Meet the principal

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PRINCIPAL

Christopher J. Day, Esq.

For 30 years, Mr. Day was the principal of the Tustin firm of Day, Day & Brown, practicing in the field of medical, dental, and legal malpractice and serious personal injury. He is a frequent arbitrator in both civil and fee dispute matters, and has served as an arbitrator for both the Orange County Superior Court and the Orange County Bar Fee Dispute Committee for more than 30 years. He is a graduate of the renowned Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and the principal for Day Resolutions.

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Mr. Day is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), is Past President of the Orange County Chapter of ABOTA, and is board-certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Day was elected the 2007 President of CAL-ABOTA, which is comprised of all eight California chapters of ABOTA. 

He is a former Vice-Chair of the Bar’s Client Relations Committee which reviews ethical complaints against lawyers and takes appropriate action.  He is both an Arbitrator and Temporary Judge for the Orange County Superior Court, serves as Special Deputy Trial Counsel and Special Master for the California State Bar, and lectures for Continuing Education of the Bar on professional negligence. He has served as an adjunct professor of Torts and Remedies at Western State University College of Law and was one of a handful of graduates to be inducted into the University’s Hall of Fame.

Mr. Day has tried numerous cases to verdict in Superior Courts in California, has obtained many seven-figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of his firm’s clients, and has successfully prosecuted many appeals, including a precedent-setting decision regarding professionalism and ethics, and the court’s duty to consider the parties’ intent when interpreting statutory offers to compromise. [DeRose v. Heurlin (2002) 100 Cal.App.4th 158].  Mr. Day has successfully prosecuted the appeal (and underlying bad faith case) of Romano v. Mercury Insurance Company, (2005) 128 Cal.App.4th 1333, a landmark decision which forced California insurers to change their handling of uninsured motorist claims where the responsible party’s insurance carrier was insolvent.

His published decision in McOwen v. Grossman (2007) 63 Cal. Rptr. 3d 615, set precedent in the law with respect to the timely naming of DOE defendants and theories of prosecution pursuant to C.C.P. §474 in medical malpractice actions.

Mr. Day is listed in the 2005 through present editions of “Best Lawyers in America” and the 2005 through present editions of “Southern California Super Lawyers.”

PREVIOUS OFFICE:   Trial Attorney // Day, Day & Brown // Tustin, California

PRIOR CAREER:   Police Officer // City of Buena Park, California // Retired

EDUCATION:  Juris Doctor // Western State University College of Law // 1985

ADMISSION TO CALIFORNIA BAR: 1985

HONORS

  • Inducted, Western State University Hall of Fame

  • Chair, Orange County Bar Association Annual Symposium on Professionalism and Ethics, 1995 - 1997, 2002

  • Chapman University College of Law, Board of Advisors Planning Editor, Western State University Law Review "Master of the Bench," Robert Banyard Inn of Court

  • 2002 Angelo Palmieri Award for Professionalism and Civility, Robert Banyard Inn of Court

  • Director of the Year, Orange County Trial Lawyers 1995 and 1996

  • Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2005 to present.

  • Listed, Southern California "Super Lawyer", 2005 to present.

  • Listed, Best Lawyers in America

CERTIFICATION

  • Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate; National Board of Trial

  • Advocacy, 1994 (only the 4th Attorney in Orange County to attain certification)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America

  • American Bar Association

  • Orange County Bar Association

  • American Inns of Court

  • Orange County Trial Lawyers

  • Orange County Legal Education Foundation

COMMITTEES

  • ABOTA

    • Board of Directors, 1999-2012

    • Editorial Board

    • Professionalism and Ethics Committee

    • Chair, Historical Committee

    • Co-Chair, Constitution and Bylaws Committee

    • Elected Trustee, National Foundation of ABOTA, 2006-2008

  • CAL-ABOTA

    • President, 2007

    • President-Elect, 2006

    • Vice President, 2005

    • Executive Board

  • Orange County Chapter, ABOTA

    •   President, 2002

    • President-Elect, 2001

    • Treasurer, 2000

    • Secretary, 1999

    • Member-At-Large, 1998

    • Membership Chair, 1997

  • Robert Banyard Inn of Court Executive Committee (past)

  • Orange County Bar Client Relations Committee

    • Vice-Chair, 1990 - 1997

  • Orange County Bar Fee Dispute Committee

  • Orange County Bar Medical-Legal Liaison Committee (past)

  • Orange County Bar Ethics Committee (past)

APPOINTMENTS

  • Temporary Judge, Orange County Superior Court

  • Early Neutral Evaluation Panel, Orange County Superior Court

  • Arbitrator, Orange County Superior Court Arbitration Panel

  • Arbitrator, Orange County Bar Fee Dispute Panel

  • California State Bar, Special Deputy Trial Counsel

  • California State Bar, Special Master

  • California State Bar, Probation Monitor, 1992 - 1996

  • Board of Directors, Orange County Trial Lawyers Assn, 1994-1996

TEACHING  

  • Past Adjunct Professor, Western State University College of Law

  • Guest Lecturer, Medical Negligence and Risk Management For Health Professionals

  • Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)

PUBLICATIONS

  • Prejudgment Interest In Personal Injury Litigation

  • California’s Long Awaited Remedy in Civil Code, Section 3291

  • Western State University Law Review, Vol. II, No. 1, 1983

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