Jessica Tabibian

Product Liability & Mass Tort Litigation

Jessica has significant experience representing clients in product liability matters, from individual claims to large-scale mass torts, defending pharmaceutical, medical device, and over-the-counter drug manufacturers. Her work spans all phases of litigation, including depositions, drafting and successfully arguing dispositive motions, and collaborating with experts in cardiology, epidemiology, toxicology, oncology, and related areas.

Technology Litigation

She has represented leading technology companies in high-stakes product liability actions. Jessica previously defended one of the world's largest app-based platforms in the Social Media Adolescent Addiction / Personal Injury multidistrict litigation (MDL) and related Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding (JCCP) in California. In that role, she helped lead discovery for 30 potential bellwether cases, coordinating more than 150 depositions nationwide, overseeing large-scale document reviews, and preparing matters for trial selection.

Jessica also regularly defends other technology, app-based, and video game platform companies in California litigation. She develops early exit strategies through dispositive motions and has successfully argued such motions on behalf of technology clients, in addition to preparing clients for high-exposure corporate representative depositions.

Toxic Torts

Jessica maintains an active toxic torts practice, defending manufacturers and industrial clients against claims that chemical or hazardous-substance exposure caused personal injury. She currently defends a major manufacturer in hundreds of consolidated occupational exposure cases in California state court — taking depositions, managing medical record review, expert coordination, and regulatory analysis across a docket where each plaintiff presents a unique exposure profile and set of co-defendants.

Prior Experience

Before joining Faegre Drinker's Los Angeles office, Jessica was an associate at a litigation boutique in Washington, D.C., where she built a strong foundation in complex commercial disputes, personal injury matters, and pharmaceutical product liability cases, litigating cases through trial. Her trial experience includes participating in a three-week jury trial in Louisiana involving a breach-of-contract dispute against the co-owner and operator of a petrochemical manufacturing plant.

Jessica received her J.D., with honors, from the George Washington University Law School. She was a member of the George Washington International Law Review, served as a writing fellow, and earned a position on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honors Board. While in law school, she also worked in the Civil Litigation Division of the District of Columbia's Office of the Attorney General.

Personal Interests

In her free time, Jessica enjoys the beach and collecting vinyl records.