Gayle L. Eskridge

GAYLE L. ESKRIDGE, the principal of ESKRIDGE LAW, has been a litigation and trial attorney since 1988, representing individuals, corporations and partnerships, employees and employers, investors and developers, and municipalities. With broad litigation and trial experience, Ms. Eskridge has managed hundreds of cases and now dedicates her practice to employment, business and real estate litigation.In addition to being aSuper Lawyerfrom 2012 to the present, Ms. Eskridge holds anAV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. An AV rating identifies a lawyer or firm with very high to preeminent legal ability. The AV rating is a reflection of expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence.  Ms. Eskridge has also been designated aMartindale-Hubbell Top Rated Lawyer in Litigationevery year since 2015.  Ms. Eskridge has also been designated aMartindale Hubbell Women's AV Preeminent Attorneyevery year since 2011.Ms. Eskridge has also been designated as one of theBest Lawyers in America.Best Lawyersis regarded – by both the legal profession and the public – as one of the most credible measures of legal integrity and distinction in the United States. Inclusion inBest Lawyerssymbolizes excellence in practice.Ms. Eskridge has also been designated aTop Attorney in Southern CaliforniabyLos Angeles Magazine.Ms. Eskridge has also been selected aCalifornia Top Ten Attorneyin the Litigation, Lawsuits & Disputes Division by the American Institute of Legal Counsel.Ms. Eskridge has been designated as one ofAmerica’s Most Honored Professionals – Top 1%in every year since 2011. She has also been designated one of theTop Women Attorneys in Southern Californiaevery year since 2012.Ms. Eskridge is an experienced, professional mediator certified by the Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolutions Services, Inc. Ms. Eskridge is also a Settlement Officer for the Los Angeles Superioir Court, a Member of the Los Angeles Superior Court Mediator Panel, and professional member of the Southern California Mediation Association.  Ms. Eskridge is also on the American Arbitration Association Mediator and Arbitrator Panels, is a Senior Mediator and Arbitrator with Mediate.com, and is a Mediator with the Nationnal Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution.Ms. Eskridge is a former Chair and member (2012-2019) of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee, and was previously a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Judicial Appointments Committee.Ms. Eskridge is admitted to practice in all of the courts of the State of California, including all of the United States District Courts in California. Ms. Eskridge holds a Juris Doctorate degree from National University School of Law. Her legal studies were distinguished by three American Jurisprudence Awards - in Constitutional Law, Real Property Law and Remedies, and by an F. Lee Bailey Moot Court Award. During law school, Ms. Eskridge worked full time as a Senior Contract Administrator at a major aerospace company handling multi-million dollar contracts, both government and foreign.Ms. Eskridge has been a guest speaker on various legal topics for the South Bay Association of Realtors, the Financial Executives Networking Group, the Del Amo Rotary Club, the California Society of Medical Assistants, the Torrance Chamber of Commerce, the Corporate Advisory Committee of the Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations, and other organizations, and has provided seminars on legal issues to numerous businesses.Ms. Eskridge has had numerous legal articles published in the San Diego County Bar Asociation publicationDicta, The Lawyer's Magazineand the Los Angeles County Bar Association publicationUpdateamong other publications.Ms. Eskridge is the founder and President of Hercules Animal Rescue, Inc., a non-profit corporation committed to the rescue and protection of abandoned, lost, and feral animals. Ms. Eskridge has also done pro bono legal work for other non-profit animal protection organizations, such as Friends of Cats, Inc. and Emergency Animal Rescue, Inc. In addition to her animal protection work, Ms. Eskridge has done pro bono legal work for the Cancer Legal Resource Center of Los Angeles, and for victims of HIV and AIDS.