Jessica Woodhouse is a civil litigator who focuses her practice on general liability and premises liability matters. She also regularly defends general liability matters involving personal injury claims. Jessica has extensive litigation and negotiation experience and has performed all facets of litigation from inception to trial. Jessica was a plaintiffs' attorney prior to joining Wilson Elser, handling matters such as toxic tort, asbestos litigation, product liability and mass torts, which lend a varied and diverse aspect to her analysis of the claims she defends in her current practice. She also has experience as a workers' compensation attorney. Jessica gained a global perspective as a teacher of English as a second language in Madrid, Spain, as an intern for a Non-governmental Organization at the United Nations and working with an initiative to educate Afghan women.
Representative Matters
Obtained summary judgment for a multinational corporation in a personal injury lawsuit in which the plaintiff slipped and fell, alleging negligence in stocking merchandise to be the cause.