Jessica Huang Fuzellier joined Goodwin in 2021 and is an associate in the firm’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. Jessica has experience prosecuting and defending clients in a variety of disputes, including labor and employment, real estate, and general business litigation, and in advising and defending clients in the cannabis and cryptocurrency industries.
Jessica has contributed to Goodwin’s Securities Snapshot, a bi-weekly newsletter highlighting news from the civil and criminal securities law arenas.
Jessica maintains and is committed to an active pro bono practice. She previously represented incarcerated individuals in Louisiana convicted by Jim Crow juries, assisting them in seeking post-conviction relief, and assisted with the ABA Military Pro Bono Project.
Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Jessica was a litigation associate at Fox Rothschild LLP in San Francisco, and also previously a Legal Research Attorney to the Honorable Curtis E.A. Karnow in the Complex Litigation Department at the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.
During law school, Jessica was a judicial extern for Justice Goodwin Liu, California Supreme Court, and Judge William H. Orrick III, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; a law clerk for the Tort and Condemnation Section of the California Department of Justice in San Francisco; a legislative researcher at the Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C.; and a two-time law student delegate to Haiti with the Hastings-to-Haiti Partnership, a collaboration between UC Hastings College of the Law and the École Supérieure Catholique de Droit de Jérémie.
Professional Activities
Jessica sat on the Board of Directors of the legal non-profit Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO) from 2020 to 2024 and was Chair of its Personnel Committee. She was also previously a member of the Professional Network for Human Rights, the volunteer arm of the Center for Justice and Accountability.
Credentials
Education
Global Certificate in Legal Epidemiology2023
Temple University
JD2015
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
MPH2010
University of Southern California
BS2008
University of Illinois at Chicago
Admissions
Bars
- California
- Illinois
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Recognition & Awards
- Best Lawyers in America 2025, Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America 2024, Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation
Publications
- Co-Author, “6 Cannabis Industry Legal Cases, Policy Reforms and Trends to Watch in 2025,” Cannabis Business Times, January 7, 2025
- Co-Author, “A Legal Tug of War on Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Regulations,” Cannabis Business Times, October 22, 2024
- Co-Author, “Moving the Goalposts: State Regulation of Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids,” Cannabis Business Times, August 2, 2024
- Co-Author, “California Supreme Court Review: October 2023,” Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, November 20, 2023
- Co-Author, “California Supreme Court Review: July 2023,” Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, August 3, 2023
- Co-Author, "California Supreme Court Review: March 2023,” Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, April 13, 2023