Jessica Jandura
Associate
Jessica Jandura's work primarily focuses on California regulatory matters. She offers a holistic perspective to clients operating in the communications, energy, water, and transportation industries. Jessica draws on her experience working at the California Public Utilities Commission to navigate the agency's complex processes. She assists clients with developing policy-based advocacy, legislative strategies, public grant programs, compliance matters, and licensing and registration.
Jessica primarily represents telecommunications, broadband, cable, and wireless clients on a range of legal issues. She also collaborates with DWT's energy, natural resources, and environmental practice group to represent energy and transportation companies. She is a member of a highly skilled team of California attorneys that advises clients on a broad range of regulatory and legal matters before the FCC and state public utilities commissions, operating as a part of DWT's technology, communications, and privacy and security practice group.
Admitted to Practice
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California, 2022
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U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
Education
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J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, 2020, summa cum laude
- Editor-in-Chief, Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal
- Environmental Law & Public Interest Law Specialization Certificates
- Pro Bono Honor Society
- Environmental Law Scholar
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M.A., Applied Human Rights, University of York, 2015
- Dissertation: Developing Local Responses to Global Climate Change
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B.A., International Studies and Political Science, Loyola University Chicago, 2012
- Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society
- Chi Omega Fraternity
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Board Member, California Water Law Symposium, 2022-present
- California Lawyer’s Association, 2019-present
- American Bar Association, 2018-present
- Environmental Law Institute, 2018-present
- San Francisco Bar Association, 2017-present
- Federal Communications Bar Association, 2022-present
- Association of Women, Water, Energy, and the Environment, 2022-present
Professional Recognition
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- Selected to "Northern California Rising Stars" in Communications, Thomson Reuters, 2025
- Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Communications Law, 2024-2026; in Technology Law, 2024-2026; in Administrative/Regulatory Law, 2026
Background
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- Business and Community Outreach Regulatory Analyst, Executive Division, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), San Francisco, 2021
- Judicial Clerk, Administrative Law Judges Division, CPUC, San Francisco, 2020-2021
- Law Clerk, Office of Commissioner Clifford Rechtschaffen, CPUC, San Francisco, 2020
- Judicial Intern, Administrative Law Judges Division, CPUC, San Francisco, 2019
- Certified Student Clinician, Golden University Environmental Law & Justice Clinic, San Francisco, 2019
- Legal Intern, Sierra Club, Oakland, Calif., 2018