Jessica R. Bernanke

Associate

Jessica R. Bernanke is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Employee Benefits Practice. Ms. Bernanke's litigation experience includes ERISA litigation, whistleblower litigation, and labor arbitrations. Ms. Bernanke focuses her practice on compliance with the privacy regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Ms. Bernanke originally joined the firm’s litigation practice in 1998, where she focused on general commercial and products liability litigation. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Ms. Bernanke was associated with a law firm in New York City. She has participated in litigating cases in federal and state courts in New York City, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and has also been involved with arbitrations before the ICC, the AAA, and the FCMS.

Following law school, Ms. Bernanke was a law clerk for Judge Thomas C. Platt, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Before law school, she worked as a legislative assistant to Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr.

Ms. Bernanke received her J.D. in 1994 from Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, where she was a member of the Moot Court Board and Bar. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Boston College in 1989.

Ms. Bernanke is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York.