Jess is an associate in the firm's regional labor and employment law group in the Baton Rouge office. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Louisiana State University, J.D., B.C.L., 2006; Board of Editors, Louisiana Law Review; Order of the Coif
• Louisiana State University, B.S. in Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2002