Overview

Jessica Lienau focuses on public agency and municipal law as well as attorney regulation and legal ethics. She frequently advises public entities on solid waste, wastewater, recycling and recycled water contracts, ordinances, laws and regulations. Jessica has extensive experience representing and counseling clients in a variety of administrative proceedings, local agency formation issues, government tort claims/notices of claims and public records requests and litigation. 

Additionally, Jessica’s experience in attorney regulation and ethics includes advising attorneys and law firms on matters relating to Bar charges in Arizona and State Bar complaints in California, as well as fee disputes, disciplinary matters, disqualification issues, bar admissions and other licensing, ethics and professional responsibility issues. She regularly represents clients from the inquiry stage through trial before the State Bar Court of California. Jessica has been retained as an expert witness in attorney ethics matters. Jessica also serves as the Firm’s General Counsel.

Insights

Publications

  • Ethics Opinions Offer Advice; Some Practical, Some Challenging
    03.05.2021 | Daily Journal
  • Some Silver Linings For The Legal Practice From The Covid- 19 Pandemic
    02.2021 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Covid-19 & Reinventing The Legal Practice
    11.2020 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Knowing Who Your Client Is—Sometimes Harder Than It Seems
    08.2020 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Safeguarding Client Information In The Digital Age
    05.2020 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Ethical Duties To Clients Remain Paramount To Other Obligations For Departing Attorneys
    02.14.2020 | Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • New Year’s Resolution – Giving Up Scorched Earth Litigation Tactics
    02.2020 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Confidential Vs. Privileged...Do You Know The Difference
    11.2019 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Attorney Mental Health–Not To Be Ignored
    08.2019 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Arizona Medical Marijuana Lawyers: How Privileged Are Their Communications With Clients?
    05.2019 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • The New Rules Of Professional Conduct
    02.2019 | Advocate
  • Client With Diminished Capacity–How Does An Attorney Know When Er 1.14 Applies?
    11.2018 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • New Rules On Consultations With Prospective Clients
    09.2018 | Daily Journal
  • The (Possible?Future?) Intersection Of Attorney Diligence Requirements Of Er 1.1 And Blockchain Technology
    09.2018 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Ghostwriting–An Ethical Business Model Not Without Some Pitfalls For The Unwary
    07.2018 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Online Legal Service Marketplaces: Improving Access To Justice? A Way For Non-Lawyers To Get A Piece Of The Legal Market? Unethical Fee Splitting With Non-Lawyers?
    05.2018 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Ethics In The Court Of Public Opinion
    04.01.2018 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Practice of Law Not Immune From #Metoo Movement
    03.2018 | Maricopa Lawyer
  • Attorney Succession Planning And Thinking About The Future
    02.2018 | Maricopa Lawyer

Speaking Engagements

  • Current Events in Legal Ethics
    State Bar of Arizona
    01.10.2023
  • NOAZ Chapter Membership Meeting and CLE Webinar – Dealing with Impaired Colleagues and Clients PLUS an Overview of the New Referral Fee Rule
    Arizona Women Lawyers Association
    09.28.2022
  • Dealing with Problem Clients: Practical and Ethical Considerations
    State Bar of Montana
    09.24.2022
  • Social Media Ethics Rules
    Davis Miles McGuire Gardner Women’s Initiative
    03.29.2022
  • Professional Ethical Pitfalls
    Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Labor & Employment Law Symposium
    03.15.2022
  • Annual Liens Seminar
    Arizona Association for Justice (AzAJ)
    03.02.2022
  • Ethics Cafe: ER 1.16 - Declining or Terminating Representation
    State Bar of Arizona
    03.01.2022
  • Ethics, Practice Management and Trust Accounts: Inside the State Bar’s Three Helplines
    State Bar of Arizona
    01.31.2022
  • Annual Ethics Game Show!
    Arizona Bar Annual Convention
    06.17.2021
  • Paralegal Ethics
    Maricopa County Bar Association – Paralegal Section
    06.09.2021
  • Dealing with Difficult or Impaired Clients or Lawyers
    State Bar of Arizona
    05.21.2021
  • Ethics Cafe: ER 1.9 - Duties to Former Clients
    State Bar of Arizona
    05.04.2021
  • Navigating Arizona Ethical Rule 1.15
    The Arizona Association for Justice LIENS WEEK 2021
    02.24.2021
  • Wait, Wait… Don’t Lawyer Me
    State Bar of Arizona Convention 2020
    12.01.2020
  • Social Media and Ethics CLE
    Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.
    07.30.2020
  • Ethics Webinar
    State Bar of Arizona
    06.18.2020
  • The Future is Here – Understanding the Basics of Ethics in a Digital Age
    CPCU Los Angeles Chapter
    03.10.2020
  • Tips for Ethically Protecting Your Clients, Yourself and the Rights of Third Parties
    Arizona Association for Justice The Trial Lawyers’ Annual Liens Seminar
    02.20.2020
  • State Bar of Arizona Construction Section’s Current Event and Legal Ethics CLE
    State Bar of Arizona
    01.07.2020
  • Dealing with Di cult or Impaired Clients or Lawyers: What you need to do to protect yourself, the client, the lawyer and the Judicial System
    Arizona State Bar
    05.22.2019
  • Legal Malpractice Seminar
    Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC)
    12.11.2018
  • The Impact of California’s New Rules of Professional Conduct, Particularly on Real Estate Practitioners
    Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA)
    12.04.2018
  • New and Revised Rules of Professional Conduct
    Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Annual Conference
    08.31.2018
  • Social Media and Ethics – Current Trends and Tips for Federal Practitioners
    Phoenix Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
    05.17.2018
  • Legal Ethics & Social Media
    Alameda County Bar Association
    05.10.2018

News

Organizations

Community & Professional

State Bar of Arizona Fee Arbitration Program Arbitrator, 2022-Present

State Bar of Arizona Ethics Advisory Group, 2020-2023

Association of Discipline Defense Counsel (California), 2014-Present

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, 2015-2019

Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, Volunteer Attorney for State Bar Defense Consultations, 2017-Present

Maricopa County Bar Association, 2017-2021

Regular Contributing Writer on Ethics Matters, 2018-2021

Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2012-2016

Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee, 2014-2016

Wilson High School Mentoring Program 2012-2014

Christ Church School, Board of Directors, 2022-2023

Notre Dame Club of Phoenix, 2009-2010; 2016-Present

Xavier College Preparatory Alumnae Board, 2018-2023, Vice President, 2020-2021 and President, 2021-2022

Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles, 2010-2016

Young Professionals Council Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 2013-2016

Education

  • University of Notre Dame, B.A., cum laude, 2006
  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 2009

Admissions

  • Arizona
  • California
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