Experience

Jessica is a Partner in the firm’s Virginia offices. She is an experienced trial attorney who practices in all aspects of healthcare defense. She focuses her practice on the defense of individual health care providers, hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities at all stages of litigation. Jessica has experience as both primary and secondary counsel, and has obtained defense jury and bench verdicts in multiple jurisdictions throughout Virginia, earning her recognition in Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s annual survey of “Largest Med Mal Defense Verdicts in Virginia.” Jessica has been recognized as a Top-Rated (AV) Lawyer by Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell.

Jessica is also well-versed in the fields of professional liability, legal malpractice and premises liability, as well as general tort litigation defense. Her practice also includes frequent counsel on risk management issues and State Board Licensing matters. She has lectured hospital risk managers, physicians, practice managers, nurses, and other attorneys on healthcare topics and has published articles in Hampton Roads Physician Magazine as well as the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Journal. She has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, and as a Top Litigator by America’s Top 100 LLC.