Jennifer Mesko

Practice Areas

• Insurance

• Class Action Litigation

• Business Litigation

• Life Sciences Litigation

Career

As Co-Chair of Tucker Ellis’s Class Action Group, Jennifer Mesko defends and advises companies in a diverse range of class action matters in trial and appellate courts nationwide.

Jennifer has a nationwide class action practice in the areas of insurance, consumer claims, product advertising and labeling, and data breach and data privacy. Jennifer takes a holistic approach to litigation, taking the time to understand our clients’ goals before preparing a litigation strategy. She is adept at each stage of litigation – from crafting novel dispositive and class certification arguments to fashioning comprehensive discovery strategies and skillfully developing facts crucial for successful motion practice. Jennifer is also skilled at identifying and preparing a spectrum of witnesses, including corporate representatives and experts.

Jennifer also briefs novel legal matters in both trial and appellate courts nationwide, including cutting-edge class action issues and novel preemption and jurisdictional arguments. She also routinely lectures at law schools and presents at CLEs and similar events on class action-related topics. She also co-chairs the ABA’s National Institute on Class Actions.

Jennifer’s litigation prowess extends beyond class actions. She also handles commercial disputes, insurance bad faith actions, rescission claims, and complex insurance coverage issues.

Professional Memberships

• American Bar Association, National Institute on Class Actions, Co-Chair; Class Actions and Derivative Suits Section: Consumer Law Subcommittee, Co-Chair

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Publications

• Ohio Insurance Coverage (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Editions), Thomson Reuters

• “Federal Judge Vacates $228M Damages Award in BIPA Trial and Orders New Damages Trial,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (July 2023)

• “Illinois Supreme Court Holds BIPA Claims Accrue with Each Alleged Scan,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (February 2023)

• “Recoupment of Defense Costs: When Can an Insurance Company Get Defense Costs Back From the Insured?“, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal (February 2022)

• “INSIGHT: Coronavirus Raises Novel Business Insurance Issues,” Bloomberg Law (March 2020)

• “The Un-Easy Street of Class Action Settlements: Strategies for Preventing and Mitigating Fraud in Claims Administration,” ABA Section of Litigation, Class Actions & Derivative Suits (September 2019)

• “Illinois Supreme Court Rules in Biometric Information Privacy Act Case,” ABA Section of Litigation, Class Actions & Derivative Suits (February 2019)

• “Illinois Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Consumers in Landmark Biometric Case,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (January 2019)

• “Status Quo Maintained: Supreme Court of Delaware Precludes Stockholder Derivative Claims,” American Bar Association, Class Actions & Derivative Suits (Spring 2018)

• “Third Circuit Emphasizes the Need to Provide Reasonable Notice of Arbitration Clauses,” American Bar Association, Class Actions & Derivative Suits (March 2017)

• “How to Remove Multi-Plaintiff Cases Involving Personal Jurisdiction Challenges and Avoid Subject Matter Remand,” DRI’s RX for the Defense (March 2015)

• “Medical Malpractice and Sarcoma Care-Sarcoma Malpractice: Who is at Risk?“, Journal of Surgical Oncology (2014)

• “It’s Not Form Over Substance – Procedural Fundamentals of Making and Reviewing a Claim,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Journal (February 2014)

• “Unpeeling the Layers of Recall, Contamination Policies,” Law360 (March 2012)

• “Toward a Compassionate Solution: The UNHCR Guidance Note & Asylum for Parents of Potential Victims of Female Genital Mutilation,” 11 WHITTIER J. CHILD & FAM. ADVOC. 299 (2012)

• “Report of the Cleveland Expert’s Meeting: The International Criminal Court & the Crime of Aggression,” 41 CASE W. RES. J. INT’L L. 429 (2009)