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Jessica L. LaFaurie, ESQ

Vector 14
  • Miami, FL
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Newport Beach, CA
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco, CA

Office Address

  • 1221 Brickell Avenue
    19th Floor
    Miami, FL 33131
  • 523 West Sixth Street
    Suite 716
    Los Angeles, CA 90014
  • 580 California Street
    12th & 16th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94104
  • 402 West Broadway
    11th Floor
    San Diego, CA 92101
  • 4695 MacArthur Court
    11th Floor
    Newport Beach, CA 92660

Jessica L. LaFaurie, ESQ

Partner

Professional Experience

Ms. LaFaurie is a Lydecker Partner overseeing teams throughout the Firm’s Florida and California offices, with extensive experience handling a wide variety of high exposure and complex general liability and personal injury matters. Ms. LaFaurie is the Head of the Firm’s Product Liability Department and the co-chair of the Mass Tort Department. She is one of the firm’s trial attorneys, who regularly handles matters through all phases of litigation, from evidentiary hearings, arbitrations, and through trial, before Local, State and Federal Courts in connection with a wide variety of complex civil and commercial litigation matters.

Ms. LaFaurie’s general liability, product liability, and mass tort litigation experience includes representing premises owners and operators, local and global manufacturers, as well as major national retailers in numerous areas within the wider tort-based field, such as catastrophic injury, premises liability claims, class action, mass and toxic tort litigation, recalled product claims, as well as defending claims involving consumer and commercially available substances and materials. Her experience includes high exposure injury, wrongful death, and commercial matters. Ms. LaFaurie proactively manages and advises her clients on legal and factual matters of first impression, including efforts to mitigate and limit the prospective of emerging and anticipated claims, future class action and large-scale legal exposures.

Ms. LaFaurie is actively involved in leadership and mentorship in several national organizations focused on defense of business owners of all kinds. She sits on several committees with a focus which reflects her practice in civil litigation, product liability and mass tort.

Education

  • J.D., University of Miami School of Law, magna cum laude
  • B.A., University of Connecticut, cum laude

Bar and Court Admissions

  • State of California
  • State of Florida
  • State of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • United States District Court of Middle District of Florida
  • Pro Hac Vice Admission Nationally

Leadership, Membership & Honors

  • CLM Product Liability Committee Leader
  • Member of ABA Mass Tort Ligation Committee
  • Member of ABA Product Liability Committee
  • Recognized as a “Rising Star”, by Florida Super Lawyers. Only 2.5% of Florida attorneys receive this honor each year. Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers (40 years or younger, or in practice 10 years or less) in the state.
  • Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL) Member (Miami Dade Chapter) Task Force Member
  • Dean’s Certificate of Academic Achievement (highest grade): Internet Law
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award (overall academic excellence): Internet Law and Civil Rights and Economic Justice.
  • Dean’s List at University of Miami School of Law
  • Americorp Award; Outstanding Merit Scholarship; Outstanding Public Interest Scholarship; Florida Matrimonial Scholarship; Leadership Scholarship; Academic Incentive Award

Publications & Presentations

  • Jessica has developed and presented numerous seminars and continuing education courses involving civil tort litigation, product liability, and leadership.