John Frick is an associate attorney focusing his practice on Business and Corporate Law. John represents clients ranging from individuals to businesses of all sizes regarding a variety of issues, both adversarial and transactional. Prior to joining Klein DeNatale Goldner, John served as an Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, both as a Teaching and International Business Fellow at the University of Arizona, and also served as a co-founder of a startup. John has been recognized as one of Bakersfield’s 20 Under 40 People to Watch.

Practice Focus

• Business & Corporate Law
• Business & Commercial Litigation
• Construction & Real Estate Litigation
• Trademark
• Trust & Estate Litigation 

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of California, 2022

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of the Law, 2021
  • Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Note and Comment Editor
• Bachelor of Science, Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2018
  • National Council on U.S. Arab Relations, Assistant Secretary General

Awards

• Bakersfield Life 20 Under 40 People to Watch
  • Class of 2023
• Munger Prize for Scholars in International and Business Law Eller College of Management Tech Core MVP
• McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship Launch Boost Award
• Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2026

Professional Associations and Leadership

• Assistance League of Bakersfield, Advisory Board Member
  • 2023 – Present
• KernTax Kern Leaders Academy
  • Class of 2023
  • Advisory Committee, 2025 - Present
• Young Lawyers Section of the Kern County Bar Association
  • 2022 - Present
  • Chair, 2023, 2024
  • Vice Chair, 2022
• Dress for Success Bakersfield, Board Member, 2022-2025
• Panama-Buena Vista Union School District, Bond Oversight Committee, 2025-Present
• Kern County Taxpayers Association, Alternate Director, 2026-Present
• Bakersfield Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Visionary of the Year Candidate, 2025
  • Leadership Committee, 2025
• Blood Cancer United, Bakersfield
  • Leadership Committee, 2025-Present
• Kern County Bar Association Charitable Foundation, Director, 2024-2025
• Greater Bakersfield Chamber, Bakersfield Young Professionals, Shape Chair, 2025-2026

Professional Experience 

• Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Kimball, LLP, 2022-Present
• University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
  • Teaching Fellow – International Trade Law, 2020-2021
  • International Trade and Business Law Fellow, 2019-2020
  • Research Assistant (Tech Law), 2019
• Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the U.N., 2020
  • Advisor

Additional Languages

• German
• Schwyzerdütsch