Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, announced the addition of OCBA member Jessica Thompson as an associate in its Irvine office. The firm now has 39 attorneys in Irvine.

Thompson represents employers in various aspects of employment law, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour and retaliation matters. She also has experience in complex business and construction litigation and insurance defense matters. 

During law school, Thompson clerked for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Patricia Yim Cowett of the San Diego County Superior Court. She joins the firm from Murtaugh, Treglia, Stern & Deily LLP. Thompson is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society and the OCBA Labor & Employment Law Section. 

Thompson earned her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2008, where she was Executive Editor of the San Diego International Law Review, and her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Southern California in 2005.