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Jessica R. Hanson

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Los Angeles +1 424 332 4812 jhanson@cov.com Download V-card
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Jessica R. Hanson (“Jess”) is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex insurance recovery disputes on behalf of a wide range of policyholder clients and under different types of insurance policies, including commercial general liability, first-party property damage and business interruption. She also maintains an active pro bono practice.


  • Achieved a multi-million dollar settlement for a major corporation in litigation seeking business interruption coverage for hurricane-related losses.
  • Represented developers of a high-end condominium project in litigation under OCIP and Pollution Legal Liability policies.
  • Representing a major space research and development center in recovering for extensive damage to computer equipment.

Pro Bono

  • Secured release from Adelanto immigration detention facility for two individuals at high risk of developing complications from COVID-19.
  • Achieved a favorable settlement for an indigent client who was wrongfully transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in violation of the California Values Act.
  • Pursuing Federal Tort Claims Act claims on behalf of immigrant parents and children who were subjected to the federal government's family separation policy.
  • Representing pro bono client in sanctuary city grant funding litigation.

Previous Experience

  • Skadden Fellowship, National Immigration Law Center

Practices

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2016

  • Order of the Coif
  • UCLA Law Review, Senior Editor

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 2010

  • Morehead-Cain Scholar
  • cum laude
  • California
  • Spanish