Jessica M. Scales graduated from St, Louis University Law School, where she earned an Employment Law Certificate, in 2011. She joined Sedey Harper Westhoff as an associate that year. Before joining the firm, Jessica worked as a law clerk on employment and personal injury cases at two St. Louis firms, Schlichter, Bogard & Denton and The Simon Law Firm.

In 2014 Jessica won her first solo trial in federal court in St. Louis, representing an employee denied overtime compensation for hours she was required to work. The jury found for her client on the claim and awarded her all her lost earnings. Ms. Scales was also part of the trial team in Katz v. Anheuser-Busch, a 3 week trial in the City of St. Louis.

In addition to representing employees in federal and state courts in discrimination and whistleblower cases, Jessica represents clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and the Missouri Division of Employment Security, handling their cases in settlement conferences and at hearings.