Jessica Lobis Buckwalter

Ms. Buckwalter practices in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, international disputes, electronic discovery, employment law, and insurance and reinsurance.  Ms. Buckwalter assists clients in all forms of dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration, as well as litigation in federal and state courts.

Ms. Buckwalter’s practice focuses on litigating cases arising out of complex international financial frauds, with an emphasis on security fraud involving subprime mortgages and structured financial products, and electronic discovery.  

Through her extensive experience dealing with discovery issues in complex litigation, Ms. Buckwalter has developed substantial knowledge and proficiency in the area of electronic discovery.  Ms. Buckwalter provides focused guidance and expertise on information governance and electronic discovery matters to Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss's lawyers and their clients, including providing case and client-specific advice about meeting preservation obligations, addressing "meet and confer" obligations, and attending court appearances that address eDiscovery matters. Ms. Buckwalter also assists with developing strategies for efficient and effective data harvesting, review and production, and implementing cost-shifting and cost reduction strategies.

Professional Affiliations

• District of Columbia Bar Association
• California Bar Association
• American Bar Association

• Associate, Severson & Werson
• Judicial Extern to the Honorable Richard Huffman, California Court of Appeal Fourth District

• Representation of Australian hedge fund in multiple actions filed domestically against prominent Wall Street banks and collateral managers stemming from the fraudulent sales of collateralized debt obligations and other subprime mortgage products.
• Represented insurers in coverage litigation in West Virginia brought by a large coal mining company.