Jessica Moldovan
Associate, New York Office
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Jessica Moldovan

Jessica A. Moldovan is an associate 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 is currently 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.

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  • New York University School of Law, New York, NY
    J.D. , cum laude, May 2017
  • Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    M.Phil in Gender and Women’s Studies, 1st with distinction, 2014
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT
    B.A. in History, magna cum laude, May 2011

New York

  • New York, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2020
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2020
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star, New York Metro Area, 2023, 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