Gayle Eskridge is an experienced and certified mediator and arbitrator, who serves on the panel of the American Arbitration Association and is a Senior Member of Mediate.com. Ms. Eskridge is also a Settlement Conference Officer and Mediator with the Los Angeles Superior Court and a Pro Tem Settlement Conference Judge with the Sacramento Superior Court. With over three decades of experience representing clients in handling employment, real estate, and business law and litigation matters, Gayle Eskridge now focuses her energy on dispute resolution in both mediation and arbitration.
While she was a practicing attorney, Gayle Eskridge represented clients (employers and employees) in employment law and litigation matters, including representing employees and employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, and wage-related matters. Gayle Eskridge also handled numerous real estate law and litigation matters, including representing buyers, sellers, and homeowners in breach of contract, fraud, failure to disclose, easement, property line matters, and tree-related disputes. In the business law sphere, Gayle Eskridge, represented clients in all types of business transactions, as shareholder and partnership disputes, fraud, unfair competition, intentional interference, and many types of contract disputes.
National University School of Law, San Diego, California, 1988, Juris Doctor University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, 1982, Bachelor of Arts – With Distinction, Major: Music Certified by the Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. American Arbitration Association Arbitrator and Mediator Training
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Gayle Eskridge is a recipient of the following awards:-- Martindale Hubbell® AV Preeminent Attorney® – Every year since 2003-- California Super Lawyer® – Every year since 2012-- One of America’s Most Honored Professionals® – Top 1% – Every year since 2011-- Martindale-Hubbell® Top Rated Lawyer in Litigation – Every year since 2015-- Martindale-Hubbell® Labor and Employment Law Top Rated Lawyer – Every year since 2015-- Martindale-Hubbell® Top Rated Woman Lawyer – Every year since 2015-- BestLawyers® Best Law Firm – Every year since 2015-- Avvo® Top Attorney – Every year since 2016-- Top Attorney in Southern California® by Los Angeles Magazine – Every year since 2017-- Top Attorney in Pasadena by Pasadena Magazine -- 2022-- California Top Ten Attorney in the Litigation, Lawsuits & Disputes Division by American Institute of Legal Counsel® – Every year since 2017.