Profile
Having co-founded Juridica Capital Management in December 2007, Mr. Fields now serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. While in private practice, Mr. Fields was a partner in several major US law firms, practicing as a corporate plaintiff’s lawyer in the areas of complex litigation and dispute resolution. While in private practice he focused on insurance coverage and contract issues, complex business dispute resolution and human rights issues. Over the course of his career Mr. Fields recovered several billion dollars for numerous Fortune 500 clients. Described by the Legal Times of Washington, D.C. as "a master negotiator”, he has been named one of “the Leading Litigators in America” by Lawdragon Magazine, one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” by Chambers, and one of “the world’s leading IP strategists” by Intellectual Asset Management. Mr. Fields is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. He graduated from Indiana University, B.A., 1977, Phi Beta Kappa, and from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, J.D., 1982, summa cum laude. He is an active member of the New York Bar Association, the Bar of the City of New York, the District of Columbia Bar, the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Rand Corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice, a member of the Board of Visitors, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, and Co-Chair of the New York Committee, Human Rights Watch.
About Richard Fields
Admitted: 2005, New York
Professional Webpage: www.juridicainvestments.com
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Board of Overseers of the Rand Corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice, a member of the Board of Visitors, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, and Co-Chair of the New York Committee, Human Rights Watch.
Representative Clients:
- In the oil industry, Mr. Fields represented numerous global oil companies, including BP Amoco (and its predecessor companies, British Petroleum and Amoco), Phillips Petroleum, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, Ashland Oil Company, British Gas, and others. In the gas and electric industry, Mr. Fields represented dozens of major and regional companies, including Edison International, Pacificorp, Niagara Mohawk, Florida Power Corporation, and many others. He also represented major financial, industrial and commercial companies such as 3M Company, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Credit Suisse First Boston, Amtrak Electric, American Airlines, and General Motors Corporation. He was also co-counsel in representing the Bermuda captive insurer of Andersen in multiple international reinsurance arbitrations.