• Jessica Juarez

    Plaintiff's Employment and Catastrophic Personal Injury Attorney

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    Jessica Juarez

    Jessica Juarez focuses her practice on representing children and families who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries, including those resulting from traumatic brain injuries and severe burns. She brings a compassionate and strategic approach to helping families navigate the complex legal, medical, and emotional challenges that follow life-altering harm.

    In addition to her personal injury work, Jessica represents employees in a wide range of employment matters. She regularly advises clients in severance negotiations and litigates cases involving wage and hour violations, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, employee misclassification, retaliation, whistleblower protection, and wrongful termination.

    Before becoming an attorney, Jessica worked with several nonprofit organizations and agencies of the United Nations, where she advanced human rights initiatives focused on vulnerable populations around the world.

    Jessica can be reached directly at (415) 287-9800 or jessica@kevinglittle.com.

  • Admissions

    • California
    • United States District Court,Northern District
    • United States District Court, Eastern District
    • United States District Court, Central District

    Education

    • J.D., UC Hastings College of the Law
    • M.A, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
    • B.A., University of California, Berkeley

    Associations

    • Member, California Employment Lawyers Association
    • Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
    • Member & Volunteer, National Lawyers Guild
    • Volunteer, California Rural Legal Assistance
    • The Center for Constitutional Rights

    Awards & Recognition

    Significant awards she has obtained for her clients include:

    • $1.49 million for female Battalion Chief who was retaliated against after filing her first lawsuit (co-counsel R. Michael Flynn, Flynn Law Office);
    • $5.5 million for a 10-year-old boy who suffered significant burns on his body. (Personal Injury / Substandard housing)
    • $1+million for top female administrators who were denied merited promotions (Gender Discrimination, Retaliation);
    • $3+ million for anesthesiologists who were retaliated against for making complaints related to health and safety (co-counsel, Leiann Laiks, Fusion Law Group).
    • 2018-2024, Super Lawyers

    Prior to becoming an attorney, Jessica worked with various non-profit organizations and agencies of the United Nations in the attainment of human rights.

    Employment Law Resources

    • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Federal agency for making complaints about discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, sex, disability, religion.
    • Department of Fair Employment and Housing – State agency for making complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on race, national origin, ancestry, color, language, gender / gender identity / gender expression, sexual orientation, disability of medication condition, pregnancy, religion, family status, veteran status.
    • San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement – Information about local employment ordinances related to minimum wages, paid sick leave, lactation, health care, etc.

    Speaking Engagements

    • Bridgeport, Opening Statements.
    • Entrepreneur Law Talk, “Entering and Exiting A Startup With a Stellar Contract”, NextSpace San Francisco, July 2016
    • Bridgeport, “Effective Depositions”, March 2015
    • Bridgeport, “Litigating Discrimination and Harassment Claims”, December 2014
    • San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, “Social Media in the Employment Law Context”, May 2014
    • Attorney Action Club SF, “The 10 Most Common Employment Law Mistakes Made by Startups”, May 2014