Jesse Mainardi

Jesse Mainardi is a Deputy City Attorney in the office of San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, serving on its Government Team.

He was previously the Director of Boards and Commissions for San Francisco Mayor London Breed. Prior to these positions, Jesse was the founder of Mainardi Law, a firm specializing in election and governmental ethics law. His clients included candidates for public office, elected officials, lobbyists, nonprofits, and political committees.

Before starting his firm, Jesse was the Deputy 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 after law school.

In addition to teaching at USF, Jesse has served as an adjunct professor at UC College of the Law, San Francisco.

• Election law
• Campaign finance
• Governmental ethics and open government
• Municipal law
• Nonprofits

• Harvard Kennedy School, MPA, 2006
• UC Hastings, JD, 2001
• Rutgers University, BA in Economics/French, 1993