Jessica Rutter Appointed Deputy General Counsel

Today, the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo appointed Jessica Rutter as Deputy General Counsel.  

Ms. Rutter has previously served as the Associate General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since August 2021. She first joined the Agency as a summer law clerk in Region 28-Phoenix. In August 2013 she was selected as an honors attorney in the General Counsel-side headquarters program where she rotated through the Division of Advice, the Contempt Compliance & Special Litigation Branch, Region 5-Washington Resident Office, and the Office of Appeals. In August 2015, she joined the Division of Advice, where she worked in the Regional Advice Branch and Injunction Litigation Branch, and served on committees relating to protecting immigrant workers and obtaining all appropriate remedial relief.  Ms. Rutter also worked for unions and other workers’ rights organizations in a variety of capacities. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a J.D. from the University of California Los Angeles.  

“Jessica is an outstanding and committed public servant,” said General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. “In her new role, she will continue to use her considerable talents and skills in fully advancing the mission and supporting Agency operations.”