He still counts Wells Fargo among his principal clients more than twenty years later. In 1989, Mr. Christopherson left Wells Fargo to join Frandzel & Share (a firm, now dissolved, which only represented lenders in litigation and transactional matters), following which he moved to the former McCabe, Schwartz firm in the East Bay. He has had his own practice since 1996, which focuses on auto finance defense litigation and transactional work, defense of contractual disputes and commercial collection work. He is familiar with, and has often litigated, matters in which Writs of Possession (i.e., replevin) or Attachment (i.e., imposing a prejudgment lien to secure previously unsecured obligations) have been used as prejudgment remedies.

Mr. Christopherson has twice co-authored an “Action Guide” published by the State Bar of California regarding foreclosure on personal property. He has also addressed the California Consumer Affairs Association on auto leases – where he was the spokesman for the consumer finance industry – and he has spoken on a number of occasions at in-house seminars for commercial clients on a wide range of topics, ranging from litigation practices and tactics, fraud, the “Lemon Law” and other issues. His practice involves providing certain transactional assistance to lenders and lessors. This ranges from drafting or updating Master Dealer Agreements (the contract governing the terms under which a lender will purchase loan or lease agreements from dealers), acting as a telephone resource to address time-sensitive issues presented to clients prior to the institution of litigation, drafting manuals and other publications used by staff.

Mr. Christopherson is a member of the State Bars of both California and Washington. He is also admitted to practice before all Federal District Courts in the State of California and the Western District of Washington, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. Mr. Christopherson is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law (JD- 1985) and the University of Washington (BA -1981).