Jessica joins Larson Health Advocates after spending four years defending against personal injury claims resulting from motor vehicle accidents. Before she was practicing insurance defense, she spent three years clerking for the Honorable Beth M. Andrus at King County Superior Court. Jessica couples her litigation and judiciary experience to guide her practice as she begins at Larson Health Advocates.
Jessica's practice will focus on complex litigation and the defense of physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers against medical and professional malpractice claims. Jessica is also a member of Inglewood Golf Club and serves on the Strategic Planning Committee. When she is not golfing, she enjoys skiing and spending time with her family.
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Licensing and Disciplinary Actions
- General Civil Litigation
Representative cases
- Successful professional disciplinary board claims where allegations were for unprofessional conduct
- Argued and won partial dispositive motion to dismiss the corporate negligence claim in medical malpractice lawsuit involving allegation of wrongful death
- Successful jury verdict involving major rear-end accident
- Defense arbitration award in liability dispute between pedestrian and motor vehicle
- Effectively advocated for clients during 50+ civil arbitrations
- Argued and won motions, including dispositive motions, in King County Superior Court
- Multiple successful mediations involving multi-party litigation
Education
- Benjamin N. Cardozo, Yeshiva University, NY, J.D. 2014
- University of Denver, CO, BA, 2006
Professional Experience
- Law Office of Alice Brown, GEICO Staff Counsel, Attorney, April 2017 - June 2021
- Hon. Beth M. Andrus, Law Clerk & Bailiff, October 2014 - April 2017
- Healy LLC, Law Clerk, February 2014 - October 2014
- Securities Arbitration Clinic, Legal Intern, August 2013 - May 2014
- Hon. Paul A. Crotty, U.S. District Court, SDNY, Legal Intern, June 2013 - August 2013
- New York County Defender Services, Legal Extern, January 2013 - May 2013
- New York State Office of the Attorney General, Legal Intern, September 2012 - December 2012
- United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Legal Intern, June 2012 - August 2012
- MetaVu Business Consulting, Sr. Business Analyst, June 2006 - May 2011
Professional memberships
- Washington State Bar Association
- Washington Healthcare Management Society
- King County Bar Association
- Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle
- Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
Presentations
- CLE on Medical Malpractice Damages Defense titled "Show Me the Money!"
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Using Restorative Justice to Satisfy Victims' Rights, 15 CARDOZO J. OF CONFLICT RESOL. 569 (2014)