Jessica has devoted her practice to exclusively family law matters for over a decade. She is a Board-Certified Specialist in Family Law and a DRC-Certified Family Financial Mediator.
Jessica's family law practice is focused on child custody and support, equitable distribution (i.e., marital/divisible property division), post-separation support and alimony, premarital and postnuptial agreements, separation agreements, absolute divorce, marital torts and other domestic civil actions (such as domestic violence, alienation of affections, and criminal conversation lawsuits). She represents clients in all stages of litigation, mediation, and settlement—primarily in Wake, Orange, Chatham, and Durham counties.
Jessica currently serves on the North Carolina State Bar Council (representing the 10th Judicial District) and is the Chair of the Family Law Section of the NC Bar Association.
She has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in America in Family Law and is consistently listed among Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite and North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars.
Jessica has presented at numerous CLE conferences and programs, including for the North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, and North Carolina State Bar. She was a Course Planner for the 2025 Annual Meeting and CLE for the Family Law Section of the NCBA and will be reprising her role as a Course Planner for the 2027 Annual Meeting in Charleston, SC.
Jessica earned her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. from Campbell Law School, graduating magna cum laude. While in law school, she served as Chief Comments Editor of the Campbell Law Review and received the J. Stanley McQuade Excellence in Leadership & Academic Scholarship Award. Her mock trial team brought a national championship to Campbell by winning the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge, where she was named Best Advocate in the Championship Round. She was also awarded the Student Advocate Award by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and inducted into the Order of Barristers.
Outside the courtroom, Jessica is married and the proud mother of two young children. She is an avid reader and book collector. When not practicing law or managing BHH Family Law, you'll find her spending time with family and friends or reading in her home library.
Jessica approaches both her practice and her life with preparation, intention, and heart — guiding clients through difficult seasons with steadiness and perspective.
