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Jessica C. White

Jessica White is a lawyer in the firm's Real Estate practice. She focuses her practice on the acquisition, sale, development, financing, and leasing of commercial real estate.  Her practice is concentrated in the office, retail, and healthcare real estate segments of commercial real estate. Her clients include real estate developers, retailers, franchisees, real estate investment trusts, health care providers, financial institutions and large corporations.

In the office and retail segments, Jessica regularly advises large landlords, building owners and managers in commercial leasing, day-to-day building management and operational issues. She represents both landlords and tenants in the management of national leasing programs. Her landlord and tenant work also includes resolution of disputes.

Jessica also has experience in all phases of real estate development, representing developers and landowners in the development or redevelopment of office buildings, retail and mixed-use developments, manufacturing plants and health care facilities.  To integrate a full range of services to developer clients, Jessica works closely with colleagues in other practice areas, such as environmental, planning and zoning, tax, construction, and economic incentives.

Jessica is particularly active in health care real estate. She counsels health care leaders on a variety of transactional, operational, and regulatory matters and represents property owners and health care providers in health care real estate transactions.

Prior to joining the firm, Jessica was of counsel at a U.S. based law firm where her practice was concentrated in health care real estate. During her career, she also held business roles as director of real estate for a Fortune 500 restaurant company and as director of corporate real estate and head of sustainability for a leading national financial services company. Jessica has strong business acumen and extensive experience in all aspects of real estate transactions. She has represented publicly-traded and privately-owned companies, including real estate developers, health care REITs, and financial institutions.

  • Fellows Nominee, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2024
  • 20 People to Know in Real Estate, Louisville Business First
  • Leadership Louisville, Class of 2003
  • Forty Under 40 2003, Louisville Business First
  • “Change Management Done Right," Jones Lang Lasalle SIG Webinar, April 2014
  • “Women’s Law Coalition Alumnae Career Day," Cornell Law School, March 2013
  • “Green Buildings and Sustainability," CoreNet Global Spring Summit 2012
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