Jessica J. Koester

Graduated from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, May 1999 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. Graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, IN, May 2002 with my Juris Doctor. While in law school I began clerking with the law firm of Lucco, Brown and Mudge. After graduation I was hired on as an associate and worked there for 8 years until starting my own firm. I am licensed in Illinois and Missouri and have been admitted to practice in the Southern District of Illinois, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. I am a member of the American Bar Association, The Illinois State Bar Association, The Madison County Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Jessica J Koester Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Jessica J. Koester included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Jessica J. Koester Included on the 2012Illinois Super Lawyers list

• Sole Practitioner

• Lucco, Brown and Mudge, Associate, 2002 - 2010

• Pro Bono work for the Good Samaritan House, 2011

• Illinois, 2002
• Missouri, 2009
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2004
• U.S. Federal Courts, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2005
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2006

• American Bar Association, 2000 - 2012 (Member)
• Madison County Bar Association, 2002 - Present (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association, 2012 - Present (Standing Committee on Corrections and Sentencing)
• Illinois State Bar Association, 2012 - Present (Criminal Justice Section Council)