Joshua A. Fields

Joshua A. Fields is an experienced and accomplished complex litigation and appellate attorney. Mr. Fields has been licensed in California since 2006 and joined Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP in 2022. He brings a broad and diverse background to prosecuting lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs. He focuses on complex litigation matters, including class action and mass action lawsuits, and has achieved up to 8-figure settlements for classes. Over the course of his 18 plus year career, Mr. Fields has prosecuted lawsuits in a wide variety of practice areas, such as consumer protection, fraud, truth in lending, insurance bad faith, invasion of privacy, free speech, employment harassment and discrimination, and catastrophic personal injury. He has successful outcomes in trial and arbitration proceedings. Mr. Fields’ aggressive representation has resulted in sizable victories for his clients and important victories for consumers across California. Mr. Fields has acted as lead counsel in prosecuting all phases of class action lawsuits on behalf of consumers, from initial investigation through final approval of up to 8-figure settlements. A sampling of successful victories in class action and mass action lawsuits includes: $10,000,000 class settlement with a national bank in lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and California’s consumer protection laws Co-Class Counsel in $6,200,000 class settlement with national automobile insurer in lawsuit alleging Breach of Contract arising from total vehicle losses $2,900,000 class settlement with a national retailer in lawsuit alleging violations of California’s consumer protection laws Co-counsel at successful bellwether arbitration leading to $19,600,000 settlement in mass tort litigation for 1,300 trade school graduates alleging California consumer protection law violations Successful opposition, on behalf of 100 plaintiffs, to summary judgment motion, leading to a multi-million dollar settlement after a bellwether trial in mass tort litigation alleging negligence against national retailer Mr. Fields has also represented entertainers and public figures who seek to have their legal issues resolved through aggressive, yet discreet, representation. Mr. Fields is also highly skilled in handling appellate matters. He has successfully briefed and/or argued appeals before state and federal courts of appeal in California, obtaining favorable opinions for consumers in the process. For example: He was the principal brief writer on Rubio v. Capital One Bank, 613 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir. 2010), a successful appeal in a groundbreaking federal TILA lawsuit, which involved briefing appellate matters all the way to the United States Supreme Court He successfully briefed and argued the appeal in Rubenstein v. The Neiman Marcus Group, 687 Fed.Appx. 564 (9th Cir. 2017), wherein the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s California consumer protection claims He successfully briefed and argued an appeal in an employment harassment and discrimination lawsuit before California’s Court of Appeal, which affirmed an order denying the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration, allowing his client to proceed to a successful trial court resolution Outside of his work as an attorney, Mr. Fields enjoys playing basketball, beach sports, and traveling to remote destinations across the world. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Joshua A. Fields included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Southern California Super Lawyers (reserved for top 5% of attorneys) – 2017 to 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star (reserved for top 2.5% of attorneys under age 40) – 2009; 2014 to 2016 Wiley M. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services from the State of California Bar Association 2004 Other Sources of Feedback About Joshua A. Fields Included on the 2022Southern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list

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• United States Supreme Court
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• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
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