JD, with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 2015
BA, summa cum laude, Spanish, Trinity University, 2012

While in law school, Jessica  was a member of the Chicano/Hispanic Law Student Association and was a member of the Review of Litigation.While at Trinity University, Jessica was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. 

• Texas State Bar

• Secondment at an international natural resources company assisting with upstream infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico, including acquisitions and divestitures of offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico, day-to-day operational matters, and internal reporting and corporate governance requirements.
• Representation of an oil and gas major in connection with its equity investment in an LNG-to-power project in Porto do Açu, Brazil.
• Representation of a U.S. LNG export terminal customer in negotiation of multi-user maritime agreements.
• Representation of a mining and minerals company in connection with its divestment of offshore properties.
• Representation of an oil and gas major in connection with its purchase of an oil storage terminal in South America.
• Representation of a major chemicals company in the negotiation of a long-term purchase and sale agreement for steam and electricity from a qualifying cogeneration facility.
• Representation of a commercial and industrial equipment supplier in its internal reorganization in Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
• Representation of a domestic liquefied natural gas project developer in the permitting and regulatory approval process before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
• Representation of a foreign investor in regulatory and commercial due diligence with respect to a potential investment in a domestic liquefied natural gas project.
• Representation of an international investor in connection with regulatory and commercial due diligence and its participation in a joint venture among a consortium of investors for the financing and development of a U.S. Gulf Coast LNG export facility.
• Representation of a global trading company in connection with capacity arrangements for acquisition of U.S. LNG export capacity and associated LNG sale and purchase agreements with multiple global LNG suppliers.
• Representation of a global trading company in connection with LNG sale and purchase arrangements relating to a proposed LNG export terminal.
• Representation of a global trading company in connection with equity investment in a South American LNG export project, including joint venture agreement, commodity supply and offtake agreements and associated project financing.
• Representation of an oil and natural gas exploration and production company in the drafting of form master services agreements and the negotiation thereof with multiple counterparties.
• Representation of a private equity-backed developer in connection with corporate structuring, gas purchase and sale contracts, transportation agreements and various other project development matters in connection with the development of multiple intrastate and cross-border natural gas pipelines.
• Representation of an oil and natural gas exploration and production company in connection with the acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas and gathering assets in California, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

• Legal 500 US, Rising Star, Energy: Transactions: oil and gas, The Legal 500, 2019 – 2023
• Legal 500 US, Recommended Lawyer, Energy: Transactions: oil and gas, The Legal 500, 2019 – 2023
• The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Energy Law, Best Lawyers, 2022 - 2024
• The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Oil and Gas Law, Best Lawyers, 2022 - 2024
• Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Houston Young Lawyers Association, 2020

• Author, "Enforcement of Annulled Arbitral Awards in the United States: Is a Return to Chromalloy Warranted,?" The Review of Litigation, Spring 2015, Vol. 34, No. 2

• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association 
• Hispanic Bar Association

• Spanish