Alessa R. Jonas

University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A. with honors, Law and Society
Loyola Law School
J.D.
International and Comparative Law Review

California State Bar
U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel

Ms. Jonas has devoted her entire career to defending physicians of various specialties, registered nurses, hospitals and medical groups in all aspects of civil litigation. She is skilled in the development and implementation of defense strategy in complex medical cases and has successfully resolved these matters both in the courtroom and with the filing dispositive motions.

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel

As a staff writer for Loyola Law School’s International and Comparative Law Review, Ms. Jonas authored four detailed case summaries all of which were published as part of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Project. This project endeavors to strengthen human rights laws in the Americas by increasing practitioners, students and scholars’ access to the decisions.

• Alessa Jonas, Caballero Delgado and Santana v. Colom., 36 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. (2014)
• Alessa Jonas, Las Palmeras v. Colom., 36 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. (2014)
• Alessa Jonas, Rio Negro Massacres v. Guat., 36 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. (2014)
• Alessa Jonas, Servellon Garcia et al. v. Hond., 36 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. (2014)