Jessica G. Peterson

Associate
Salt Lake City Office
Main: 801.415.3000
Direct: 801.297.1302
jpeterson@djplaw.com

Ms. Peterson practices in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights and Litigation Sections.

PRACTICE AREAS

Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights

  • Business Workouts
  • Chapter 11 Reorganization

Litigation

  • Commercial Litigation

EDUCATION

University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of Law - J.D., with honors (2006) 

  • Editor, Utah Law Review 
  • Traynor Moot Court Semi-Finalist 

University of Utah - M.B.A. (2006) 
University of Utah - H.B.S., magna cum laude (2003)

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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • Utah
  • Nevada
  • All State and Federal Courts in Utah and Nevada

INDUSTRIES

  • Financial

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • David K. Watkiss Sutherland II American Inns of Court
  • Member, Women Lawyers of Utah
  • Guest lecturer, S. J. Quinney College of Law, Professor James Holbrook’s Perspective Course
  • Smart Start Mentoring Program, David Eccles School of Business

PUBLICATIONS

  • "Special Masters, Receivers, and the Duty to Marshal Evidence," 19 Utah Bar J. 18 (June 2006)
  • "Law Development, Prohibition of Public Funding for Abortion," 2005 Utah L. Rev. 372 
  • "An Analysis of Student Involvement, Improving Student Success," University of Utah 2003

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Law Clerk, Chief Justice Christine M. Durham, Utah Supreme Court (2008–2009)

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