Hon. Anne Ollada (Ret.) comes to JAMS having served over 22 years on the bench where she served for a time as presiding judge. During those 22 years, she heard thousands of bench and jury trials, and had face to face courtroom contact with countless litigants in both civil and criminal cases. Her cases ranged from personal injury, breach of contract, premises liability, professional negligence, HOA, landlord tenant and employment disputes to deciding issues pertaining to care and control and best interests of a child in protection order proceedings.

Judge Ollada has a reputation for being fair and patient, well versed in the law, and is widely thought of as having a calm and respectful demeanor. Her primary goal in the courtroom was to listen, rule according to the law and make sure every litigant left the court feeling heard.

Prior to being appointed to the bench she worked in private civil practice specializing in trial work for both plaintiffs and defendants as in-house defense counsel.  She studied abroad and is fascinated by all different cultures and looks for ways to bring people who have clear cultural differences together to better understand each other.

Judge Ollada understands the stress that the trial process can bring to litigants and looks forward to assisting as many parties as possible to avoid the high cost of litigation, emotional stress and delay that is frequently associated with participating in a trial.