Since graduating from U.C. Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 2002, Jennifer Reisch has devoted her legal career to advocating for under-represented individuals and communities.
Jennifer became the Legal Director of ERA in September 2012, assuming responsibility for managing ERA’s litigation and other advocacy on behalf of women, girls, and working families. She supervises a team of staff attorneys, law fellows, volunteer attorneys and law clerks who make an impact through litigation, direct services, legislative advocacy, and community education and outreach.
Prior to joining ERA, Jennifer was a partner with the San Francisco law firm of Talamantes Villegas Carrera, LLP, where she specialized in representing low-wage and immigrant workers in individual and class action suits challenging discrimination, wage and hour violations, and other unlawful business practices. She has been named as a Rising Star in Super Lawyers magazine each year from 2009-2012.
In addition to her advocacy work, Jennifer serves as an Adjunct Professor at Hastings College of the Law, where she teaches a bilingual course on Representing Spanish-Speaking Workers, and has previously taught at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She is also the Co-Chair of the California Employment Lawyers Association’s (CELA) Wage and Hour Committee and a member of CELA’s Immigrant Rights Committee. Jennifer has volunteered as a supervising attorney with the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center’s Workers’ Rights Clinic for many years, and serves on the Advisory Board of the East Bay Community Law Center. She is also an active member of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association’s Diversity Committee.
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