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Biography

Jessica CM Almeida’s concentrates her practice in litigation, affordable housing, municipal law, and redevelopment law.

Prior to joining the firm, she practiced for eight years, in the area of land use and associated litigation, redevelopment, and represented municipal utilities. Jessica has briefed and successfully argued matters in the Superior Court, and before the Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court. She participated in Mount Laurel Hearings and was involved in various Affordable Housing matters.

Jessica received her Bachelors of Arts, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina with a major in History and a minor in English. While at Carolina, Jessica was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board National Honor Society, Order of Omega, and served as Secretary of Golden Key International Honor Society. Jessica received the University of South Carolina Outstanding Senior Award for her work on the Panhellenic Counsel and with the Student Government Association.

As an evening student at Seton Hall University School of Law, Jessica served two terms as the Student Bar Association Evening Vice-President. As a member of the Dispute Resolution Society, she was a two-time semi-finalist in the American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition. Jessica was awarded the Appellate Advocacy Best Brief Award and served as a member of the Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Board. Jessica volunteered as a student mentor and participated in the BP Oil Spill Intersession Course in New Orleans, in order to study the environmental and legal ramifications of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Jessica served as an extern for the Honorable Madeline Cox-Arleo, U.S.D.J.

Following her graduation from Seton Hall University School of Law, cum laude, in May of 2013, Jessica clerked for the Honorable Mary Catherine Cuff, P.J.A.D., during her time as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Jessica is currently a member of Committee on Character for the New Jersey State Bar.  She was named a Rising Star1 for 2021 and 2023, and Super Lawyer in 2024. She is a Past Distinguished Club President of the Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex and currently is serving her second term as a Lieutenant Governor for the New Jersey District of Kiwanis. Jessica is also a member of the New Jersey District Club Building Committee.