Sheila E. Fix

A seasoned trial lawyer, Sheila Fix brings unmatched courtroom experience and strategic precision to her defense of clients in complex, high-exposure litigation. Over the course of her career, Sheila has tried more than 75 cases - including 20 jury trials - earning a reputation for results, leadership, and unflappable advocacy. Sheila defends clients across a broad spectrum of practice areas, including catastrophic injury, toxic tort, habitability, construction, professional liability, and transportation. Her approach combines meticulous preparation with practical, business-minded solutions that protect her clients’ interests both inside and outside the courtroom.

In her habitability and toxic tort practice, Sheila represents property owners, landlords, and operators of hotels and mobile home parks in personal injury and property damage claims involving asbestos, mold, lead, pesticides, and other alleged environmental exposures. She is known for her ability to dismantle complex causation theories through expert-driven analysis and strategic case framing.

Her construction practice spans commercial and residential projects, public works, and geotechnical claims such as landslides and subsidence. Sheila also maintains an active employment defending employers in claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage-and-hour disputes as well as a professional liability practice defending realtors, home inspectors, architects, and other professionals against negligence and fraud claims.

Before entering private practice, Sheila served on active duty in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Thereafter, she continued to serve in the Navy Reserve JAG Corps from which she retired as a Captain (O-6). Her distinguished military career included key leadership positions such as Reserve Deputy Inspector General, Deputy Force Judge Advocate, and Staff Judge Advocate for multiple commands. Sheila’s service earned numerous honors, including the Legion of Merit and the Judge Advocate’s Association Outstanding Career Armed Services Attorney Award.

Drawing on her military discipline and courtroom command, Sheila delivers smart, strategic, and decisive representation for every client she serves.

Newsroom

News

•WSHB Partner Sheila Fix Selected as Los Angeles Business Journal's Woman of Influence in Construction, Engineering, and Architecture
Firm News, 1.20.25
•Sheila Fix Presented with Meritorious Service Medal
Newsroom, 1.22.13

Events, Seminars & Speaking Engagements

•'Peace, Joy & Happiness: The Zen of Mediating Difficult Positions and Issues with Emotional Parties,' CLM New York Conference
•'Look Out: Impact of the Labor Crisis on Construction Claims and the Right to Repair,' CLM Construction Conference
•'Green Building Products - Can They Perform as Promised?,' International Builders Show
•'Meeting the Challenge of the Construction Defect Claim: A Pro-Active Risk Management Strategy,' Los Angeles County Bar Association
•'Going Green: Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side?,' West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar
•'Meeting the Challenge of the Multi-Family Housing Construction Claim,' National Association of Homebuilders International Builders Show

Publications

•Supreme Court Showdown: ADA Standing in Crosshairs
Case Updates, 4.17.23
•Changing Demographics Drive Jury Verdicts and Impact Claims Analysis In California's Central Valley
Publications, 3.11.14
•Virtually Accessible: A Recent Supreme Court Action Opens the Door to ADA Lawsuits Over Website Accessibility , CLM Magazine (November 2019)

In the News

•WSHB Partner Sheila Fix Selected as Los Angeles Business Journal's Woman of Influence in Construction, Engineering, and Architecture
•Supreme Court Showdown: ADA Standing in Crosshairs
•Jury Rejects $1.9 Million Mold Claim; Plaintiff Must Pay Defense Fees and Costs
•Changing Demographics Drive Jury Verdicts and Impact Claims Analysis In California's Central Valley

Honors & Recognitions

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
•Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Construction Law in Glendale, CA (2026)
•Named a Woman of Influence in Construction, Engineering, and Architecture by the Los Angeles Business Journal (2025)
•Named a Top Attorney by Pasadena Magazine (2013 - 2017, 2023)
•Named a Top 100 Attorney by the Los Angeles Business Journal (2023)
•Named a Woman of Influence: Attorney by the Los Angeles Business Journal (2023)
•The Judge Advocates Association's U.S. Navy Reserve Outstanding Career Judge Advocate Award (2016)
•Rear Admiral Hugh H. Howell, Jr., Award of Excellence, Junior Officer, West Coast
•National Merit Scholar
•Navy League Military Woman of Achievement