Hon. Jackson Lucky (Ret.) is a mediator, arbitrator, and neutral resolving business, entertainment, cannabis, institutional liability, and complex family and civil disputes. He brings a deep understanding of technology, extensive subject-matter knowledge, and decades of trial advocacy insight to help parties achieve resolution. He has handled thousands of lawsuits and hundreds of ADR proceedings across diverse practice areas. In addition to his judicial experience, he has taught and coached trial advocacy for three decades, including with the Stanford Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, as a coach and lecturer in law at UCLA Law School, and as a coach at UC Davis Law School.

Representative Matters

• Business Commercial
• Mediated and arbitrated mediated complex partnership dissolutions including real estate ventures, cannabis dispensaries, and commercial enterprises
• Mediated and arbitrated multimillion-dollar contract disputes among wholesalers, retailers, and franchisors/franchisees
• Mediated and arbitrated breach of fiduciary duty claims involving closely held corporations
• Mediated and arbitrated business torts including fraud, interference with contract, and misappropriation
• Arbitrated and presided over subrogation actions between insurance companies and utilities
• Arbitrated partnership and shareholder disputes in regulated industries including cannabis
• Cannabis
• Served as court-appointed provisional director for cannabis dispensary
• Arbitrated complex partnership, investor, joint venture, supply chain, and lease disputes in cannabis businesses 
• Arbitrated cannabis-related intellectual property and branding disputes
• Presided over nuisance and regulatory disputes impacting cannabis businesses
• Civil Rights
• Mediated and presided over institutional sexual abuse litigation involving school districts, foster care providers, and healthcare organizations
• Mediated and presided over school district liability in supervision and sexual abuse matters 
• Mediated and presided over failure to supervise and negligent hiring and retention claims
• Presided over claims against municipalities for constitutional violations
• Construction Defect
• Mediated and arbitrated residential construction defect disputes
• Mediated and presided over construction warranty and remediation matters
• Education Law
• Mediated and presided over sexual abuse tort claims against school districts and staff
• Arbitrated contractual disputes between developers and school districts
• Arbitrated discrimination and disability-related disputes between students and private schools
• Employment Law
• Arbitrated C-suite executive breach of contract disputes
• Mediated, arbitrated, and presided over FEHA discrimination (disability/racial/sexual) and retaliation claims
• Mediated, arbitrated, and presided over wrongful termination and whistleblower actions
• Mediated and arbitrated physician compensation disputes with medical groups
• Energy & Utilities
• Mediated tort claims against public utilities, including wrongful death 
• Mediated inverse condemnation claims against public utilities
• Mediated and presided over utility-related fire and property damage claims
• Mediated and presided over subrogation actions involving public utilities
• Entertainment & Sports
• Mediated contract dispute between international athletic wear corporation and supplier
• Arbitrated breach of contract between Grammy-winning recording artist and management company
• Mediated royalty disputes for streaming and satellite radio between multi-platinum recording artist and former spouse
• Arbitrated talent management and representation agreement disputes
• Arbitrated intellectual property dispute for use of recording artist’s name, image, and likeness for cannabis products
• Estate Probate Trusts
• Mediated complex trust administration disputes
• Mediated fiduciary duty claims against trustees
• Mediated high-value estate distributions
• Mediated multiple elder neglect and abuse cases, including multi-million-dollar financial abuse and physical neglect causing death
• Family Law
• Mediated and served as privately compensated trial judge for high-asset marital dissolutions with complex property divisions
• Presided over derivative shareholder actions in dissolution proceedings
• Presided over Van Camp/Pereira business valuation determinations
• Mediated and presided over complex custody jurisdiction matters including international UCCJEA/Hague Convention issues
• Mediated and presided over special needs child custody and dependent adult support
• Governmental/Public Agency
• Mediated inverse condemnation actions against municipalities and public utilities
• Mediated institutional sexual abuse tort claims against municipalities, school districts, and foster care agencies
• Mediated municipal contract disputes with contractors and developers
• Mediated negligence claims against government entities
• Presided over COVID-19 institutional liability claims
• Health Care
• Mediated, presided over, and served as a neutral evaluator for medical malpractice disputes involving wrongful death, implants, and neonatal injuries
• Arbitrated healthcare provider reimbursement disputes
• Mediated professional negligence and elder abuse claims against physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and residential care facilities
• Intellectual Property
• Arbitrated breach of contract action for cannabis producer’s use of recording artist’s name, image and likeness
• Mediated digital media and streaming rights disputes, including music licensing and royalty issues
• Personal Injury
• Mediated multimillion-dollar catastrophic injury cases, including traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, amputation, and wrongful death
• Mediated wrongful death actions against medical facilities, municipalities, public utilities, hospitality, and other entities
• Mediated and presided over institutional sexual abuse tort claims
• Mediated premises liability against hotels, shopping malls, medical facilities, residential care, skilled nursing, and other businesses
• Professional Liability
• Mediated and arbitrated legal malpractice and fee disputes
• Mediated and presided over professional negligence claims against physicians, hospitals, surgery centers, residential care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities.
• Mediated professional breach of fiduciary duty disputes
• Real Estate & Real Property
• Mediated multimillion-dollar land development contracts, including governmental, educational, commercial, and residential disputes
• Presided over and mediated inverse condemnation and eminent domain matters
• Mediated commercial lease disputes

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

Memberships and Affiliations

• President, Board of Trustees, Riverside County Law Library, 2021
• Member, Supreme Court Jury Selection Workgroup, 2020–2021
• Judicial Mentor, Asian Pacific American Lawyers of the Inland Empire, 2013–2021
• Coach, Trial Advocacy, UCLA Law School, 2021
• Trustee, Riverside County Law Library, 2014–2021
• Judge, Riverside County Youth Court, 2009–2020
• Member, Pretrial Operations and Reform Workgroup, 2019–2020
• Chair, Technology Working Group, Center for Judicial Education and Research, 2015–2018
• Member, Judicial Council Information Technology Advisory Committee, 2015–2018
• Member, Governing Committee, Center for Judicial Education and Research, 2015–2018
• Member, Bernard E. Witkin Judicial College Steering Committee, 2013–2021
• Member, New Judge Education Workgroup, Center for Judicial Education and Research, 2012
• Judicial Master and Past President, Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court, 2009–2017
• Mentor, North High School Law and Protective Services Academy, 2011–2015
• Family Law Advisory Committee, Riverside County Superior Court, 2008–2015
• Member, Riverside County High School Mock Trial Steering Committee, 2009–2013
• Member, Ralph N. Kleps Award Committee, 2010–2012
• Co-Chair, Information Services Committee, Riverside County Superior Court, 2011–2012
• Member, Information Services Committee, Riverside County Superior Court, 2008–2012
• Member, High-Tech Committee, California District Attorneys Association, 2005–2008
• Member, Sexual Assault Mentoring Program, California District Attorneys Association, 2004–2008
• Member, Visual Aids Ad Hoc Committee, California District Attorneys Association, 2000–2003
• Organizer, Riverside RUG and Django Girls Inland Empire (computer programmer groups), 2014–2015

Selected Awards and Honors

• Recognized in Doyle’s Guide, 2025 – Leading Family Law Private Judges – California
• Outstanding Jurist Award, Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court, 2021
• Douglas E. Weathers Distinguished Honoree, Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court, 2019
• Judicial Officer of the Year, Riverside County Barristers, 2019
• Elwood Rich Outstanding Jurist Award, Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court, 2018
• Family Law Legacy Award, Joint Riverside/San Bernardino Bar Associations, 2017
• Trailblazer Award, Asian Pacific American Lawyers of the Inland Empire, 2013
• Public Safety Award, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, 2007

Selected Publications

• "A Guide to Third-Party Discover in Arbitration," LACBA Aug 2024
• "Knowing What’s Ahead: Dispute Resolution Planning for Startups in the New Age of Generative AI," JAMS ADR Insights, June 2023
• "The Facilitator," Daily Journal, Jan. 2023
• "Demystifying Private Mediation: The Do's and Don'ts," BHBA Family Law Symposium, 2023
• "The Brave New World of AI-Generated Intellectual Property Disputes," Daily Journal, Dec. 2022
• "Using ADR in Family Law Cases Involving Digital Assets," JAMS ADR Insights, Dec. 2022
• "Analyzing Unconscionability in Arbitration Agreements," The Advocate, Sept. 2022 
• "Ground Rules: What Evidentiary Rules Should You Use in Arbitration?," Daily Journal, Oct. 2021
• “Can You Relate? People v. Sanchez,” Riverside Lawyer Magazine, May 2019

Selected Speaking Engagements

• "RASH PE", SDFLBA Fall Seminar, Sept. 2024
• "How to be Effective at Mediations: Maximizing Value and Getting Resolution," CAOIE 2024 Mediation Seminar, Sept. 2024 
• "Oh No, You Didn't! Ethical Issues in the Use of Email and Social Media," RCBA Barristers Membership Meeting, Aug. 2024 
• "Pets are (Almost) People Too! A Deep Dive into Pet Custody Issues, Dilemmas, and Unintended Consequences," BHBA, July, 2024 
• "Resolving Tech Disputes – A Deep Dive into the New JAMS AI Rules," Mondaq Webinar, June, 2024 
• "House on Fire: The LaMusga Factors Reconsidered from the Inside Out", CP CAL 18th Annual Celebration, April 2024 
• "Frontier Technologies and Dispute Resolution," California Lawyers Association, Oct. 2023 
• "Social Media Evidence: Foundation, Admissibility & the Hearsay Exception," SDFLBA Fall Seminar, Sept. 2023 
• "Social Media and Ethics Workshop," California Asian Pacific American Bar Association Conference, Sept. 2023 
• "Nuances of Hearsay: A Systematic Approach to Application of the Hearsay Rule in Family Law Cases," California Lawyers Association, May 2023 
• "Breaking the Log Jam: Does ADR Make Sense for My Family Law Case?," RCBA Family Law Section, March 2023 
• "Google v Oracle, AI and Other Tech Issues Changing the Software Industries," Alameda County Bar Association IP Section, Oct. 2022 
• "NOT MA's BED," Northern Santa Barbara County Bar Association, July 2022 
• "NOT MA's BED: A Mnemonic Checklist for Presenting Expert Testimony Under Sanchez," Santa Barbara County Bar Association, Family Law Section, July 2022 
• "Ethics and Social Media," Riverside County Bar Association, June 2022

Background and Education

• Riverside County Superior Court, 2008–2021

• Judge, Civil Division, 2019–2021
• Supervising Judge, Criminal Division, 2018
• Judge, Criminal Division, 2016-2017
• Supervising Judge, Family Law Division, 2013–2016
• Judge, Family Law Division, 2008–2012

• Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, 1994–2008

• Senior Deputy District Attorney, 2006–2008
• Deputy District Attorney, 1994–2006

• J.D., magna cum laude, SCALE Program, Southwestern Law School, 1994

• Law Review
• Moot Court Honors Program
• John J. Schumacher Minority Leadership Scholar

• B.F.A., DePaul University, 1992