Jessamyn has significant experience in the health care and financial services space, representing major health plans and insurers in both state and federal courts, and advising health care clients regarding regulatory compliance.

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Jessamyn is a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services practice, based in Los Angeles. She focuses her practice on the health insurance and managed health care sectors. Jessamyn represents major health plans and insurers in complex litigation in both state and federal courts, including actions for breach of contract, bad faith denial of benefits, ERISA benefits, and unfair competition, among others, with particular emphasis on out-of-network provider reimbursement disputes.

Jessamyn’s experience includes advising clients regarding regulatory compliance and representing health care clients in administrative proceedings. She has also represented clients in the energy, entertainment, and technology industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Jessamyn was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jacqueline H. Nguyen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and was a partner at a national law firm.

Jessamyn is a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services practice, based in Los Angeles. She focuses her practice on the health insurance and managed health care sectors. Jessamyn represents major health plans and insurers in complex litigation in both state and federal courts, including actions for breach of contract, bad faith denial of benefits, ERISA benefits, and unfair competition, among others, with particular emphasis on out-of-network provider reimbursement disputes.

Jessamyn’s experience includes advising clients regarding regulatory compliance and representing health care clients in administrative proceedings. She has also represented clients in the energy, entertainment, and technology industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Jessamyn was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jacqueline H. Nguyen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and was a partner at a national law firm.

  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Member, American Health Lawyers Association
  • Member, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys 
  • Member, American Bar Association Health Law Section 
  • Judicial law clerk, Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2012-2013
  • Judicial law clerk, Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2011-2012
  • Extern, Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2010
  • Extern, Hon. Kim McLane Wardlaw, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2009

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2011, managing editor, Women’s Law Journal
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., summa cum laude, 2008, Dean’s List

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Languages

  • French
  • Speaker, “Trends in ERISA Managed Care Litigation,” Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, February 13, 2025.
  • Speaker, “Mental Health Parity and Implementation of SB 855 in California,” California Association of Health Plans Webinar, April 7, 2021.