Background
Parks, Jessica L. was born on February 4, 1953 in Chattanooga. Daughter of Jesse C., Junior and Mary Louise Parks.
Parks, Jessica L. was born on February 4, 1953 in Chattanooga. Daughter of Jesse C., Junior and Mary Louise Parks.
Student, University Georgia, 1972. Bachelor cum laude, Tulane University, 1974. Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, 1980.
Worked at Kator, Scott, Heller & Huron, Chartered. Admitted to the bar, 1980, North Carolina. 1981, United States. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina.
1987, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (Not admitted District of Columbia). Judge George Caldwell Taylor Memorial Scholar. Author: "The Merit Systems Protection Board as a Model Forum," The Federal Circuit Bar Journal, Spring 1994.
"Remarks on Decisions of the MSPB Under the Whistleblower Protection Acting," Federal Merit Systems Reporter, January 1993.
"Creative Settlement Strategies," The Army Lawyer, September 1992. Vice Chairman and Board Member, United States.
Merit Systems Protection Board, 1990-1995. Associate Regional Counsel for Litigation and Program Enforcement, United States.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1988-1990.
Assistant and Associate Regional Counsel, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1985-1988. Administrative Judge, United States.
Merit Systems Protection Board, 1982-1985.
Counsel, Craven County, North Carolina, Department of Social Services, 1981-1982. Member: North Carolina State Bar.
Federal Bar Association (Appointed Member, National Council, 1992). Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Member: North Carolina State Bar. Federal Bar Association (Appointed Member, National Council, 1992). Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Married Edgar M. Swindell, January 12, 1980. Children: Allison Parks, Catherine Parks.