Profile

Jessica is a business and tax attorney who counsels individuals, for‑profit companies and nonprofit organizations on complex legal and regulatory matters with a practical, goal‑oriented approach that keeps business objectives front and center while mitigating risk.

Jessica advises clients throughout the business lifecycle, including choice of entity and formation, entity structuring, corporate governance, corporate and tax compliance, financing, commercial contracting, stock and asset transactions, succession planning, and, when needed, dissolution—always with an eye toward tax‑efficient outcomes.

Jessica also advises on sophisticated tax planning and compliance matters, with particular experience in multistate transactions, pass‑through entity taxation and like‑kind exchanges under Section 1031, as well as federal and state payroll tax issues (Forms 941, 941‑X, and W‑2), information reporting (Form 1099 series and W‑9) and Affordable Care Act reporting (Forms 1094‑C and 1095‑C). She represents organizations and individuals in tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service (including the Office of Appeals) and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (including the Bureau of Conciliation and Mediation Services), securing favorable outcomes such as penalty abatements and successful resolutions of audits through written advocacy and appearances at hearings and conferences.  In addition, she assists clients with New York State Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise certification, compliance and appeals.

Jessica’s recognition in the legal industry includes serving as Editor-in-Chief of the New York State Bar Association’s Business Law Journal as well as being listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, every year since 2023 and as a New York Super Lawyers Rising Star, Business/Corporate, every year since 2022.

Before joining Bond, Jessica completed a two‑year clerkship with the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department—an experience that strengthened her legal analysis and writing and continues to inform her approach to client service.

  • Listed In:
    • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, 2023-2027
    • New York Super Lawyers® Rising Star, Business/Corporate, 2022-2026
  • Member, New York State Bar Association
    • Business Law Section
    • Tax Law Section
    • Women in Law Section
  • Member, Albany County Bar Association
  • Member, Capital District Women's Bar Association
  • Editor-in-Chief, Albany Law Review, 2016-2017

  • Presenter, Annual Tax Conference, New York State Society of CPAs’ Adirondack Chapter

  • Editor-in-Chief, NYSBA NY Business Law Journal
  • Member, MeetingPoint
  • Leadership Capital Region, Class of 2025