Jessie graduated from Hamilton College and received her law degree from Case Western Reserve University. She holds a Master of Laws (in Taxation) from New York University.  Jessie has also served as a law clerk at the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C.

Jessie is a frequent writer and lecturer on estate planning and administration topics, including family limited partnerships, fiduciary income tax, and the Principal and Income Act.  She is an author of Settlement of Estates in Connecticut 3d.  Jessie was also an author of an article in the Connecticut Law Tribune on estate planning for owners of intellectual property that was selected by the Legal Times for national publication, and an article about the Connecticut Uniform Prudent Investor Act and the Connecticut Principal and Income Act that was published in the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal.

Jessie is a member of the Connecticut and New York Bar Associations and is the past President of the Estate Planning Council of Lower Fairfield County.  She was also a member of the Executive Committee of the CBA’s Estates and Probate Section.