Jessica A. Moldovan is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s Antitrust, Employment, and Survivor Advocacy practice groups. She has represented female employees challenging systemic gender discrimination at Goldman Sachs, which recently resulted in a $215 million settlement. She also represents classes of workers challenging unlawful “no-poach” agreements between employers, as well as individuals and a class against the Devereux Foundation for systemic abuse and neglect.
Prior to joining Lieff Cabraser, Jessica was a research fellow at the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at New York University School of Law where she was also an Adjunct Professor of Law. She previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Cheryl Ann Krause on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Honorable Allyne R. Ross on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Jessica graduated from NYU School of Law cum laude, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholar, Senior Articles Editor on the N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change, a Florence Allen Scholar, and Co-President of Law Women. She previously worked at the Center for Reproductive Rights and interned at the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice.
Classes & Seminars
Panelist, “The Role of Gender in the 2025 Workplace,” PLI Employment Law Institute, October 2025
Panelist, “What You Need to Know About Litigating ‘Troubled’ Teen Industry Cases in a Trauma-Informed Manner,” American Association for Justice Annual Convention, July 2025
Facilitator, “How to Assess the New Legal Risks of Your DEI Policies,” ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law National Conference on EEO Law, March 2025
Faculty, “Duty to Protect From Third-Party Harm in Sexual Abuse Cases,” Strafford CLE Webinar, February 2025
Panelist, “Current Issues in Equal Pay/Pay Equity in 2024,” PLI Employment Law Institute, October 2024
Moderator, “Affirmative Action and DEI: Where Do We Stand After SFFA v. Harvard,” ABA National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, March 2024
Faculty, “Duty to Protect From Third-Party Harm in Sexual Abuse Cases,” Strafford CLE Webinar, February 2024
Panelist, “The Erosion of Fundamental Rights in light of Dobbs,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers NY Chapter Annual March Meeting, March 2023
Panelist, “The Threat to Roe, Then and Now,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers NY Chapter Annual March Meeting, March 2022
Faculty, “Duty to Protect From Third-Party Harm in Sexual Abuse Cases,” Strafford CLE Webinar, January 2022
Awards
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2025, 2026
•Super Lawyers Rising Star, New York Metro Area, 2023-2025
•“Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Litigation,” American Antitrust Institute, 2024
In the News
•February 17, 2026
30 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Recognized as Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” for 2026
•February 5, 2026
Lieff Cabraser Partners To Chair and Speak at ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law National Conference on EEO Law
•December 29, 2025
Jessica Moldovan Talks to The Cut About Lieff Cabraser’s Federal Employees DEI Termination Litigation
•October 30, 2025
21 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Selected as 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
•September 30, 2025
Jessica Moldovan to Discuss Gender in the Workplace at PLI Employment Law Institute 2025
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