Kimberly R. Jessett

Kimberly R. Jessett

Director

Kim’s practice includes complex and general commercial litigation matters relating to construction defect, professional liability, products liability, premises liability, dram shop liability, and trucking litigation. Before joining Taylor Twining, Kim was a partner at a multi-state insurance defense firm where she gained valuable experience defending architects, engineers, and lawyers against professional liability claims, defending an international armored vehicle company in trucking litigation, and defending other entities in dram shop, premises, and construction defect matters. While in law school, Kim was a member of the school’s nationally recognized advocacy program and competed in numerous mock trial and moot court competitions across the country. Kim was a moot court national champion and, from 2010 through 2015, she was an adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law.

Practices

  • Construction Defect
  • Professional Liability
  • Business Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Trucking Liability
  • General Liability

Associations

  • Texas
  • United States District Courts: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western Districts
  • United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Education

  • South Texas College of Law, JD, 2010
  • University of St. Thomas, BA, 1992

Languages

  • English
  • Construction Defect
  • Professional Liability
  • Business Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Trucking Liability
  • General Liability

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As of March 1, 2024, McKinney Taylor is now Taylor Twining.