Jessica Trotter attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where she earned a Bachelor of the Arts in English Literature and in Political Science. A Texas native, she relocated to the West Coast and enrolled at Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California, where she earned her Juris Doctorate.
While at Southwestern, Trotter was actively involved in the University's Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas. Her two-year commitment to the program coupled with her undying love for America's favorite past-time resulted in the publication of her article concerning Major League Baseball's impact on Latin American communities, entitled Rooting for the Home Team: How Major League Baseball and Latin America Can Better Provide for the Safe-ty of Their Players (13 Sw. J. L. & Trade Am. 445 (2007).)
Trotter is licensed to practice law throughout the state of California, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She joined Daggenhurst Zakari, APC in 2007.
Never one to pass up a unique opportunity while in college, Trotter babysat debris from the Columbia Space Shuttle explosion onsite for the federal government Trotter also enjoyed capitalizing on her scholastic travels. Southwestern's Moot Court competitions, for example, took her to New York City, Washington D.C. and New Orleans' Mardi Gras. Trotter is now eagerly awaiting her first Mediterranean-based Landlord/Tenant assignment.
