Ms. Jessica R. Terrazas

Ms. Terrazas is a Of-Counsel with Ortiz & Zamora. She focuses her practice in municipal defense and school board representation. Prior to coming to Ortiz & Zamora, Ms. Terrazas was a litigator with the Rodey Law Firm with an emphasis on health law and medical malpractice. Prior to joining the Rodey Law Firm, Ms. Terrazas clerked for the Honorable Edward L. Chávez of the New Mexico Supreme Court.

During law school, Ms. Terrazas was a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court Team and a semi-finalist at the National Latina/o Law Student Association Moot Court Competition. She served two terms as president of the Mexican American Law Student Association (MALSA). Ms. Terrazas also studied abroad in Santiago de Chile, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with American University Washington College of Law. She received the Esteban A. Aguilar Award for Outstanding Advocacy and the University of New Mexico School of Law Dean’s Award.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Terrazas worked as a union organizer and lobbyist in Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York.

Ms. Terrazas has earned the designation of “Rising Star” in the 2016 and 2017 editions of Southwest Super Lawyers for her experience and expertise in Personal Injury- Medical Malpractice

Previous Experience

• Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin, & Robb, P.A., Associate, 2012-2017

• Union organizer and lobbyist in Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York.