Los Angeles, California
555 West 5th St., 32nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013
JAMS Mediator, Arbitrator, Referee/Special Master, Neutral Evaluator
555 W. 5th St. 32nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
T: 213-253-9706
F: 213-620-0100
555 W. 5th St. 32nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
T: 213-253-9706
F: 213-620-0100
Hon. Christine Byrd (Ret.) has joined JAMS after serving 13 years as a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, where she was assigned to the Family Law Division and developed expertise in family law issues. In recognition of her capabilities, Judge Byrd was twice appointed by the chief justice to the Family Law Curriculum Committee. In 2017, she was assigned to hear long-cause matters in family law, where she remained until her retirement in 2023.
Prior to her appointment, Judge Byrd practiced law for 35 years, during which time she focused on complex business litigation and took over 20 cases to trial. At Irell & Manella LLP, where she was a partner for 14 years, she focused on damages in high-profile patent litigation. Before that, she spent nine years as a partner at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, where she handled complex business litigation, and five years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where she tried a variety of cases, including one of the earliest money laundering cases in the country. In recognition of her trial experience and skills, in 2004 she was selected as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Judge Byrd also acquired significant ADR experience during her years of law practice. She served as a neutral arbitrator in dozens of complex business disputes, both domestic and international, involving entertainment, manufacturing, construction, waste management, power purchase and power exchange agreements, wind park development, oil field rights and natural gas distribution. She helped develop the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) mediation and arbitration Procedures for Large, Complex Commercial Disputes. In recognition of her experience and skills, in 2004 she was selected as a Fellow in the College of Commercial Arbitrators.
Judge Byrd has served on several nonprofit boards of directors, augmenting her complex business and financial litigation background with practical business experience. She also has practical experience in the automobile sector, including restoring, repairing, auctioning, showing and shipping, and she serves as a director of a national automobile club.
During her many years in practice and on the bench, Judge Byrd has handled matters with parties from numerous countries and cultures and backgrounds involving interpreters, religious observances, remote testimony, foreign documents, and calling for accommodation and flexibility.
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