Linda C. Fritz , Esq., an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and a full-time mediator and arbitrator, has earned the reputation for being able to resolve the most challenging and complex business, commercial, employment, insurance, intellectual property, personal injury, entertainment, class action, healthcare, and real estate cases. She is also known for impartially and proficiently conducting intricate arbitration proceedings where she applies the law to the facts presented with equanimity.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
- Comprehensive mediation and arbitration practice includes a wide variety of disputes, including contract, real estate, employment, health care, Internet, business, elder abuse, insurance, and partnerships
- Special Master in four separate class actions/mass claims
- Mediator panel membership: San Diego County Superior Court Panel of Mediators; ADR Bench and Bar Committee (which oversees the San Diego Mediation Pilot Program); founding co-chair, ADR Committee of the Bar Association of Northern San Diego County; member San Diego Superior Court Panel of Arbitrators, ADR Committee of the State Bar
- Panelist and faculty for mediation and arbitration training and seminars for attorneys
Representative Matters
- Business: Numerous business disputes, including contract violations, non-payment, franchise agreements, non-compete clauses, fraud, trade secrets, Internet infringement, partnership and unfair competition, deceptive trade practices
- Elder Abuse: Wrongful death, conversion, age discrimination, negligent care, negligent and intentional misrepresentation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, wrongful termination
- Employment: Numerous claims alleging breach of express and implied contracts; discrimination and wrongful termination (race, sex, age, pregnancy, disabilities, sexual harassment, violation of public policy)
- Real Estate: Numerous commercial and residential real estate claims involving land use, zoning, easements, reverse mortgages, financing failures, nondisclosure, broker disputes, leases, and environmental regulations
- Healthcare: Multi-party disputes involving physician-hospital, patient-provider, management-supplier, physician-management, HMOs, PPOs, and EPOs
- Torts: Fraud, negligence, defamation, interference with contract, and prospective economic advantage
- Insurance: Deceptive sales practices, professional liability, bad faith failure to defend, coverage disputes
- Internet: Contract disputes, unfair competition, cyber-squatting, trademark infringement