Jessica Ayd

Jessica Ayd is a Maryland attorney focusing on medical malpractice defense, healthcare litigation, risk management, investigations, compliance, and employer liability. Her work supports healthcare providers and institutions facing complex civil claims in state and federal courts. She helps clients assess allegations, prepare defenses, review records, and address litigation risks. Her trial experience includes serving as first chair in several jury trials involving disputed facts, liability, damages, and expert testimony claims.

Jessica earned a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. She also earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Maryland, College Park. During law school, she served as Law School Liaison for the ABAE Tutoring and Mentoring Program. Her education supports legal research, written advocacy, trial preparation, case analysis, and client counseling in healthcare and civil litigation matters involving providers, institutions, insurers, businesses, and organizations.

Jessica has built her practice through medical malpractice defense, general liability defense, construction matters, and complex civil litigation. Before private practice, she clerked for the Honorable Arlene Coppadge and the Honorable Robert Coonin of the Family Court of the State of Delaware. She also served in the United States Peace Corps in Fiji, where she worked as a Health Promotion Advocate, teaching adolescent reproductive health classes to students and families there.

Jessica Ayd helps healthcare clients address malpractice claims, compliance concerns, investigations, and risk management issues with preparation and a clear strategy. Her work supports providers and institutions facing lawsuits, disputed medical facts, administrative concerns, and liability exposure. She brings courtroom experience, civil defense knowledge, and service-focused judgment to each matter. Through record review, legal analysis, and trial advocacy, she helps clients pursue informed defense outcomes in court proceedings and hearings.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
• Member, Baltimore County Bar Association 
• Member, D.C. Bar
• Member, Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Education

• University of Maryland, School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Maryland, College Park
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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