Jessica E. Smith

Jessica E. Smith is a partner at JSDC Law Offices in Hershey and has been with the firm for nearly eighteen years. Her practice focuses on all areas of family law. After graduating from Central Dauphin High School (’01), Jessica received a B.A. in Political Science from Wake Forest University (’05) and earned her Juris Doctor degree from American University, Washington College of Law (’08). In law school, she was inspired by Congressman (then-Professor) Jamin Raskin to become a Marshall-Brennan fellow, and through that program taught constitutional law to high school students in the D.C. public school system. She is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Jessica is the President of the Dauphin County Bar Association for 2026 and is a past-chair of the Dauphin County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section.

When not practicing law, Jessica can often be found watching her teenage twins play baseball. She resides with her children, husband, and their goldendoodle Willa in Camp Hill. Jessica is the current president of the Camp Hill Sports Concession Booster Club and is a past-president of the Junior League of Harrisburg.

EDUCATION:

• American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
  • Juris Doctorate - 2008
• Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Bachelor of Arts - 2005
  • Major: Political Science
• Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg, PA
  • 2001

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

• Dauphin County Bar Association
• Young Lawyers Division Secretary, 2017
• Young Lawyers Division Social Chair, 2016
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Collaborative Professionals of Central Pennsylvania
• Membership Coordinator, 2016 to 2017
• William W. Lipsitt American Inn of Court, 2013 to 2015

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania

HONORS:

• Super Lawyers – Rising Star
• Harrisburg Magazine’s Readers’ Choice in the categories of Best Divorce Attorney and Best Family Law Firm

PRO-BONO ACTIVITIES:

• Board member of the Central Pennsylvania chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Sustainer member and Past-President of the Junior League of Harrisburg
• Committee member for the Pursuit of Justice Purse Auction benefiting the YWCA’s Domestic Violence Legal Center
• YWCA of Greater Harrisburg Junior Board member, 2010-11
• Keystone Mothers of Multiples (KMOM)

PAST POSITIONS:

• Dauphin County Children and Youth, Assistant Solicitor, 2014 to 2016

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