Jessica Nall

Practice Areas

Jessica is a partner in our San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. For more than two decades, she has been deeply involved in defending a range of preeminent government enforcement cases in the tech industry in California and beyond. Jess has helped a number of well-known public and private companies navigate high-profile crisis situations involving cutting-edge government enforcement and compliance issues. She has handled dozens of internal investigations for tech companies and has defended executives, employees, and groups of witnesses as "pool counsel" in cases at the forefront of evolving government enforcement including trade secrets and economic espionage, crypto currencies, blockchain, and financial technology.

Clients appreciate Jess for her practicality, complex strategic thinking, and deft ability to assemble effective defense teams domestically and across the globe.

Jess has amassed a wealth of expertise in defending complex data security cases involving the FBI, SEC, DOJ, and National Security Division in the United States and globally. She has conducted internal investigations for and has represented companies and executives in regulatory and government investigations in cases involving data breaches, insider threats, data privacy, complex business email compromise matters and other cyber-crimes. Jess brings to the table her significant experience in defending clients in bellwether cyber security government investigations including the Yahoo and Uber breach investigations among countless others.

Professional Memberships

• Women’s White Collar Defense Association - Global Chair of Alumni & Membership, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Leader (2006-present)

• American Bar Association - Co-chair, White Collar Crime Subcommittee for Northern California (2014-present)

• ABA Criminal Justice Section - Co-chair, Women in White Collar Subcommittee (2014-present)

• Criminal Justice Section, Bar Association of San Francisco, Co-chair, Executive Committee (2010-2015)

• US District Court, Northern District of California - Panel attorney, Criminal Justice Act Panel (2015-present)

• Women Defenders - Member, Board of Directors (2007-2010)

• Jewish Vocational Services - Member, Strictly Business Committee (2010-2013)

Publications

• Co-author, "For Laterals, Integration Means Getting Familiar with New Colleagues' 'Natural Habitats'," The American Lawyer, July 2020

Work Highlights

"• Represented the former CEO of a Silicon Valley-based data analytics company in a groundbreaking enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding ""alternative data.""

• Represented a global financial services company in a complex international data security incident including conducting internal investigation, managing complicated government interactions and conducting related litigation in United States District Court involving cutting-edge discovery issues.

• Representing one of the largest technology companies in California in a global evaluation of government surveillance obligations as well as conducting a range of crisis-driven internal investigations involving emerging tech industry issues.

• Representing a politically exposed person from Eurasia in multi-year FBI and national security investigation and complex immigration litigation.

• Representing Bay Area medical doctor in complex and high-profile 30+ defendant health care fraud prosecution involving allegations of kick-backs to home health care agency Amity Home Health.

• Representing main defendant in 40+ defendant complex health care fraud and RICO prosecution (United States v. Karapedyan, et. al., 3:15-cr-00234, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California)."

Languages Spoken

English

Expert in these Jurisdictions

USA

Education