Jessica S. Wellington

Jessica supports a diverse practice and a number of the firm’s attorneys in bankruptcy and litigation matters. Before joining BG Law, Jessica was a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Victoria S. Kaufman of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, San Fernando Division. She previously served as a Judicial Assistant and as an extern for Judge Kaufman, and honed her legal research and writing skills as a Research Assistant for the head of McGeorge School of Law’s Head of Business and Tax departments, and as a staff writer and editor of the McGeorge Law Review.

Education

• The University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with great distinction, 2018)
  • Primary Managing Editor, McGeorge Law Review, 2017-2018
  • Primary Legislative Editor, McGeorge Law Review, 2017
  • The Traynor Honor Society
  • The Order of the Coif
• California State University, Sacramento, (B.A., cum laude, Family and Consumer Sciences, 2010)

Admissions

• State Bar of California

• Member of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association
• Member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society

• “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” (2022-Present)
• “Rising Star,” Southern California Super Lawyers (Present)

• “Chapter 701: Protecting Low-Income Families Burdened by Property Taxes,” 48 McGeorge L. Rev. 761 (2017)