Retired Palm Beach Circuit Judge Lucy Chernow Brown has joined mediation and arbitration powerhouse JAMS.

Brown spent 24 years on the bench and presided over thousands of civil matters.

She will be based at the firm's Boca Raton hearing center and serve as an arbitrator, mediator and special master in disputes including business, class action, mass tort, employment, health care, insurance, personal injury torts, professional liability and real property.