Jessica N. Carmichael defends clients in often high-stakes, and nationally-profiled criminal cases. She fearlessly and meticulously handles all types of criminal matters in federal and state court. Jessica knows what her clients have at risk, and tirelessly works to achieve favorable results for each and every individual.
Jessica has argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has been named one of the DC area’s top lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine and Northern Virginia Magazine. Prior to founding Carmichael Ellis & Brock, PLLC she represented clients at the Federal Public Defender’s Office and at a private law firm in Alexandria, Virginia.
Jessica earned her Bachelors of Arts in communications from the University of Cincinnati, and her Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School. There, Jessica won several awards for oral advocacy, and participated in a clinic that allowed her to teach legal concepts such as freedom of speech to local middle school students.
Jessica spent a summer with the United States House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, and a subsequent summer with the State Department in the political and economic section of the United States Embassy in Manama, Bahrain. She volunteers at local law schools judging mock trial and moot court competitions. She is a member of the Federal Bar Association and on the executive board of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Jessica is an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers where she is on the Board, on the Women in Criminal Defense committee, and is vice-chair of the National Security committee. Jessica also clerked for two Judges in Federal Court in Norfolk, Virginia.
Jessica’s experience encompasses a wide range of cases, including those accused of terrorism, espionage, money laundering, bribery, mortgage fraud, cyber crime, robbery, immigration fraud, unlawful reentry, assault, sex crimes, drug conspiracies, gang activity, homicide, other violent crime, and traffic offenses. She has represented well-known public figures, federal law enforcement agents, military officers, business owners, foreign officials, online activists, professional athletes, and many others in prominent cases.