Kerry Fields

Kerry practices in several areas of law. He has an extensive background in handling litigation and transactional matters for clients engaged in a diverse number of industries, including construction, insurance defense, and general business matters. He is experienced in litigating and trying cases in both federal and state courts. He has been very successful in the representation of clients before administrative agencies.

His litigation experience includes the preparation and trial of complex business and construction cases involving difficult liability and damage issues. Representative engagements have included: business and property defense cases involving extensive risk to the client or the insured, bad faith defense for national and regional insurance carriers, all aspects of construction (including claims, liens, defects, insurance coverage, and litigation), corporate law work (including employment counseling, developing business strategies for the growth and sale of businesses which has included the sale of two businesses on Wall Street), business torts, and transportation claims.

He is a frequent lecturer before professional societies and continuing education groups. He is a professor in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He teaches courses in business and corporate law, employment, and real estate law in both the undergraduate and MBA programs.

The law firm has received the highest peer rating of AV through Martindale.

Areas of Practice

• Construction law & litigation
• Corporate general counsel work
• Employment law - employer

Education

• Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976
• Law Review, Business Editor, 1975 - 1976
• University of Southern California, B.S. 1973

Awards

• American Subcontractors Association, Construction Innovator 2007-2008
• Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America – Orange County Council