practice areas
practice accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey
bar admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- San Francisco
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One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105-1596
Phone: 415.442.1210
Fax: 415.442.1001
Rebecca Licht Jensen is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Ms. Jensen represents private and public employers in all aspects of employment law, including wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, and harassment litigation. She has experience defending single-and multiplaintiff cases, including class actions.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Ms. Jensen participated in the firm's Public Interest Fellowship Program, and worked at the California Attorney General’s Office in the Employment and Administrative Mandate Division. She represented the state in a variety of employment matters, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and class action litigation. Ms. Jensen also appeared in court on behalf of state agencies in administrative mandamus hearings.
Ms. Jensen earned her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2009, where she was a member of the University of San Francisco Law Review and a brief specialist for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Appellate Advocacy Team. In 2009, she served as a judicial extern to Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar of the California Supreme Court. She received her B.A. in political economies of industrialized societies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006.
Ms. Jensen is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, 2009, J.D.
- University of California, Berkeley, 2006, B.A.