Jessica Eaves Mathews' Biography
Jessica Eaves Mathews is America's Advocate for Women in Business ™, business lawyer, speaker, published author and leading authority on helping business owners and entrepreneurs step into their power and create a brilliant business and a brilliant life on their own terms.
Jessica is a seasoned business lawyer, adviser and advocate for business owners and entrepreneurs. She is also a multi-passionate entrepreneur herself, having launched a number of successful ventures of her own throughout the past 16 years.
Jessica has spent her legal career representing businesses and business owners, from solopreneurs, to mom and pop stores and restaurants, to professional service-providers, to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. She was the head of litigation and compliance for Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. She has been there in every phase of the business life cycle from start-up on.
As principal of Eaves Mathews LLC, she advises businesses on a variety of matters, including entity formation, trademark and copyright, IP, Internet Law, contracts. She serves as virtual General Counsel for small and mi-sized businesses each month, advising them on a myriad of legal issues that arise from daily operations.
As Vice President and General Counsel of Mathews Contracting LLC, a family owned residential construction firm, she was responsible for advising on all aspects of legal and technical compliance required on each project, including adherence to contractual obligations, insurance requirements and state licensing standards. Her responsibilities included oversight of legal compliance for entire business, including state registration and licensing requirements, compliance with insurance terms and conditions for each project and sub-contractor. She negotiated and drafted residential remodel and new construction contracts for all construction clients; negotiated and drafted all subcontract agreements with trades for residential remodels and custom construction; worked closely with accountants, architects and designers in all aspects of business operations and execution of all construction and pre-construction agreements.
In 2001 and 2002, Ms. Eaves Mathews was chosen by her peers as a Washington Law and Politics "Rising Star," which honors the top 5% of attorneys in the State of Washington under the age of 40.
From 2001-2003, she took a sabbatical from practice to teach law at Seattle University, where she was a Professor of Legal Writing. She will be returning to the classroom again this Fall, when she begins teaching Art and Cultural Property Law for Seattle University School of Law.
Jessica has now taken her legal expertise and has created the ultimate legal services solution for entrepreneurs. She now provides affordable, flat fee, done-for-you legal services designed specifically for busy entrepreneurs. Through her new program, Leverage-a-Lawyer™, business owners have access to flat-fee, client-friendly, affordable legal services and monthly virtual General Counsel assistance. www.leverage-a-lawyer.com
Jessica’s professional activities include:
· Contributing writer for Today’s Womanpreneur magazine.
· Contributing writer and speaker for Success On Your Terms Magazine.
· Expert blogger for StartupNation.
· Radio/podcast host onEntrepreneurial Podcast Network.
· Adjunct faculty member for the Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning
· Blogger for Savor the Success and faculty member for SavorU.
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An eLearning expert and
contributing writer for MOMeo.
· Author of the soon-to-be-released book, Brilliant Business, Brilliant Life: A Woman's Handbook to Having it All! (release date: Fall 2011)
· Co-Author of the soon-to-be-released book, The Conscious Business Revolution: How Western Women Will Save the World (release date: Fall 2011)
She also has a successful golf clothing line for women called Grace & Game Golf, www.graceandgame.com
Admitted to Bar: State of Washington; U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Education: J.D., 1995, Seattle University School of Law, magna cum laude; Editor in Chief of the Seattle University Law Review; B.A., 1990, University of New Mexico.
In her free time, Jessica loves spending time with her daughter, and riding and showing their two Arabian mares. She is a devoted golfer, and when she isn't planning her next remodel, you will find her reading a steady stream of remodeling and kitchen design magazines while simultaneously watching anything on HGTV.