Hon. Victoria Gerrard Chaney (Ret.)

Los Angeles

Appellate, Civil Rights, Class Actions/Mass Torts, Construction, Corporate, Environmental/Toxic Tort

Hon. Victoria Gerrard Chaney (Ret.) is a distinguished mediator, arbitrator, referee, and appellate consultant with an illustrious career spanning over four decades. Justice Chaney was confirmed to the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division One, in 2009, following nineteen years as a trial judge.

Her experience as an appellate justice is broad and deep, having handled an extensive array of cases, including civil, criminal, family law, probate, dependency, and writs.

As a trial judge, Justice Chaney was assigned to the Complex Litigation Division at Central Civil West Courthouse from its inception in 2000 until her nomination to the Court of Appeal in 2009. Her caseload included large class actions, mass torts, insurance coverage, construction defects, product liability actions, pharmaceutical claims, environmental claims, labor law, and government disputes.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, Justice Chaney served for eleven years in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, including as Assistant City Attorney in the Civil Liability Division. Before that, she was an associate with Dryden Harrington and Swartz. Her career in law followed an earlier profession in healthcare, where she worked as a registered nurse at the LAC-USC and Cedars-Sinai medical centers. She continues to hold active licenses as a registered and public health nurse.

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