Before working for the Federal Defender Office, Jessica was employed as a Staff Attorney at the Committee for Public Counsel Services, working primarily in the Essex County Superior Court. Her work focuses on criminal defense trial work. Jessica received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2000, graduating magna cum laude and her J.D. from the New England School of Law in 2007, graduating cum laude, while also a member of the Law Review.