Jessica Morton is Senior Counsel at Democracy Forward, where she litigates challenges to unlawful government activity. Before joining Democracy Forward, Jessica was a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where she practiced complex civil and antitrust litigation. Jessica also clerked for the Honorable John D. Bates on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and for the Honorable Albert Diaz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Jessica earned her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, her M.A. from the University of Michigan, and her B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame.