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Jessica Leaven

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Jessica Leaven

Jessica graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1997, and from the University of North Carolina School of Law, with honors, in 2001. In law school, she served on the North Carolina Law Review as a Staff Member and an Articles Editor. She was a law clerk to the Honorable Carl E. Stewart of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. After clerkship, she worked first with a litigation firm in Asheville and then with Patterson Harkavy, LLP. She joined the Glenn, Mills, Fisher & Mahoney, P.A., in June 2009.

Jessica is active with the North Carolina Advocates for Justice where she currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Employment Law Section. She is also a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, the Durham County Bar Association, the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, and the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Jessica has received the Kellie Crabtree Award from the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and the Evan Mahaney Champion of Civil Liberties Award from the Western North Carolina Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Her areas of practice include employment law, personal injury, civil rights, and capital post-conviction cases.

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Awards

Kellie Crabtree Award, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2008

The Evan Mahaney Champion of Civil Liberties Award, Western North Carolina Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, 2008

Publications

Jonathan Wall & Jessica Leaven, Coordinating Editors, Introduction, Employment Law, Trial Briefs (North Carolina Advocates for Justice), June 2009, at 2.

 Valerie Johnson & Jessica Leaven, Keeping Employees Safe: Dealing with Workplace Injuries and Violence, presented at Lawyering Across Difference, 2009 Festival of Legal Learning, UNC School of Law, February 7, 2009.

Frank Goldsmith & Jessica Leaven, Litigating Post-Conviction Claims of Police Misconduct, presented at Criminal Masters in Advocacy, CLE, North Carolina Advocates for Justice Annual Convention, June 14, 2008.

Jessica Leaven & Frank Goldsmith, Column, The Ordeal of an Innocent Man, News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), April 11, 2008, at A15.

Leto Copeley & Jessica Leaven, Statutory Liens: How to Tell When the Money Belongs to Someone Else, and What to Do When it Does, The Course and Scope (North Carolina Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section), April 2007, at 1.

Leto Copeley & Jessica Leaven, Statutory Liens: How to Tell When the Money Belongs to Someone Else, and What to Do When it Does, presented at The Devil is in the Details: Hot Topics in Workers’ Compensation Law, CLE, North Carolina Bar Association, February 16, 2007.

Presentations

Panelist, A Special Hearing on Capital Punishment: Perspectives at the Death House Door, North Carolina Legislative Building, Raleigh, NC, May 14, 2008.

Co-Presenter, The Case of Glen Edward Chapman, Criminal Masters in Advocacy, CLE, North Carolina Advocates for Justice Annual Convention, June 14, 2008.

 

Selected Media

Titan Barksdale, Another Innocent Inmate Leaves Death Row, News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), April 3, 2008, at A1.

Marcie Young & David Ingram, Savoring the Start of Life after Death Row, The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), April 3, 2008, at A1.

Erin Gartner, Ex-cop who Led Discredited Case Probed, Associated Press (Raleigh, NC), April 3, 2008.

Michelle Boudin, Deputy Accused of Lying in Death Row Case, WCNC (Charlotte, NC), April 4, 2008.

Jeff Gordinier, Dead Man Walking, Details Magazine, August 2008, at 294.

Memberships National Employment Lawyers Association

North Carolina Advocates for Justice

North Carolina State Bar

North Carolina Bar Association

North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys

Durham County Bar Association