Jessica T Travers

Practice Areas

Class Actions; Discrimination and Harassment; Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation; Wage and Hour; Whistleblowing and Retaliation

Career

Jessica T. Travers has extensive experience counseling and advising employers on a wide range of cutting-edge workplace issues, including employment policies and procedures; internal investigations; accommodation requirements; leaves of absence; wage and hour compliance and remediation; employment-related agreements; terminations; discipline; disability access laws; and manager and employee training. She works with employers of all sizes in an array of industries, including energy, hospitality, retail, e-commerce, technology, real estate, and transportation and logistics. Travers is known for identifying and resolving potential areas of liability and exposure in a proactive but practical way.

She has successfully defended clients in class, multiplaintiff, and single-plaintiff actions in federal and state courts and agencies, appellate courts, and arbitral forums. Travers has successfully enforced arbitration agreements, obtained denials of class certification, and has had conditionally certified collectives decertified. She has experience handling legally complex and factually challenging cases and has obtained awards of summary judgment in favor of employers in numerous cases.

Travers has had numerous appellate court victories, including claims brought under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. She has also litigated whistleblower claims under Sarbanes-Oxley and AIR21 and handled investigations and enforcement actions with numerous other federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, and the OFCCP.

Professional Memberships

Jacksonville Bar Association; Jacksonville Women’s Lawyers Association; Women’s Center of Jacksonville

Personal

J.D., Tulane University Law School, cum laude; B.S., University of Florida