Jennifer K. Thai

Jennifer Thai is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department, and has over a decade of wide-ranging litigation experience. This experience includes representation of international, national and local clients in the areas of products liability, toxic torts, personal injury, commercial, labor and employment, securities, insurance, and general civil litigation defense. A member of the Firm’s Product Liability and Aviation Groups, she also serves on the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee and on its Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

Among other representations, Ms. Thai represents clients and manages litigation in complex cases filed in California and throughout the United States. She helps clients and their management teams achieve their business objectives in a cost-effective manner through litigation (including trial, if necessary), negotiation, counseling, creative problem solving, application of common sense approaches, familiarizing herself with clients’ businesses, and strategic decision making. She is equally comfortable on her feet arguing in court and in presenting arguments in a persuasive written product for the court’s consideration. Of particular importance in the litigation she handles, she is highly experienced in working with experts and in developing and executing innovative investigative and discovery plans.

Prior to joining Schnader, Ms. Thai served as an extern to Judge Zaven V. Sinanian of the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County. She also worked as a law clerk for both the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office and for the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. While at UCLA School of Law, Ms. Thai served as the Chief Managing Editor for the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.