To inquire, check availability, or schedule a case -
please contact Hon. Linda Quinn, Ret.'s Case Manager - MaryAnn Campbell.
maryann@judicatewest.com
(800) 488-8805
(714) 852-5193
After 25 years on the San Diego Superior Court bench, Judge Linda Quinn joined Judicate West in 2012. She is available for mediations, arbitrations, and all other private judging assignments. While on the bench she handled hundreds of settlement conferences in her sixteen years in the civil department, as well as sitting in the Family Court for four years. She also conducted settlement conferences for the Fourth District Court of Appeals while on a special assignment to that court. While serving with the superior court, Judge Quinn enjoyed a reputation for being fair, bright, thoughtful and courteous. Since joining Judicate West, she has mediated and arbitrated employment, family, medical malpractice, real property matters, personal injury, legal malpractice and various types of business/commercial matters. Clients have noted "she worked very hard at settling our case. She is a great listener and cares."
"Very patient and conciliatory, which was a big plus."
- Attorney on a business/contractual dispute
"Judge Quinn took time before the mediation to get to know the issues and the attorneys, and this
really made for a better result. We could not have been happier."
- Attorney, Orange County, CA
"Judge Quinn did a great job bringing the parties together and obtaining a settlement.
She did a great job getting the case into position to resolve."
- Attorney, San Francisco, CA
"Judge Quinn captured the trust of all of us right away, and showed great interest in hearing the issues and complains, specially giving both parties all the time they needed up to very late at night to come to some kind of resolution unlike many efforts in the past 8 months by different people and different approaches"
- Attorney on a business/contractual dispute
Experience Summary
Legal Career
Neutral, Judicate West, (2012-present)
Judge, San Diego Superior Court (1989-2012) (Supervisor Civil Division 2005-2007)
Co-Chair of the San Diego High School Mock Trial committee (2012-present)
Master, Clifford B. Wallace Inn of Court (2014-present)
Judicial Advisory Committee, Association of Business Trial Lawyers (2014-present)
San Diego Inns of Court, Board of Directors (2012-present)
Master, Louis Welch Inn of Court (2007-2008)
Co-Chair, San Diego Superior Court, ADR committee (2002-2011)
California Judges Association (1987-present)
President, San Diego County Judges Association (2002-2003)
Mediating the litigated case, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University of Law (2012)
Achievements & Awards
Judge Quinn has presented programs for ABTL, Lawyers Club, SDCBA, Rutter Group, USD Vicam International, CEB, CASD, and San Diego Inns of Court.
Recent articles include; Dust off the Toolbox to Move Your Case Along. Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California September 2013
Sua Sponte, The New Parole Ankle Bracelet: Your Smartphone. ABA The Journal of the Section of Litigation Spring 2014
Sua Sponte, Tort Transformation in the Cultural Quicksand of Language and Values. ABA The Journal of the Section of Litigation Spring 2013
Medical Malpractice failure to diagnose with numerous health care providers.
Contractual
Personal guarantee of loan claim v. claims of violation of warehouse loan agreement.
Wrongful foreclosure of complex loan structure.
Fraud/Misrepresentation
Business fraud claims among partners and spouses.
Cannabis
Cannabis Industry
Mediated a dispute between a publicly traded company and the New York Stock Exchange. The company, which was in a deal to distribute medical marijuana in Brazil and other South American countries, couldn’t figure out how they could be on the New York Stock Exchange when their business violates federal law.
Employment
Discrimination
Employment discrimination due to inability to perform in hostile work environment.
Wage and Hour
Refusal to permit long time employee to return to work following long disability with wage and hour claims.
Wage and Hour Class Action
Statewide wage and hour consumer class action.
Whistleblower Wrongful Term
Whistleblower discrimination claims in highly regulated business.
Family Law
Family Law Issues
Marriage dissolution involving extended family members as partners in the spouses' closely held business.
Intellectual Property
IP Trade Secrets
Trade secrets violations involving electronically stored data of international company.
Professional Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Wrongful death of high earning family member with unique dependent issues.
Medical malpractice orthopedic surgery.
Professional Malpractice Legal
Mediation of legal malpractice claim while underlying case pending.