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Jackson Walker Elects Jennifer Ferri and Erica Benites Giese to Partnership  

By on February 6, 2021 in Announcements

Austin attorney Jennifer Ferri and San Antonio attorney Erica Benites Giese were elected partners at Jackson Walker LLP on Feb. 5.

Ferri’s practice focuses on electric power industry transactions and regulatory matters. Giese, a former federal prosecutor, is in the white-collar and government investigations section of Jackson Walker’s San Antonio office.

Ferri advises utilities, developers, investors, lenders and large power consumers on transactions in electric power markets and on state and federal electric regulatory issues. Before joining Jackson Walker three years ago, she served as in-house counsel for one of the country’s largest municipal electric utilities.

Ferri received her J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law and her B.A., cum laude, from Williams College.

Giese advises clients in civil and white-collar criminal probes and litigation, qui tam complaints and fraud cases involving healthcare, bank and wire transactions, government contracts and immigration worksite enforcement actions. She previously served as assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Texas.

Giese volunteers with the Hispanic National Bar Association as Deputy Region XII President.

She earned her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law, M.S. from Texas State University, and B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin.

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