LAW SCHOOL
University of Detroit Mercy Law School J.D., Cum Laude
• Title Editor, University of Detroit Mercy Law Review
• Dean's Tutorial Society
• Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society
• Recipient of Dean's Scholarship for Academic Excellence

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Oakland University, B.A. Political Science, with Honors
• Member, Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
• Recipient of Florine Trumbull Scholarship and Talented Scholars Award

PRACTICE AREAS
• Commercial Litigation
• General Litigation
• Labor and Employment Law

STATE(S) OF ADMISSION
Michigan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Asker Perlmuter, PLC, Associate Attorney (2009-Present)
• O’Reilly Rancilio P.C., Law Clerk (2007-2008)
• Ishbia & Gagleard P.C., Law Clerk (2006)

COURTS
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Michigan State Courts 

PUBLICATIONS
• "Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Why students are falling off the bridge and what law schools are doing to catch them.", 85 U.Det.Mercy L. Rev.429 (2008).
• Barnes v. Jeudevine, Case Digest, 85 U.Det.Mercy L. Rev. 79 (2007).

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Jessica Dopierala is an associate attorney at Asker Perlmuter, PLC. She concentrates her practice in the area of business litigation.

Jessica is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and earned a J.D., Cum Laude, where she was a two year member of the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, serving as Title Editor. While in law school, Jessica was a member of the Dean’s Tutorial Society, Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society, and a recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence. She completed her undergraduate studies at Oakland University and earned a B.A, with honors in Political Science. She was the recipient of the Florine Trumbull Scholarship and Talented Scholars Award while attending Oakland University.

Prior to joining Asker Perlmuter, PLC, Jessica worked as a law clerk at Ishbia & Gagleard in Birmingham, Michigan and O’Reilly Rancilio, P.C. in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Her publications include “Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Why students are falling off the bridge and what law schools are doing to catch them,” 85 U.Det.Mercy L. Rev. 429 (2008), and Barnes v. Jeudevine, Case Digest, 85 U.Det.Mercy L. Rev. 79 (2007).