Jessica M. Leano

Jessica is a litigation associate in Dorsey & Whitney LLP’s Southern California office, focusing on complex commercial disputes and employment matters.

Though her practice focuses on commercial litigation, Jessica’s cases span Dorsey’s practice groups and disputes at the trial and appellate court level. Her notable matters include representing an institutional client in appeals from lease disputes in the California Courts of Appeal and Ninth Circuit, defending clients against food and beverage mislabeling claims, international arbitration proceedings, and representing pro bono clients in removal proceedings before the United States Immigration Courts.

After graduating from law school, Jessica completed an Appellate Fellowship at the largest law firm in the nation specializing exclusively in appellate litigation. Following a federal clerkship, Jessica began her practice with the Los Angeles office of an international law firm, representing and advising clients in a variety of matters, including employment disputes and class and complex actions.