Background
Cleesattle, Jodi Lynn was born on June 17, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of David Delmore and Janet Sue (Wooten) Cleesattle.
Cleesattle, Jodi Lynn was born on June 17, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of David Delmore and Janet Sue (Wooten) Cleesattle.
Bachelor in Communications with University honors with distinction cum laude, American University, 1990. Juris Doctor summa cum laude, Washington College Law, 1994.
Reporter The Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gazette, 1990-1991. Editor-in-chief The National Jurist, Arlington, Virginia, 1991-1995. Law clerk United States District Court, Maryland, 1994-1995.
Attorney Ross, Dixon & Masback, Limited liability partnership, Washington, since 1995. Clerk The Honorary Alan Kay, United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court District of Columbia. Partner Ross Dixon & Bell LLP, San Diego, since 2002.
Co-founder The National Jurist. magazine 1991, member advisory committee Dialogue With The Press, Washington, since 1995.
Bar: Maryland, District of Columbia, California, United States District Court (southern district) California, United States District Court - District Columbia, United States District Court – Maryland, United States Court Appeals (4th & 9th, District of Columbia circuit), United States Supreme Court.
Member American Bar Association, Society Professional Journalists (Gridiron Journalism scholar 1989-1990), American Inns Court (Louis M. Welsh chapter), co-chair Lawyers Club San Diego (board and commission committee), Society Professional Journalists (board member San Diego chapter), Order Barristers, founder Burton Daughter of Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition, San Diego County Bar Association, Lawyers Club San Diego (co-chair board commission committee), Welsh Inns Court, Media Law Resource Center(pretrial committee), Media, Privacy & Defamation Law Committee (vice chair American Bar Association tort, trial & tns. practice secretary), Society Professional Journalists (board member San Diego chapter), Society Professional Journalists (project sunshine chairman southern California).
Married Jack Eric Crittenden, June 12, 1993.