Jessica L. Vived joined Wanger Jones Helsley as an associate in 2024. Ms. Vived received her Juris Doctor with a specialization in environmental law from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. Ms. Vived was awarded the Clinical Legal Education Association’s Outstanding Clinic Student Award for excellence is clinical fieldwork for her work in UCLA Law’s California Environmental Legislation & Policy Clinic and the Food Law and Policy Clinic.
During her law school career, Ms. Vived worked as a law clerk for the Fresno County Public Defender’s Office and a research assistant for Stephen R. Munzer, Distinguished Research Professor of Law at UCLA. Ms. Vived, while a student in the aforementioned clinics, also assisted in drafting legislation currently pending in the California State Senate related to outdoor heat standards.
Ms. Vived graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy with an emphasis in Ethics and Public Policy and a minor in Professional Editing in 2019.
Joshua P. Jendian joined Wanger Jones Helsley PC as an associate in 2024. Mr. Jendian graduated with his Juris Doctor, Order of the Coif, from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. In 2021, Mr. Jendian graduated, cum laude, from California State University, Sacramento with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Economics.
Mr. Jendian was born and raised in Clovis, California. Prior to law school, Mr. Jendian interned at the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office in the MAGEC Gang Unit. During his first summer of law school, he authored an article published in the University of the Pacific Law Review and worked as a research assistant for Law Professor Nadia Banteka. His next summer was spent working as a law clerk at Wanger Jones Helsley PC. In his third year, Mr. Jendian was a member of the Moot Court Honors Board and traveled to Washington D.C. for the National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition, reaching the Semi-Finals and winning Best Petitioner’s Brief. He also successfully chaired the committee tasked with coordinating McGeorge’s 2024 1L Moot Court Competition. During his last semester of law school, Mr. Jendian also worked in McGeorge’s Bankruptcy Legal Clinic.
Rachel L. Alstrom joined Wanger Jones Helsley as an associate in 2024. Ms. Alstrom received her Juris Doctor, Order of the Coif, from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Ms. Alstrom graduated a member of the Traynor Society and with Legal Clinic Honors. During her time at McGeorge, Ms. Alstrom was a Pacific Honors Scholar, a member and editor of the University of the Pacific Law Review, and a Research Assistant for Professor Ron Hochbaum. Ms. Alstrom participated in the Bankruptcy Law Clinic and the Homeless Advocacy Law Clinic.
During her first summer of law school, Ms. Alstrom worked at a local firm in Fresno specializing in civil litigation. The following summer, Ms. Alstrom worked as a summer law clerk at Wanger Jones Helsley PC.
Ms. Alstrom is a proud Fresno State alumni, having graduated magna cum laude from Fresno State in 2021, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications.
Hannah L. Ravizza joined Wanger Jones Helsley PC as an associate in 2024. Ms. Ravizza received her Juris Doctor from San Joaquin College of Law. Upon her graduation, Ms. Ravizza was awarded the John Loomis Legacy Award, a prestigious award given in memory of Mr. John E. Loomis, the Founder of San Joaquin College of Law, for her demonstration of civility, professionalism, and high ethics.
During her time at San Joaquin, Ms. Ravizza was involved in the Student Bar Association, serving as First-Year Class Representative and Treasurer during her first and second years of law school, respectively. During her third year of law school, Ms. Ravizza was a Teaching Assistant for Legal Methods, a legal writing course. Ms. Ravizza also successfully chaired San Joaquin’s first student mentorship program, wherein first-year law students were paired with second and third-year law students for mentorship purposes.
Prior to law school, and continuing throughout her time at San Joaquin, Ms. Ravizza worked at the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office as a student worker, and later as a certified law clerk, in the Felony, Violent Crime, and Homicide Units. During her first summer of law school, Ms. Ravizza interned at a local firm in Fresno specializing in family law. The following summer, Ms. Ravizza worked as a summer law clerk at Wanger Jones Helsley PC.
Ms. Ravizza is a proud Fresno State alumni, having graduated magna cum laude from Fresno State in 2020, with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology with an emphasis in Victimology.
