Jess Zimmerman Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis

• Senior Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Counsel for privately held construction and design general contractor with ~$6B+ annual revenue.
• Have drafted and negotiated billions of dollars of construction/design contracts as legal team leader while serving as primary legal point of contact for numerous ARCO operating companies located throughout the United.
• Manage team members including lawyers and paralegals.
• Responsible for managing corporate governance for ARCO enterprise, including managing various division restructurings and day-today corporate transactions and governance.
• Responsible for structuring, negotiating and documenting investments, including real estate and other corporate investments, made by ARCO enterprise entities and stakeholders.
• Partner with IT function to serve as primary legal contact for IT legal issues, including negotiating ARCO’s provision of various SaaS, consulting, and other commercial contracts.

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

Attorney at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP in the Corporate, Financial Services, and Real Estate groups with a broad practice encompassing issues surrounding commercial real estate (e.g. purchasing, leasing, development, and financing), lending, and general corporate matters (e.g. mergers & acquisitions, securities, financing, and corporate formation).

Conducted legal research for two College of Law professors about international human rights and Congress's power to preempt state law.

Greater St. Louis Area

Researched and wrote legal memoranda for Client Services Groups including Real Estate, Banking, Bankruptcy, Employee Benefits, and Products Liability. Reviewed and analyzed leases, loan agreements and contracts. Drafted demand letters, incorporation documents, organizational bylaws, and federal tax exemption applications.

Aided in appellate-level trial preparation by reviewing documents and writing interoffice memoranda. Drafted motions and briefs for use in consumer fraud cases and unemployment insurance administration cases. Completed research and writing projects regarding consumer fraud and housing fraud acts.

Researched public policy and prepared documents designed to educate the public about important local and national issues. Aided in research towards the implementation of a local program designed to better train capable high school principals.

Authored letters for state officials including Governor Mitch Daniels and US Senator Richard Lugar. Wrote 150 page Policy Guide to streamline processes and ease access to integral information.

J.D., Law

Summa Cum Laude

B.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: Class President; Finance and Grants Committee; Academic and Judicial Appeals Board; Academic Affairs Chair.