LOS ANGELES, CA—Judicate West, one of California’s leading providers of private dispute resolution services, has added Gerald Agnew, Esq. to its roster of neutrals. Based in the Los Angeles office, he is available as a mediator for matters statewide.
With nearly five decades of litigation experience, Agnew has successfully tried more than 100 civil trials to verdict or judgment, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death actions involving defective products; construction, premises and vehicular accidents; medical malpractice; elder abuse and other acts of negligence. He also served as a settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court, managing a voluntary settlement program and coordinating settlement talks for dozens of litigated matters. In 1984, Agnew co-founded Agnew Brusavich where he focused on representing seriously injured plaintiffs in various personal injury matters.
Agnew is a diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), the Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) and the American Association for Justice. He is also a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a past president of the Western Trial Lawyers Association, the South Bay Bar Association, and CAALA.
Agnew earned his J.D., cum laude, from the Southwestern University School of Law (1974), where he served as editor-in-chief of the Southwestern Law Review. He received his B.S. from Woodbury University (1971) and mediation training from the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law (2021).
