Winfrey v. Pikett, 872 F3d 640 (5th Cir 2017)
- Estate of Schroeder v. Gillespie County, 23 F3d 775 (W.D. Tex. 2014)
- Bishop v. Arcuri, 674 F.3d 456 (5th Cir. 2012)
- Short v. West, 662 F.3d 320 (5th Cir. 2011)
- Lee v. Whispering Oaks Home Owners’ Ass’n, U.S. District Court, W.D. Tex. San Antonio Division June 23, 2011 747 F.Supp.2d 740
- Trois v. Long, 5th Cir., January 21, 2010 362 Fed.Appx. 399 2010 WL 27141308-51231
- Hale v. Bexar County, Tex.,, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Cir., July 27, 2009 342 Fed.Appx. 921 2009 WL 222283308-50820
- Salinas v. City of New Braunfels, 557 F.Supp.2d 777 (5th Cir. 2008)
- Alpha v. Hooper, 440 F.3d 670 (5th Cir. 2006)
- Price v. City of San Antonio, Tex., U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Cir., December 05, 2005431 F.3d 890 2005
- Shields v. Twiss, 389 F.3d 142 (5th Cir. 2004)
- Coronado v. Milam, 2004 WL 1195879 (Tex. App. San Antonio, 2004)
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, 198. GJ 20 129 S.W.3d 140 (Tex. App. San Antonio 2003)
- Hallmark v. City of Fredericksburg, 94 S.W.3d 703 (Tex.App. San Antonio, 2002)
- Gonzales v. Westbrook, 118 F.Supp.2d 728 (W.D. Tex. 2000)
- Freeman v. Bexar County, 210 F.3d 550 (5th Cir. 2000)
- Sappington v. Bartee, 195 F.3d 234 (5th Cir. 1999)
- Ramos v. City of San Antonio, 974 S.W.2d 112 (Tex. App. San Antonio, 1998)
- Gutierrez v. City of San Antonio, 139 F.3d 441 (5th Cir. 1998)
- Campbell v. City of San Antonio, 43 F.3d 973 (5th Cir. 1995)
- Texas Courts of Appeals:
- Casas v. Gillium, 869 S.W.2d 671 (Tex. App.— San Antonio, 1994)
- Flores v. Fourth Court of Appeals, 777 S.W.2d 38 (Tex. 1989)
- Guzman v. City of San Antonio, 766 S.W.2d 858 (Tex. Civ. App.— San Antonio, 1989)
- Robinson v. City of San Antonio, 727 S.W.2d 40 (Tex. Civ. App.— San Antonio, 1987)
Recipient
- Texas Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2017
- Award of Recognition, Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT), 1992
- Award of Recognition, San Antonio Police Officers Association, 1992
- Lawyer Extraordinaire, San Antonio Police Officers Association, 1996
- Listed: Who's Who in American Law, 1987; Texas Super Lawyer, 2006
Lecturer
- Frequent lecturer at police academies and institutions throughout the state of Texas, 1995 - Present
Charles S. Frigerio serves clients throughout Texas.