Jessa Boubker is a health care lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group. Jessa’s practice focuses on a broad range of federal and state regulatory compliance, transactional, and business matters for health industry clients, including hospitals, health systems, provider practice groups, long-term care facilities, and medical device companies.
Jessa has assisted in the development and maintenance of clinical trial compliance programs, and has drafted and reviewed clinical trial agreements and corporate policies on behalf of institutions, contract research organizations, and pharmaceutical and medical device clients. She has worked with a number of digital health companies to launch and scale their direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms and operations throughout the United States, and has helped advise clients on regulatory compliance considerations when developing software as a medical device, including devices employing artificial intelligence. Jessa is a member of the American Telemedicine Association, serving on the ATA’s Therapeutic Lifecycle, Healthy Aging, and Digital Transformation special interest groups.
Prior to joining Foley, Jessa was the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, the country’s leading health law journal. During her time as Editor-in-Chief, she published four issues of the journal and oversaw the 2021 Annual Symposium: Legal Innovations in Response to Public Health Crises. She also developed and published a special issue of the journal: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Legal Profession: Discrimination and Bias Reported by Lawyers with Disabilities and Lawyers Who Identify as LGBTQ+.
While in law school, Jessa served as a judicial intern for Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was also a member of the Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinic and drafted long-term care legislation on behalf of a Massachusetts State Senator. Jessa began her career as a summer associate at Foley, where she assisted on a range of regulatory and transactional matters.
