Jessica dedicates her practice to helping policyholders recover funds from insurers when they wrongfully refuse to pay, underpay, or act in bad faith.
As a member of the firm’s top-ranked, policyholder-focused practice group, Jessica has recovered millions of dollars from insurers for a wide range of companies and individuals in high-stakes coverage and bad-faith litigation. She has guided businesses and individuals from pre-litigation ADR to trial, where she has conducted direct and cross-examinations. Licensed in California and Florida, she has extensive experience assisting companies, condominium associations, real estate developers, and professionals in securing insurance funds after natural disasters and other catastrophic losses.
Though ready to advocate aggressively in court or arbitration, Jessica has also successfully resolved disputes without litigation. She is skilled in navigating notice and proof-of-loss provisions, structuring claims for optimal recovery, and negotiating with insurers to reverse denials, secure defense funding, and obtain settlements. Jessica has advised corporations, directors and officers, risk managers, insurance brokers, builders, retailers, hospitals, utility companies, and financial institutions on coverage issues involving D&O, EPLI, cyber, CGL, and E&O policies.
To help maximize protection and minimize risk, Jessica proactively counsels clients on policy placement, renewal negotiations, and coverage audits. Jessica combines her deep understanding of clients' operations with industry experience to identify gaps and propose commercially practical solutions that help maximize insurance coverage.
Jessica has been recognized for her work in insurance. She was named a Circle of Excellence winner for Insurance Litigation in 2024 by the Miami-Dade Bar and a Rising Star for Insurance Coverage in the Florida Super Lawyers Magazine.
In addition to maintaining a robust pro bono practice throughout her career, Jessica has served her community in the following capacities:
- Reed Smith LLP, Pro Bono Committee: Miami Co-Chair
- Reed Smith LLP, Associates Committee: Miami and Orange County Chair
- Reed Smith LLP, Women’s Initiative Network: Miami Associate Liaison
- Reed Smith LLP, Insured Success Podcast: Attorney Coordinator
- American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee: Co-Chair, D&O Subcommittee; Co-Vice Chair, Women in Insurance; Co-Chair, Young Lawyers
- Orange County United Way
- Federal Bar Association, OC: Young Lawyers Planning Committee
- Dress for Success Miami: Board of Directors
- Miami-Dade Bar Young Lawyers Section: Treasurer; Secretary; Board of Directors
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Miami-Dade Chapter, Women Making History: Co-Chair
Jessica has been recognized for her professionalism and work ethic. In 2024, she was named to the Top 36 Lawyers Under 36 list by the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division and selected as the Miami-Dade Bar Young Lawyers Section MVP of the Year. In 2023, she was named to the Miami-Dade Bar Young Lawyer Section’s 40 Under 40 list and named the Rising Star Asian American Excellence in Florida winner by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida.
During law school, Jessica served as an extern for the Honorable Karen E. Scott of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
