HON. JERRY K. FIELDS (Ret.)

Judge Fields served as Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, 1980-1994. Presided in Department 21 and 27 in the Central Civil Division. Judge in Writs and Receivers in Department 85. He was appointed Justice Pro Tempore of the Second District Court of Appeal in 1985. Served on Superior Court’s Executive Committee for several years.

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALTIES

Mediator, Arbitrator, Referee and Special Master, specializing in complex contracts, torts, insurance bad faith, personal injury, real estate, construction, toxic waste, employment, business and corporate, and family law matters.

Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Fields practiced law in California for more than 25 years.

Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Mediation Training and Advanced Mediation Skills.

SPECIAL HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Los Angeles County Bar Association. Board member of Litigation Section. Member of Family Law School.

• California Judges Association. Former Chair of the Public Information Committee.
• California Women’s Law Center. Member of the Board of Directors.

• Lecturer: Rutter Group (Civil Procedure and Discovery).

• CEB (Civil Discovery and Law, Discovery Argument and Techniques).

EDUCATION

LL.B, University of Southern California, School of Law, 1953

B.S., Business Administration and Accounting, UCLA, 1950

Licensed Public Accountant, 1950 to present