Jessica Schwartz
Practice Areas
Experience
- Corporate Governance
- Digital
- Entertainment, Digital, & Sports
- Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
- Public Companies & Securities
Biography
Jessica is an attorney in Jackson Walker’s Corporate & Securities group and Entertainment, Digital & Sports group. In her corporate practice, she regularly assists clients at all stages of the business cycle with the formation and financing of new ventures, the restructuring, financing, and commercial operation of established businesses, and the sale and acquisition of companies or defined assets, products, and services. She also serves as general outside counsel for clients, helping them identify, assess, and address the various legal risks and issues facing their day-to-day businesses.
Jessica’s entertainment practice focuses on transactional entertainment matters. She routinely handles complex and novel matters involving the varied facets of the entertainment industry, including industry-specific agreements on behalf of content creators and distributors, rights clearance issues, content licensing, distribution and sales transactions, marketing deals, and merchandising deals. Jessica’s representative entertainment clients include fashion designers, television and movie production studios, authors, influencers, retailers, and creative entrepreneurs.
Education
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
J.D., magna cum laude, Baylor University School of Law
- Dean’s List
- Senior Articles Editor, Baylor Law Review
- Pro Bono Transactional Team
- The Order of the Barristers
- Baylor Public Interest Legal Society
- Presidential Research Fellow
Bar Admissions
Texas
Jessica has extensive experience assisting companies with their intellectual property and commercial transactions, including:
- trademark licenses, merchandising agreements, distribution agreements, endorsement/sponsorship agreements, marketing agreements and sweepstakes/content agreements;
- software and hardware technology licenses, development agreements, SaaS agreements, maintenance and support agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, and reseller and distribution agreements;
- outsourcing agreements, including information technology outsourcing arrangements; and
- online advertising agreements, privacy policies, and terms of service.
Jessica also provides advice on marketing campaigns and promotions on the web and social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and others. This includes guidance on a variety of topics, including:
- social media and endorsements, including disclosures;
- social media and regulatory compliance, including Federal Trade Commission (FTC), National Advertising Division (NAD) and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations;
- fair use and copyright issues for images, videos and music, including Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) registration and take-downs;
- official rules and advice on sweepstakes, contests and prize giveaways; and
- mobile, text and telemarketing issues, including Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) compliance.
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Corporate Law, 2021-2025
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2022-2024
December 16, 2024
Newsletters
JW Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter – December 2024
View Jackson Walker’s December 2024 Belonging & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
August 15, 2024
Attorney News
‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Features 306 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2025 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 75 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 306 Jackson Walker attorneys across 81 specialty practice areas in its 2025 edition, including 9 Lawyers of the Year and 75 Ones to Watch. In this year’s guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (75 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (55 attorneys) and the addition of 27 attorneys as Best Lawyers.
April 15, 2024
Newsletters
JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2024
View Jackson Walker’s April 2024 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
March 21, 2024
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Congratulates 2024 Texas Rising Stars
Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes only 5% of Texas attorneys who either are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less as “Rising Stars.”
January 11, 2024
Attorney News
Super Lawyers Names 31 Jackson Walker Attorneys in Texas Top Women 2024 Magazine
Jackson Walker congratulates the 31 attorneys who were included in the Texas Top Women 2024 Magazine published by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers. The annual Texas Top Texas Women edition includes the highest-rated women attorneys across the “Texas Rising Stars” and “Texas Super Lawyers” lists in a given practice area.
August 17, 2023
Attorney News
‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 287 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2024 Edition, Including 12 “Lawyers of the Year” and 80 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 287 Jackson Walker attorneys across 5 offices and 82 specialty practice areas in its 2024 edition, including 12 Lawyers of the Year and 80 Ones to Watch. In this year’s guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (66 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (60 attorneys) and the addition of 35 attorneys as Best Lawyers.
April 24, 2023
Newsletters
JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2023
View Jackson Walker’s April 2023 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.
March 23, 2023
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2023 Texas Rising Stars
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 63 attorneys to Thomson Reuters’ 2023 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” list, which recognizes only 5% of Texas attorneys who either are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less.
August 18, 2022
Attorney News
‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 214 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2023 Edition, Including 11 “Lawyers of the Year” and 41 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 214 Jackson Walker attorneys across 6 offices and 79 specialty practice areas in its 2023 edition, including 11 Lawyers of the Year and 41 Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers listings are based on an exhaustive peer review survey of thousands of attorneys who vote on the legal abilities of others in their practice areas.
Practice Experience
Jessica has extensive experience assisting companies with their intellectual property and commercial transactions, including:
- trademark licenses, merchandising agreements, distribution agreements, endorsement/sponsorship agreements, marketing agreements and sweepstakes/content agreements;
- software and hardware technology licenses, development agreements, SaaS agreements, maintenance and support agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, and reseller and distribution agreements;
- outsourcing agreements, including information technology outsourcing arrangements; and
- online advertising agreements, privacy policies, and terms of service.
Jessica also provides advice on marketing campaigns and promotions on the web and social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and others. This includes guidance on a variety of topics, including:
- social media and endorsements, including disclosures;
- social media and regulatory compliance, including Federal Trade Commission (FTC), National Advertising Division (NAD) and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations;
- fair use and copyright issues for images, videos and music, including Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) registration and take-downs;
- official rules and advice on sweepstakes, contests and prize giveaways; and
- mobile, text and telemarketing issues, including Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) compliance.
Recognition & Accolades
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Corporate Law, 2021-2025
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2022-2024