Introduction
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."
Practice Areas
Experience Summary
Below is a sampling of the various matters Hon. Linda Quinn, Ret. presided over on the bench, tried as an attorney, or handled as a neutral.
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Hobbies & Interests
Traveling, Inn to Inn hiking, Volunteering - USO
Testimonials
"Judge Quinn was excellent in all respects."
- Attorney on an Employment Wrongful Termination case
"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
"Judge Quinn is one of the best mediators in San Diego. She is caring, thoughtful, and immediately establishes a rapport with the parties that benefits the mediation process. She is clearly emphatetic to the client's experience."
- Attorney on an Employment Sexual Harassment case
"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 was wonderful, very helpful, and very articulate in explaining all the issues to my client. "
- Attorney on an Employment Discrimination case
"The case did not settle, but Judge Quinn was effective in conveying an untraditional offer and demand on a challenging case."
- Attorney on a Real Estate/Property Damage case
"Judge Quinn was an attentive, patient, diligent and effective mediator. Thank you for having her on your panel! "
- Attorney on an Estate Law/Probate case
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