Jessica L. Altobelli is an associate in the Pittsburgh office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Labor & Employment Practice.

Ms. Altobelli began her career as an in-house attorney specializing in Medicare Compliance before transitioning into litigation. Ms. Altobelli’s litigation practice has included general liability defense, transportation law, and school district defense with a focus in constitutional tort defense. She now focuses her practice solely in labor and employment matters where she regularly defends employers in state and federal court litigation and administrative proceedings arising out of all aspects of the employment relationship. Specifically, Ms. Altobelli’s litigation practice includes representing employers in matters involving claims relating to discrimination, retaliation, restrictive covenants, wrongful discharge, protected leaves of absence, breach of contract, defamation, fraud, and trade secrets misappropriation before various judicial and administrative tribunals, including federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania and government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations.

Ms. Altobelli earned her Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law, where she served for one year as a student attorney in the Civil Rights Clinic, and a second year as the clinic’s student manager. She was also awarded a fellowship though the Public Interest Law Association allowing her to serve as a certified legal intern at Neighborhood Legal Services, where she now sits on the Board of Directors.

Ms. Altobelli is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States District Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Allegheny County Bar Associations.

Pro Bono & Philanthropy

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Pennsylvania
• State Supreme Courts
  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Admissions

PA

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Associations

• Allegheny County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Education

Duquesne University School of Law

Juris Doctor, 2013

• Awarded fellowship through the Public Interest Law Association
• Student Manager, Civil Rights Clinic

University of Pittsburgh

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, cum laude, 2010