Jessica Shpall Rosen regularly advises employers on a range of employment and personnel management issues, in addition to her litigation practice. She also provides management training on a variety of employment-related subjects, including sexual harassment prevention. As a former Spanish translator and interpreter, Jessica uses her language skills to conduct interviews and trainings in Spanish.
Jessica works with New York and California clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, retail, entertainment, financial services, professional services, insurance, and nonprofit organizations.
Jessica has advised a broad array of health and human services entities in New York regarding the implications of recent changes in FLSA requirements governing overtime and related issues for clients providing or paying for home care and personal care services.
Some of Jessica’s favorable resolutions include securing dismissals of state and federal administrative charges alleging discrimination, retaliation, and harassment on behalf of a multi-national retailer, as well as obtaining early dismissal of retaliation and race and sexual harassment and discrimination claims in arbitration on behalf of a bank.
Jessica is also a published writer and speaker on wide range of employment law topics.
Honors & Awards
Breaking Education Barriers Pro Bono Award, Learning Rights Law Center (2011).
Best Student Article, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 2007-2008.
Loyola Law School: First Honors, Disability Law; Dean's Honor List; Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society; St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
Publications
Stonebreaker v. Guardian Life et al., 820 F.Supp.2d 1096 (S.D. Cal. 2011)(successfully argued that the plaintiff failed to rebut the presumption in federal court that the deposition of the company's Person Most Knowledgeable should be held at the company's principal place of business).
D.R. v. Antelope Valley Union High Sch. Dist., 746 F.Supp.2d 1132 (C.D. Cal. 2010) (in a pro bono matter, secured preliminary injunction ordering high school to provide an elevator key to student with a physical disability).
A Shakeup for the Duty of Confidentiality: The Competing Priorities of a Government Attorney in California, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 2008.
