Jessica Nwokocha

Jessica Nwokocha has experience in complex commercial litigation, product liability, and mass tort litigation. Jessica helps defend business interests during all phases of litigation in both state and federal courts. Jessica knows that being an effective counselor requires an understanding of client needs and expectations and an awareness of evolving legal issues affecting client industries.

Education:

• Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2014, Chancellor’s Law Scholar; Associate Justice, Vanderbilt Moot Court Board; Authorities Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law; Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Summer Fellow, 2013; President, Honor Council; Academic Excellence Chair, Black Law Students Association
• Howard University, B.A., Journalism-Broadcast News, 2010, summa cum laude, Dean’s List, Howard University Legacy Scholar, Flip Wilson Scholar, National Visionary Leadership Project Fellow

Courts:

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 2014
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 2014
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama, 2014

Bar Admissions:

• Alabama, 2014
• Georgia, 2016

Professional Affiliations:

• American Bar Association
• Birmingham Bar Association
• Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
• Women’s Energy Network, Director at Large

Community Involvement : Hands on Atlanta Service Juris Project, Steering Committee Member, 2017

Clerkships :  U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Honorable Clarence Cooper