Judge Gail Andler

Hi I am interested in having information about Judge Gail Andler as well as the details about her educational qualification as well as professional profile?

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Hon. Gail A. Andler (Ret.) joins JAMS as a full-time unbiased after over 22 years on the Orange County Superior Court where she served from 2007-2017 on the Complex Civil Litigation Panel. Judge Andler has involvement in business, development imperfection, individual damage, family law, and prominent area debate. She has overseen huge facilitated and united item deformity and damage cases in the pharmaceutical, restorative gadget, and car businesses, notwithstanding purchaser and work class activities and PAGA cases. Her time with the court additionally included serving two terms as the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court's Appellate Division and she is the past President of the American College of Business Court Judges.

Before her arrangement to the seat, Judge Andler spoke to people and firmly held organizations in business and land suit, including engineers and outline experts. She likewise increased significant jury trial encounter as a prosecutor.

Judge Andler has been commended by lawyers for her sense of duty regarding determination and her imagination. As a judge, she worked with gatherings to discover shared conviction and make efficiencies in the lawful procedure.

ADR Experience and Qualifications

More than 22 years on the Orange County Superior Court
Two terms as Presiding Judge of the Superior Court’s Appellate Division
Developed the Early Legal Assessment program, similar to a confidential mediation offered by the courts where parties agree to having a neutral assess their case
Served on the Orange County Superior Court's ADR Committee
Volunteered to conduct settlement conferences at law firms when the Court was closed during the court funding crisis

Background and Education
Judge, Orange County Superior Court, 1994-2016
J.D., Loyola Law School
A.B., cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles

Representative Matters

Business/Commercial
o Wide variety of actions alleging breach of contract or tort in commercial transactions; disputes concerning purchase and sale of business or business assets including intellectual property; Trade Secret and unfair competition litigation; partnership disputes; corporate governance disputes

Construction/Construction Defect

Delay damages, construction, and design defects alleged in connection with hotel construction, large scale commercial projects, and school facilities
Water intrusion, soils problems, and other defects alleged in construction of residential properties ranging from single family homes to master planned communities and apartment communities
Construction-related insurance coverage and contribution actions, including actions relating to Chinese Drywall construction defect litigation

Eminent Domain/Inverse Condemnation

Eminent Domain cases involving goodwill and other damage claims by multiple businesses impacted by large transportation authority projects
Claims by property owners of regulatory or other takings as a result of government action or inaction

Environmental
High profile environmental challenges relating to the approval of a project to redirect and pump subsurface water from the Mojave Desert involving issues of water rights
Landslide litigation involving several homeowners against a public utility
Inverse condemnation action following a major flood and significant property damage alleging that a city inadequately designed and maintained its storm drainage systems

Estate/Probate/Trusts
Trust litigation pertaining to substantial business interests and real estate holdings in Laguna Beach, consolidating probate and civil litigation including legal malpractice claims
Trust litigation brought by widow in prominent family seeking to modify trust restrictions and recover damages
Trust litigation seeking removal of trustee by siblings for self-dealing in operating trust assets

Memberships & Professional Activities
o Attended the Straus Institute 40 Hour program "Mediating the Litigated Case" in 2016
o American College of Business Court Judges. Executive Committee/past President
o ABA Business Law Section: Vice Chair of the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee; Co-Chair, Women Business and Commercial Advocates; Member, Task Force on Multi-Jurisdiction Litigation; Member, Working Group for the Preparation of Business Conduct Standards directed to the Eradication of Forced Labor in Supply Chains
o ABA Judicial Division, National Conference of State Trial Judges, Executive Committee
o Judicial Advisory Board, The Sedona Conference
o Board member and officer, Orange County Bar Association Masters’ Division
o Judicial Advisory Board Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL)
o Founding Judicial Fellow, Orange County Bar Foundation
o Advisory Board, Loyola Law School Advocacy Institute
o OCBA Leadership Development Committee
o OCBA Civic Center Homeless Task Force
o Previously served as Contributing Editor, Orange County Lawyer magazine and as Mock Trial and Peer Court Judge (Constitutional Rights Foundation)