Ms Jessica Yeshman > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Ms Jessica Yeshman
Work Department
Outsourcing, Technology and Commercial Contracting, Corporate
Position
Counsel
Career
Ms. Yeshman is a versatile, results and client service oriented attorney. She has wide ranging experience in negotiating and drafting complex commercial and technology contracts. She routinely leads complex negotiations involving cloud hosting, SaaS, outsourcing (BPO and ITO) and other commercial contracts.
Ms. Yeshman is highly involved in the firm’s pro bono activities. She is a member of the DC Office Pro Bono Committee and volunteers the majority of her pro bono time to the Innocence Project and the DC Bar’s Small Business Legal Advice Clinic. Ms. Yeshman is also a frequent writer and contributor to Hunton Andrews Kurth’s client alerts and blog posts and a conference presenter.
Memberships
Admitted to the District of Columbia and Virginia State Bars
Education
- JD, Suffolk University Law School, 2011
- BS, Business Administration, Boston University Questrom School of Business, 2006
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s outsourcing team routinely undertakes multi-tower information tech and business process outsourcing matters, which includes various information management services and logistical support functions. Jeffrey Harvey and Andrew Geyer lead global mandates, with the former the go-to for ITO and the latter the key contact for BPO. Randall Parks
and Cecilia Oh, in Washington DC work alongside Harvey and Geyer on RFP and multi-vendor negotiations, with Oh also the main contact for clients in the financial services sector, providing advice on payment processing agreements, record management services and wealth management functions. Promoted to counsel in early 2022, Sharon Harrington and DC-based Jessica Yeshman are key names for clients in the retail, healthcare and financial services sectors. Senior associate Christina Edwards continues to be a key member of the team, drafting commercial, licensing and technology agreements. Watson Seaman is a key name to note for clients seeking advise on supply chain and business operations outsourcing transactions. Lawyers are in Richmond unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate