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Jessi Hicks is an associate in Winstead's Real Estate Finance Practice Group in Dallas.

Jessi joined Winstead after earning her law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor for the SMU International Law Review Association and as Secretary of the Sports and Entertainment Law Association. She first worked at the firm as a law clerk in the Corporate Practice Group in 2025.

During law school, Jessi gained experience across professional sports and commercial real estate. As a legal intern with the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, she drafted and revised licensing agreements, leases and assignments, event agreements, data-sharing agreements, and other commercial contracts, and researched a range of regulatory and compliance issues. She also worked on sports-related matters at a law firm, conducting legal research concerning sports betting, fantasy sports, gaming, and related state-specific regulations.

As a legal intern with a commercial real estate company, she prepared lease abstracts for potential shopping center acquisitions, reviewed leases and amendments, prepared tenant estoppels and critical-date letters, and organized closing documents for acquisitions and dispositions. She holds a degree in finance from the University of Georgia.

Representative Experience

  • Drafted, reviewed, and revised licensing agreements, leases and assignments, event agreements, data sharing agreements, and merchandising agreements as a legal intern for a professional sports organization.
  • Prepared lease abstracts for potential shopping center acquisitions and drafted critical date, start date, and tenant default letters as a legal intern for a commercial real estate company.
  • Organized closing documents for shopping center acquisitions and dispositions.
  • Researched federal and state law issues, including commercial real estate, data privacy, employment, promotions and sweepstakes regulation, and sports gaming regulatory and compliance matters.

Education

  • Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
    • J.D., 2026
    • Articles Editor, SMU International Law Review Association
  • University Georgia
    • B.B.A., Finance, 2023
    • magna cum laude

Admissions

  • Texas, 2026

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