Jessica R. Sharpe

As a senior associate in Fredrikson & Byron’s Litigation Group, Jessi represents clients in a wide range of business disputes.

Jessi provides effective, high quality solutions for clients in a variety of complex and general litigation matters. She is a member of Fredrikson’s Investment Management team, where she routinely addresses matters related to breach of contract and shareholder disputes. Jessi also handles a wide variety of real estate matters.

Prior to joining Fredrikson & Byron, Jessi graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School and served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Heidi Schellhas in the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

• Obtained multiple successful outcomes at trial with varying levels of responsibility, including first chair at a bench trial and serving as second chair in a federal jury trial.
• Extensive deposition experience; routinely takes depositions and defends depositions relating to civil contractual and labor disputes.
• Successful motion practice, including victorious dispositive and discovery motions in complex matters.
• Maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing a client in successful post-conviction commutation application and other clients in successful immigration proceedings.

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2018, cum laude
• Northwestern University, B.A., 2013, cum laude

Admissions

• Minnesota, 2018

Clerkships

• Law Clerk, City of Minneapolis, 2016-2017
• Legal Intern, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review, 2016
• Judicial Extern, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2016

• Minnesota State Bar Association, North Star Lawyer, 2019-2020
• ESADE Law School Exchange Program, Barcelona, Spain, 2017