Jessica is an associate in the Financial Services and Securities Enforcement Litigation Department. With a strong focus on high-stakes commercial disputes, Jessica has gained extensive experience representing clients in both federal and state courts, handling complex commercial litigation matters in a variety of industries.
In addition to her complex litigation experience, Jessica also has experience in helping financial institutions respond to subpoenas and conducting internal investigations.
Jessica graduated with High Honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she was a Comments Editor for the North Carolina Law Review and was inducted as a member of Order of the Coif upon graduation.
Prior to joining the firm, Jessica served as a term law clerk for the Honorable Frank D. Whitney of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. She was also a summer intern for Chief Justice Paul Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court while in law school.
- North Carolina
- Massachusetts
- South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- Author, To Abstain or Not to Abstain, That is the Question: The Seventh and Ninth Circuits’ Divergent Approaches to Younger Abstention, 98 N.C. Law Rev. 191, 2019
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The University of North Carolina School of LawJD
High Honors, Order of the Coif, Comments Editor, North Carolina Law Review
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBACommunications Studies
Dean’s List
2013
Second Place Award for “Invisible Discrimination: How Targeted Advertising is Being Used to Circumvent the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,” Louis Jackson Writing Competition, IIT Chicago Kent School of Law, Institute for Law and the Workplace, 2018-2019
- Hon. Frank D. Whitney, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 2020-2021