Jessica is a member of The Florida Bar, a certified Florida Circuit and County Court Mediator and an Arbitrator, and admitted to practice before all Florida State Courts, the United States Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Middle District of Florida.

Jessica received her J.D. at Tulane University School of Law in 1992, where she served as the Articles Editor for the Tulane Environmental Law Journal. She received her B.B.A., magna cum laude, from Loyola University of the South in 1989.

She is currently the Treasurer of the Equal Opportunity Section of Law for the Florida Bar; Alternate Southeast Regional Governor for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and Immediate Past President of the Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association. She is also currently serving as Trustee for the Orange County Bar Association Foundation, where she also served two terms as President, one term as Vice President, and one term as Treasurer, and is a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association. As the inaugural co-chair of the Greater Orlando Minority Mentoring Picnic, Jessica is organizing and matching students with local legal professionals to foster their coals of a legal career.

Jessica is also a member of the Orange County Bar Association, where she has served as Treasurer and Secretary; Co-Editor and columnist for The Briefs; chaired and served on numerous committees, and was awarded with three Outstanding Services Awards. She is also a member of the American Bar Association (TIPS (Title Insurance Litigation Committee) currently serving as Vice-Chair of the General Committee; Litigation; and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections) currently serving as Co-chair of the Pretrial and Discovery Committee; and member of Central Florida Association of Women Lawyers, and Federal Bar Association. She also serves as an advisory board member for the Central Florida Gay and Lesbian Law Association, Inc.

In addition to her law practice, Jessica is involved in several community organizations, including the Junior League of Greater Orlando, Inc. She is also involved with the Winter Park and East Orange Chambers of Commerce and Leadership Winter Park.

Appellate Work

• County Court Case: Kent of Naples, Inc. v. West Bay Club Community Association, Inc., Case Number 10-AP-000008, filed in the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Lee County, Florida (“County Court Case”). Click here to view a copy of the order. 
• Circuit/Civil/Appellate Case: Kent of Naples, Inc. v. West Bay Club Community Association, Inc., Case Number 10-AP-000008, filed in the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Lee County, Florida (“Appeal”). Click here to view a copy of the order. 
• Second District Court of Appeal Case: Kent of Naples, Inc. v. West Bay Club Community Association, Inc., Case Number 2D11-909, filed in the U.S. District Court of Appeals, Second District of Florida (Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the 2nd DCA - “Petition”). Click here to view a copy of the order. 
• Fifth District Court of Appeal Cases: Douglas Guetzloe v. Monique Bollhoefer and Richard Mask, Case Numbers: 5D11-1793, 5D11-1796 and 5D11-1798, filed in the U.S. District Court of Appeals, Fifth District ("Appeals"). 
• Fifth District Court of Appeal Case: David Dieska v. Cynthia A. Homstead, Case Number 5D05-4458, filed in the U.S. District Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Florida ("Appeal"). 
• First District Court of Appeal Case: Club Continental, Inc. v. ECAA, Case Number 1D03-3494, filed in the U.S. District Court of Appeals, First District of Florida ("Appeal"). 
• Fifth District Court of Appeal Case: Joseph J. Swiderski v. Citizens National Bank of Leesburg, Case Number 97-1335, filed in the U.S. District Court of Appeals, Fifth District ("Appeal").

Speaking Engagements

• Professionalism Presentation at Barry University School of Law
• Moderator of ABA Litigation Annual Meeting Panel, "Predictive Coding: Will Human Review Go the Way of the Dinosaur?"
• Moderator of ABA YLD Mid-year Meeting Panel, "911: Are You Prepared" 
• Moderator of Corporate Counsel Panel for Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association
• University of Central Florida Real Estate Law Lecturer 
• Teacher's Legal Institute co sponsored by the Orange County Bar Foundation, Inc. (as President and State Court Procedural Issues Panel) and the Orlando Chapter of the Federal Bar Association 
• Orange County Bar Association regarding Florida's Alien Land Law Conference Presenter (2002);

Publications

• Co-Author of “Florida Alien Land Law: Florida Retains Discriminatory Constitutional Provision Against Asian Pacific American Homeowners,” Attorney at Law Magazine®, Volume 2, No. 2, Central Florida (July 2012)
• Author of “Planning for Discovery with Initial Disclosures,” ABA Litigation Pretrial Practice and Procedure (Spring 2007)
• Co-Author of “Meet the MIPC Scholars,” The Affiliate, ABA YLD (May/June 2003)
• The Briefs, Co-Editor (2005-2007), Director (2003-2005)
• SideBar, Columnist (2007-2008), 75th Anniversary Articles Chair (2007-2009)
• Hearsay, Columnist (2000-2005)
• Young Lawyers Section: On the Move, Columnist (2001-2002)