Jessica Hawk focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation.  She has defended corporate and individual clients against claims involving fraud, unfair competition, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, financial products, and trade secrets misappropriation, and is experienced in consumer class action defense.  Ms. Hawk has also defended large corporate clients in employment matters involving misclassification and wrongful termination claims.  She routinely resolves class-based claims prior to litigation and has obtained the dismissal of class-based claims at the pleading stage and at class certification.  In a recent representative matter, Ms. Hawk defeated class certification in a putative nationwide consumer class action on behalf of a large brewing company where she deposed the named plaintiff, managed fact and expert discovery, and drafted the opposition to class certification.  Prior to joining Buchalter, Ms. Hawk spent several years of practice at a large international law firm.

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• UC Davis School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2012
• University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Law and Society, with high honors, college honors

• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Cal/OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard Takes Effect

  By Jessica Hawk |December 2020

• Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Opposite Sides of the Table: Restaurants Seek Recovery From Insurers for Business Interruption in the Wake of COVID-19
• Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Local COVID-19 Related Emergency Sick Leave Ordinances in California: San Francisco and San Jose
• Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Considerations for Employers Bringing Employees Back to Work in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Cal/OSHA Issues Interim General Guidelines on Protecting Workers from COVID-19 and Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Recording and Reporting Requirements
• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Cal/OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard Takes Effect
• Buchalter Webcast: California Employer Considerations and Best Practices for Returning to Work in the Wake of COVID-19