Jamie Morikawa

Jamie Morikawa

Associate Director, RAND Institute for Civil Justice and RAND Feinberg Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation

Jamie Morikawa is the associate director of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) and the Feinberg Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation. She is responsible for helping manage strategic direction and research portfolios, and also builds and maintains relationships with advisory board members, donors, and the private sector. She previously served as acting director of the ICJ, participating in management for ICJ and its related centers, including the Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance and the Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace. Her research focuses on compensation and liability issues.

Prior to joining RAND, Morikawa practiced entertainment litigation for three years, worked as assistant director of the UCLA School of Law's Office of Career Services, and played a significant role in helping to establish the UCLA Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions. 

Morikawa received her B.A. from UCLA and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law.

Education

J.D., University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in communications, University of California, Los Angeles

Selected Work

  • Helland, Eric, Lloyd Dixon, Jamie Morikawa, James M. Anderson, and Bethany Saunders-Medina, Bankruptcy and Mass Torts After Harrington v. Purdue, RAND Corporation (RR-A3790-1), 2026
  • Dixon, Lloyd, James M. Anderson, and Jamie Morikawa, After the Los Angeles Wildfires: Implications for Risk Mitigation, Compensation, and the Insurance Market, RAND Corporation (CF-A3937-1), 2025
  • Saunders-Medina, Bethany, Adriana Temprano, Jamie Morikawa, Anne Bloom, and Julia Pelletier, The Civil Legal Aid Crisis in Eviction Cases: Options and Opportunities, RAND Corporation (CF-A4040-1), 2025
  • Dixon, Lloyd, Nicholas M. Pace, James Davidson, and Jamie Morikawa, What Is the Evidence for Social Inflation? Trends in Trial Awards and Insurance Claim Payments, RAND Corporation (RR-A2645-1), 2024
  • Dixon, Lloyd, Jamie Morikawa, Improving the Availability and Affordability of Pandemic Risk Insurance: Projected Performance of Proposed Programs, RAND Corporation (RR-A1223-1), 2021
  • Pace, Nicholas M., Bethany Saunders-Medina, Jamie Morikawa, Sanjana Manjeshwar, and Anne Bloom, COVID-19 and the Courts: Lessons from the Pandemic, RAND Corporation (CF-A1299-1), 2021
  • Saunders-Medina, Bethany, Jamie Morikawa, Well-Being in the Legal Community: From Promise to Practice, RAND Corporation (CF-A1212-1), 2021
  • Paul Heaton, Ivan Waggoner, Jamie Morikawa, "How Do Compensation Funds Affect Victims’ Willingness to Pursue Litigation?" Buffalo Law Review, 63(5), 2015

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