Jessica Hidalgo is an associate in the New Orleans office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Corporate, Corporate Landlord Practice, Real Estate & Land Use, Insurance Coverage, and Entertainment, Media & Sports Practices. Jessica’s practice covers commercial leases and real estate transactions on behalf of both landlords and tenants, film production and distribution agreements, advising corporations and buyers of existing businesses on a variety of transactional matters, and complex insurance coverage disputes.

Jessica graduated cum laude in the top ten percent of her class and received both her Juris Doctor and Certificate in Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. While in school, Jessica served as the Managing Editor of Substance and Citation for the Loyola Law Review. She was also a staff member on the Loyola Moot Court, a Technology and Legal Innovation Clinic student, Treasurer of the Association of Women Law Students, and a member of the St. Thomas More Inn of Court. Jessica also served as a research assistant for Professor Emeritus of Law Gerard A. Rault, Jr. and as a teaching assistant for Dean Maria M. Pabón.

Prior to attending law school, Jessica graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing major, from Loyola University New Orleans and the Loyola University Honors Program. She was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society and the Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society.

Over her academic career, Jessica served as a law clerk intern for the Honorable Carl J. Barbier at the Eastern District of Louisiana and for the Honorable John J. Molaison, Jr. at the 24th Judicial District Court. She also interned at the Orleans Parish City Attorney’s Office, the Jefferson Parish Attorney’s Office – Contracts Department, the Louisiana Civil Justice Center, and the New Orleans Museum of Art – Communications, Public Relations, and Marketing Department.

Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Jessica served as a law clerk and attorney advisor to the Honorable Chief Judge Lee J. Romero, Jr. in the United States Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges. She then moved into private practice to represent a variety of clients including private individuals, large corporations, and national insurance companies in both litigation and transactional matters.

Publications

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Associations

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Jefferson Bar Association
• Jefferson Chamber Young Professionals

Education

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2018

• William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar for Top Ten Percent Designation (2018)
• Loyola Law Review Editorial Board
  • Managing Editor of Substance and Citation (2017-2018)
  • Member (2016-2018)
• Loyola Moot Court
  • Runner-Up Best Brief - Appellate Brief Competition (2016)
  • Staff Member (2016-2018)

Loyola University New Orleans

Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, 2015

• University Honors Program