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Biography
Jessica Rizzo is an associate in Montgomery McCracken’s Litigation Department. Jessica focuses her practice on complex litigation matters, performing legal research, and drafting memoranda and court filings.
Prior to joining Montgomery McCracken, Jessica was a certified legal intern at the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Civil Practice Clinic, Criminal Defense Clinic, and Custody and Support Assistance Clinic and a summer associate at Montgomery McCracken. Jessica also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Michael M. Baylson and the Honorable Berle M. Schiller in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Selected Publications
- Co-Author, “Mayor Kenney Expected to Sign Employee Commuter Transit Benefit Programs Bill into Law,” June 2022
- Author, “A Bored Ape Lawsuit Won’t Set the NFT Precedent Seth Green Wants,” WIRED, May 2022
- Co-Author, “Diagnosing CTE in the Living—Researchers and the Medical Community Inch Closer to the Goal Line,” Sports Medicine and the Law, Spring 2022
- Co-Author, “DOJ targets Crypto-Criminals and names first Director of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team,” February 2022
- Author, “The Dune NFT Fiasco Is the Least of Crypto’s Legal Worries,” WIRED, January 2022
- Author, “Supreme Court Blocks OSHA ETS but Upholds CMS Rule Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination,” January 2022
- Author, “Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay of OSHA Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers,” December 2021
- Co-Author, “Concussion “Diagnostic” Tools – Technologies Generate Buzz, But Experts Urge Caution,” Sports Medicine and the Law, Fall/Winter 2021
- Co-Author, “Federal Government Announces Vaccination Rules for Employers, Including OSHA’s Vaccine or Testing Requirements for Large Employers,” November 2021
- Co-Author, “Governor Phil Murphy Signs New LAD Amendment, Expanding New Jersey Age Discrimination Protections,” October 2021
- Author, “Bone and Flesh: Theater, Copyright, and the Ineffable,” Volume 23, Issue 2, Penn Law Journal of Constitutional Law, June 2021
- Author, “The Children’s Hour: Climate Change, Law, and the Family,” Volume 26, Hastings Environmental Law Journal, Summer 2021
- Author, “Federal Architecture and First Amendment Limits,” Volume 16, Issue 2, Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts, April 2021
Academic Achievements
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.)
- Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Annual Law Student Writing Competition Winner, 2020
- Congress Hall Scholar, 2018 – 2020
- Exemplary Pro Bono Service Award
- Comments Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
- Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Innovation
- Yale School of Drama (M.F.A., D.F.A)
- John W. Gassner Prize for Criticism, 2013
- Bryn Mawr College (B.A.)
- Bryn Mawr/Haverford College Theater Award
- Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Scholarship in English