Jessica D. Gilbert

Her practice focuses on product liability and safety issues within the domain of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). In her CPSC-related work, Jessica provides litigation defense and counseling for product liability and safety issues. Her clients include manufacturers, distributors, and online and brick-and-mortar retailers. Jessica’s litigation-related work includes coordinating all aspects of litigation defense for product liability lawsuits, including: drafting motions and briefs; preparing, defending, and deposing witnesses, and composing discovery responses.

By approaching each product safety issue with the understanding that every situation is different, despite how similar two matters look on paper, Jessica has become adept at determining the most appropriate response to each client’s individual situation. For clients who are contending with consumer product safety statutes, regulations, and standards, Jessica provides advice on reporting obligations, recalls, product safety investigations, and consumer reports filed on the CPSC’s safer products database. She also provides clients with guidance on handling civil penalties and FOIA requests. As more food industry companies have encountered legal needs related to Prop 65, Jessica has expanded her practice to address this area of compliance. A natural teacher, Jessica also leads internal compliance programs and trainings.

In addition to her CPSC work, Jessica supports a major oil company in MTBE product liability litigation. In this role, she conducts extensive physical and electronic document reviews across states, drafts discovery responses, coordinates responses and requests with other defendants, and deposes witnesses.

Jessica is an active participant in Crowell & Moring’s tutoring partnership with the Thurgood Marshall Academy, a D.C. public charter school and the first law-themed school in D.C.