Jessica Peyton Roberts

Associate

I am an idea generator who engineers creative win-win solutions for clients.

Jessica Roberts draws on her business background to help clients navigate nuanced legal issues and bring deals to fruition. Her practice includes assisting clients with financing, M&A, corporate governance, and other complex business transactions. Before practicing law, Jessica was the founder and owner of a consulting business centered on helping students and nonprofits develop competitive school, scholarship, and grant applications.

Practice Highlights

Tribal business entities and governance

Drafted the first license plate compact in Washington state between a tribe and the state; determined if and how the governor's COVID-19 proclamations applied to tribal lands; and contributed to revising a tribe's election code.

Admitted to Practice

Washington, 2020

Education

J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 2020
- Editor-in-Chief, American Indian Law Journal
- CALI Awards for Evidence, International Human Rights Law, Legal Writing II, Contracts, and Torts
- Secretary, Native American Law Students Association
M.A., Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, Harvard University, 2010
B.A., History and Russian Language and Literature, University of Notre Dame, 2008
- Fulbright Research Grant
- Nanovic Research Grant

Memberships & Affiliations

- Board Member, WSBA Indian Law Section
- Governing Council Member, Northwest Indian Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
- National Native American Bar Association

Background

- Advising Attorney, Legal Aid Clinic, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Auburn, Wash., 2020
- Legal Intern, Office of The Tribal Attorney, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Auburn, Wash., 2020
- Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, 2019
- Summer Associate, Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Seattle, 2018
- Founder and Owner, Aim High Writing, 2013-2017

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