About Us For over thirty years, attorney Fred J. Knez has been representing individuals and corporations in serious personal injury and business litigation (plaintiff and defendant). After service in the Army during the Vietnam War as a medic and medical laboratory technician, Mr. Knez attended the University of Colorado where he obtained a BA degree in Political Science. Mr. Knez then worked as an Insurance Adjuster for Allstate Insurance and as a private investigator before graduating from law school. Attorney Knez graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California in 1979, where he was chairman of the Honor Board and a member of Law Review. He was admitted to practice law in California in 1980, the U.S. District Court in 1981, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1983, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984.