Jessica N. Battson

Jessica Battson was born in Santa Barbara County, California.  She graduated from California State University with Honors after having worked with the California Bar Association on a peer mediation program for middle school students in a Carson, California school.  Following graduation, she moved to Tulsa to attend the University of Tulsa College of Law where she graduated with Honors in 2009, and earned a CALI award in Juvenile Law from her professors, Judge Kuehn and Judge Fransein.  For two years as a student intern followed by two years as a practicing attorney, she worked defending indigent clients at the Tulsa County Office of the Public Defender.  She won multiple hearings and chaired multiple jury trials before different judges.

Ms. Battson joined Richards & Connor in 2012, specializing in insurance coverage and complex “bad faith” litigation.  She has been working closely with clients to advocate in court and throughout litigation.  She has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in the area of Insurance Coverage in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.  She is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma.

Prior to beginning her career in Oklahoma, Ms. Battson was raised being home-schooled by her mother through high school, worked through her undergraduate education as a Teacher’s Assistant, managed a Santa Monica café, and worked part-time as multiple music venues.  She also placed in several national dance competitions, including the National Jitterbug Championship.  She now enjoys living in Tulsa and raising a family while advocating for her clients.