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Associate
Troutman Pepper
Jessica focuses her employment practice on three key areas: advice and counsel, corporate transactions, and litigation.
In terms of advice and counsel, Jessica counsels businesses on all aspects of employment policies and practices, including employee handbooks, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, disability accommodations, wage and hour compliance, independent contractor misclassification, and employment separations.
Her corporate transactions focus includes serving as an employment specialist on both buy-side and sell-side deals. Jessica conducts due diligence, negotiates purchase agreement language, and drafts employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, and other related deal documents. On the buy-side, she works with clients to identify employment-related red flags, quantify potential risks, and protect against potential liability.
In litigation matters, Jessica represents employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in cases involving allegations of employment discrimination, wrongful termination, breach of contract (including restrictive covenants), and wage and hour violations on an individual and class action basis.
