diff --git a/src/static_schema.rs b/src/static_schema.rs
index 5b1a5cada..286ec65ad 100644
--- a/src/static_schema.rs
+++ b/src/static_schema.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
 
 use crate::event::DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_KEY;
 use crate::utils::arrow::get_field;
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Error as AnyError};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::str;
 
 use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema, TimeUnit};
-use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
+use std::{
+    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+    sync::Arc,
+};
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct StaticSchema {
     fields: Vec<SchemaFields>,
@@ -54,13 +57,12 @@ pub struct Fields {
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-
 pub struct Metadata {}
 pub fn convert_static_schema_to_arrow_schema(
     static_schema: StaticSchema,
     time_partition: &str,
     custom_partition: Option<&String>,
-) -> Result<Arc<Schema>, AnyError> {
+) -> Result<Arc<Schema>, StaticSchemaError> {
     let mut parsed_schema = ParsedSchema {
         fields: Vec::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
@@ -83,11 +85,17 @@ pub fn convert_static_schema_to_arrow_schema(
 
         for partition in &custom_partition_list {
             if !custom_partition_exists.contains_key(*partition) {
-                return Err(anyhow!("custom partition field {partition} does not exist in the schema for the static schema logstream"));
+                return Err(StaticSchemaError::MissingCustomPartition(
+                    partition.to_string(),
+                ));
             }
         }
     }
+
+    let mut existing_field_names: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
+
     for mut field in static_schema.fields {
+        validate_field_names(&field.name, &mut existing_field_names)?;
         if !time_partition.is_empty() && field.name == time_partition {
             time_partition_exists = true;
             field.data_type = "datetime".to_string();
@@ -127,18 +135,16 @@ pub fn convert_static_schema_to_arrow_schema(
         parsed_schema.fields.push(parsed_field);
     }
     if !time_partition.is_empty() && !time_partition_exists {
-        return Err(anyhow! {
-            format!(
-                "time partition field {time_partition} does not exist in the schema for the static schema logstream"
-            ),
-        });
+        return Err(StaticSchemaError::MissingTimePartition(
+            time_partition.to_string(),
+        ));
     }
     add_parseable_fields_to_static_schema(parsed_schema)
 }
 
 fn add_parseable_fields_to_static_schema(
     parsed_schema: ParsedSchema,
-) -> Result<Arc<Schema>, AnyError> {
+) -> Result<Arc<Schema>, StaticSchemaError> {
     let mut schema: Vec<Arc<Field>> = Vec::new();
     for field in parsed_schema.fields.iter() {
         let field = Field::new(field.name.clone(), field.data_type.clone(), field.nullable);
@@ -146,10 +152,7 @@ fn add_parseable_fields_to_static_schema(
     }
 
     if get_field(&schema, DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_KEY).is_some() {
-        return Err(anyhow!(
-            "field {} is a reserved field",
-            DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_KEY
-        ));
+        return Err(StaticSchemaError::ReservedKey(DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_KEY));
     };
 
     // add the p_timestamp field to the event schema to the 0th index
@@ -176,3 +179,57 @@ fn default_dict_id() -> i64 {
 fn default_dict_is_ordered() -> bool {
     false
 }
+
+fn validate_field_names(
+    field_name: &str,
+    existing_fields: &mut HashSet<String>,
+) -> Result<(), StaticSchemaError> {
+    if field_name.is_empty() {
+        return Err(StaticSchemaError::EmptyFieldName);
+    }
+
+    if !existing_fields.insert(field_name.to_string()) {
+        return Err(StaticSchemaError::DuplicateField(field_name.to_string()));
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum StaticSchemaError {
+    #[error(
+        "custom partition field {0} does not exist in the schema for the static schema logstream"
+    )]
+    MissingCustomPartition(String),
+
+    #[error(
+        "time partition field {0} does not exist in the schema for the static schema logstream"
+    )]
+    MissingTimePartition(String),
+
+    #[error("field {0:?} is a reserved field")]
+    ReservedKey(&'static str),
+
+    #[error("field name cannot be empty")]
+    EmptyFieldName,
+
+    #[error("duplicate field name: {0}")]
+    DuplicateField(String),
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_field_names() {
+        let mut existing_field_names: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
+        assert!(validate_field_names("", &mut existing_field_names).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn duplicate_field_names() {
+        let mut existing_field_names: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
+        let _ = validate_field_names("test_field", &mut existing_field_names);
+        assert!(validate_field_names("test_field", &mut existing_field_names).is_err());
+    }
+}