Jessica Mendelson is an Of Counsel in the Employment Law Department of Paul Hastings. Her practice focuses on employee mobility and intellectual property, including trade secrets, covenants not to compete, unfair competition, and fiduciary duties. She provides advice on best practices to protect and enforce intellectual property rights and restrictive covenants. On the transactional side, she prepares employee and executive contracts, focusing on the protection of trade secrets and the prevention of improper customer and employee solicitations.

Ms. Mendelson also has experience representing institutions of higher education in matters involving student discipline, sexual harassment and sexual assault (including litigation of and related to Title IX actions). In addition, Ms. Mendelson has experience representing employers in matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, and wage-and-hour issues.

Ms. Mendelson is the current co-Editor of the ABA Business and Corporate Litigation Section’s Recent Developments publication and co-chair of the ABA Business Law Section’s Publications subcommittee.

Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Ms. Mendelson practiced at a boutique firm in Los Angeles as well as a national firm in San Francisco. Ms. Mendelson received her law degree from UC Hastings College of the Law. During law school, she served as an extern to the Honorable Judge Marilyn H. Patel of the Northern District of California. She graduated from Brown University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with honors, while also completing a concentration in Human Biology. Ms. Mendelson is admitted to practice law in California.

• State Bar of California Wiley W. Manual Award for Pro Bono Legal Services, for work provided to Bay Area Legal Aid (2012, 2013)

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 2011
• Brown University, A.B. (honors), 2007