Jessica Garcia

Jessica Garcia is an experienced trial attorney at Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP.  Ms. Garcia’s litigation and trial work largely focuses on real estate, business, and contract disputes. Her experience includes skillfully representing individuals and business entities in a variety of matters, including contractual disputes, real estate nondisclosure litigation, option disputes, title and easement disputes, commercial and residential landlord/tenant conflicts, water law, easement rights, nuisance claims, and other disputes arising between neighboring property owners, and corporate/partnership disputes centered around breach of fiduciary duty and dissolution.

Recently, Ms. Garcia, as sole trial counsel, achieved a decisive victory in a complex commercial lease dispute. Representing the landlord, Ms. Garcia’s advocacy led to a court ruling that the tenant was in material breach of the lease agreement and liable for damages.  Most important, the court’s decision also terminated the 25-year lease, with an award covering attorney’s fees and litigation costs, making it a comprehensive win for her client.

At Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP, Ms. Garcia has regularly gone to trial in cases that have resolved favorably for her clients, and she has been recognized  as a “Raising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine. 

Ms. Garcia was previously active in trial work, and began her legal career representing banks, lenders, and other financial institutions in court and mediation. Within just a couple months of obtaining her first associate attorney position, Ms. Garcia sat first chair and successfully conducted her first trial resulting in a favorable judgment for her client. Soon thereafter, she became the lead trial attorney in a variety of consumer and commercial debt collection cases.

• Trial attorney representing property owner/landlord in a case involving a commercial lease dispute, and crossclaims for unpaid back rent and breach of contract. Successfully defended against all tenant’s claims and prevailed at trial.
• Second chair of trial team representing plaintiff co-owner of multiple business ventures involving real estate investments and auto parts wholesaler through trial against defendant co-owner on a case involving violations of the corporate code, breach of fiduciary duty, and embezzlement wherein $2.1 million has been awarded to date.
• Part of trial team representing San Francisco property owner through trial on case involving multimillion dollar dispute over light and air easement and right of way. Case settled favorably after close of evidence at trial.
• Represented homeowner/buyer and secured favorable settlement in a pre-litigation mediation based on claims of seller failing to disclose mold prior to the purchase and sale of the home.
• Second chair of trial team representing the estate of deceased general partner through trial on case involving a dispute over partnership assets, accounting, and dissolution. Case settled post-trial.
• Part of trial team representing downhill property owners in a case involving routine flooding due to trespassing water and debris from the uphill property owner’s failure to maintain drainage system. Secured favorable settlement prior to trial.
• Successfully defended quiet title claim over ownership interest of tenant in common wherein case settled.
• Successfully defended option to repurchase real property for residential development in Merced County wherein case settled on eve of trial.
• Successfully defended real property owners against mold claims by tenants.
• Successfully defended sellers against claims of nondisclosure and fraud in a residential real estate transaction in Marin County wherein the case settled prior to trial.
• Represented San Francisco property owners in a suit against the title insurance company for breach of contract and bad faith after title insurer failed to provide benefits for multiple title defects covered by the policy. Case settled on eve of trial.   
• Represented homeowners in neighbor dispute with competing claims of harassment and issues related to a boundary fence. Case settled favorably.
• Represented San Francisco homeowner in a bad faith action against title insurer leading to the insurance company agreeing to accept coverage, resolve title defect, and reimbursement of a portion of clients’ litigation costs.
• Represented commercial landlord to recover unpaid rent after tenant’s breach of the commercial lease and guaranty agreement. Case settled favorably prior to trial.
• Represented lender to recover balance due under two promissory notes and secured favorable settlement on the eve of trial.
• Successfully represented and enforced the interests of prominent banks, lending corporations, and other financial institutions.
• Served as lead trial counsel in her first associate position; successfully prevailed at trials for both consumer and commercial collection cases.
• Assisted on two successful Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases against a National Laboratory during her first year of law school.   
• Obtained scholarship to travel to Washington, D.C. and lobby for the reallocation of the federal budget towards more sustainable energy projects. 
• Participated in 10 meetings with Members of Congress, their staff, and relevant agency officials.

While attending law school in Pittsburgh, PA, Jessica interned at Carnegie Mellon University Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation. There, she worked with inventors to review invention disclosures for novelty, marketability, and patentability. In addition, Jessica worked with a local non-profit, Tri-Valley Cares, to prevail on two Freedom of Information Act cases. Jessica was further granted a scholarship to travel to Washington, DC to meet with Members of Congress, their staff, and agency officials to lobby for reallocating portions of the federal budget to sustainable energy

• Members & Affiliations:
• California State Bar
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California