Jessica Taub Rosenberg
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Labor & Employment
- Employment Discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Advocacy
- Executive Disputes & Agreements
- Labor Relations Strategic Advice & Counseling
- Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Litigation & Counseling
- Workplace Investigations, Civil Rights Audits & DEI Practices Advice
- Disputes & Investigations
- Workplace Safety/OSHA Litigation & Counseling
- Class Actions
- Investment Funds Litigation
- Trade Secret Litigation
- Health Care Litigation & Investigations
- Real Estate
- Private Equity
- Nationally recognized first-chair litigator with extensive experience in high-stakes employment-related disputes and counseling on employment matters.
- Represents companies and individuals in a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on investment management, private equity, real estate and health care.
With over 15 years of experience representing public and private companies and their senior executives before state and federal courts, administrative agencies and arbitration panels, Jessica guides clients through a variety of complex and sensitive workplace challenges.
Jessica is ranked by Chambers USA, where clients describe her as “an excellent lawyer” with “terrific judgment” who is “experienced, knowledgeable and practical” and who is “good on her feet and at examining witnesses.” As noted by Chambers, she is “a strong advocate who argues her position effectively and commands respect.”
Jessica is an accomplished trial lawyer and regularly defends clients against a wide variety of employment claims involving discrimination, harassment and retaliation; contract, compensation and restrictive covenant disputes; and tort claims including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and defamation. Jessica has served as lead trial counsel defending against class and collective action suits asserting violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), various state labor laws and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims.
Prior to joining Akin, Jessica served as co-chair of the employment practices and litigation group at a leading national litigation firm. She also previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office and was an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at Fordham University School of Law. Jessica regularly speaks on trends in employment law.
- Represents Vince McMahon, former CEO of WWE, in defense of claims brought in federal court by a former employee.
- Lead trial counsel for a network of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, in winning a three-week jury trial in a case brought by a former employee claiming retaliation under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. The jury in the Essex County, New Jersey Court found that the employee had not established that the nursing home had engaged in unlawful retaliation and rejected all of the employee’s claims for economic damages, emotional distress damages and punitive damages.
- Represented a national real estate brokerage firm, in successfully defending numerous employment matters, including defense of claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law, as well as claims of discrimination under New York State Human Rights Law alleging a hostile work environment; a wage and hour case; an EEOC case asserting sexual harassment claims; and arbitrations in front of the Real Estate Board of New York involving commission disputes.
- Successfully defended a class action asserting claims under PAGA and the California Labor Code for, among other claims, failure to pay overtime wages and provide meal breaks in Los Angeles County Superior Court for a California-based client.
- Successfully obtained a preliminary injunction from the Southern District of New York on behalf of a mobile messaging company enforcing restrictive covenants and enjoining former employees from working for any competitor and from soliciting any of the clients’ employees, clients, suppliers, customers or business prospects.
“She is an excellent lawyer, good on her feet and at examining witnesses. Jessica is a strong advocate who argues her position effectively and commands respect.”
Chambers USA, 2024
EducationJ.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2005
Bachelor of Arts in English, Emory University, summa cum laude, 2002
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2005
Bachelor of Arts in English, Emory University, summa cum laude, 2002
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- Chambers USA, Labor & Employment, 2022–2024.
- The Legal 500, Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions), 2020–2024.
- Crain’s New York Business, Notable Women in Law, 2021.
- Benchmark Litigation, Litigation Star and Labor & Employment Star.
- Lawdragon, 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers, 2024–2025.
- Corporate Counsel, Women, Influence & Power in Law Award for Innovative Leadership, 2022.
- Diversity Journal, Woman Worth Watching, 2019.
- Assistant District Attorney, Trial Bureau 30, New York County District Attorney’s Office.
- Member, Law360 Employment Authority Discrimination Editorial Advisory Board.
- “The Bulls, Bears & Future of Wall Street DEI,” CenterForce’s Diversity & Equity on Wall Street Conference, November 2023.
- “The Buck Stops Here: Tackling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination at Every Level,” Corporate Counsel’s Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference, October 2023.
- “Employment Litigation Trends,” Corporate Counsel’s General Counsel Conference East, October 2023.
- “Liability Issues After the Quarantine: Risks for Building Owners and Building Operators,” Practising Law Institute webinar, June 2020.
- “Hypothetical Scenarios on Equal Pay, Family Leave, and the #MeToo Movement: The Unwritten Rules for Addressing Highly Sensitive, Complex Challenges,” American Conference Institute’s 32nd National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, June 2019.
- “Cut from a Different Cloth: Employment Issues Tailored to the Fashion Industry,” Practising Law Institute webinar, January 2019.
