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Jeannine Gomez joined Wilkes Legal, LLC in 2021 to help launch its family law practice.. Jeannine has dedicated her career to honing a unique grasp of individual, interpersonal, cultural, and family dynamics that drive conflict in family law cases. What motivates Jeannine is helping her clients solve their family law problems in uniquely cost-effective and less stressful ways. Jeannine prides herself on using her fluency in Spanish and French to listen closely to her clients’ goals and to litigate with agency, strategy, and honesty.. Jeannine practiced as a staff and then senior staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of D.C. in their Domestic Violence and Family Law Unit for over eight years (from 2011 – 2019) where she represented or advised over a thousand clients in civil protection order, custody, child support, and related family law matters. Jeannine has handled complex civil protection order cases often involving related criminal matters. She has also handled complex custody cases involving physical and sexual child abuse, expert witnesses, guardians ad litem, and child witnesses. While the majority of her experience is in family law litigation, she has also successfully defended two clients in civil protection order and custody cases, respectively, in the D.C. Court of Appeals.. At Ayuda, from 2009 to 2011, at Legal Aid from 2018 to 2019, and at KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) from 2020 to 2021, Jeannine has also represented and advised clients in asylum, special immigrant juvenile, VAWA, U-visa, and adjustment of status cases.. Immediately after law school, from 2007 to 2009, Jeannine served as a law clerk in the Family Court of the District of Columbia Superior Court for Judge J. Michael Ryan, on the domestic relations and juvenile calendars, and for Magistrate Judges Mary Grace Rook and Janet Albert, on abuse and neglect calendars.. Jeannine received her J.D. in 2007, magna cum laude, from the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), David A. Clarke School of Law, previously the Antioch School of Law. In law school, she served as Senior Editor of the UDC Law Review and received two merit scholarships, including a Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholarship. Upon graduation, Jeannine was recognized with the Dean’s Fellow Award (top 10% of graduating class) and a Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award.. Jeannine is fluent in Spanish and French and is licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

As an undergraduate student Ms. Jemmott became involved in civil and human rights anti-apartheid advocacy initiatives. Upon Graduation, she staffed a National Council of Churches project, "Stand for Truth Until South Africa is Free" - National Lobby Day for Comprehensive Sanctions, 1989 June 16 and on the South African Women's Day Committee. She went on to participate in People to People diplomacy initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean with emphasis on the impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on the lives of women, was involved in organizing local celebrations of International Women's Day and served on the Board of the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Ms. Jemmott interned with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, where she completed the Annual Country Report for Suriname. Ms. Jemmott served as an Electoral Observer for the first Free South African Elections for exiles living in Washington DC, as National Organizer and Board Member of an anti-nuclear policy organization lobbying to redirect federal discretionary budget spending to human needs. Ms. Jemmott was also an electoral observer for elections in Guatemala and served as Coordinator of Volunteers for the 30th Anniversary of the March on Washington.Ms. Jemmott subsequently served as a Research Associate for the Human Radiation Experiments Litigation Project and as an advocate regarding other Environmental Justice issues including coordinating the participation of Environmental Justice advocates in the Environmental Protection Agency's Common Sense Initiative. Ms. Jemmott has extensive e-discovery management experience (including managing a staff of 14 during a year long tobacco trial) and over 20 years of nonprofit board/management experience and experience as a Proposal Grant Reviewer for Leadership for a Changing World, A Ford Foundation Funded Program. Admitted to: the Maryland Bar; U.S., District Court of Maryland; U.S. Supreme Court and the District of Columbia Bar.Specialties:Experiences include: CINA (Child Welfare/Juvenile Law) and Family Law Litigation, Labor and Employment, Environmental Regulations, Business Law (Contract negotiations and settlements, debt relief), Legislative Advocacy, International Law and EEO Mediations.Currently, Ms. Jemmott serves as an Attorney for the Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect Office in Washington DC, has a Family Law, Elder Law and General Practice and serves as faculty in the University of Phoenix School of Business.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.