Jesse Mainardi
Adjunct Professor of Law
Bio
Adjunct Professor Jesse Mainardi is the founder of Mainardi Law, a firm specializing in campaign, election and governmental ethics law. His clients include candidates, public officials, lobbyists, nonprofits, and political committees. Before starting his firm, Jesse was the Deputy Executive Director of the San Francisco Ethics Commission, a partner at a political law firm in the Bay Area, and enforcement counsel at California’s Fair Political Practices Commission. He was also a business litigation associate for a few years in the early aughts. Jesse also had a life before law school and recalls that it included, among other things, teaching and living in New Jersey. He is a graduate of Rutgers University, UC Law SF College of the Law, and the Harvard Kennedy School, in that order.
Education
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Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
M.A. 2006 -
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
J.D. 2001 -
Rutgers University
B.A. 1993