Jacey Gabrielle Jefferson

Jacey Jefferson is the Managing Attorney at Summit Family Law.

She has the work ethic and passion clients look for in an attorney, and she is highly motivated, dedicated, and focused on helping others.

Her practice focuses primarily on family law matters throughout the State. Prior to joining Summit Family Law Group, Jacey worked as a litigation attorney for a prominent Alabama civil litigation firm for four years where she successfully represented individuals across the State and obtained the highest verdict in a few Alabama counties. In 2020, Jacey was Nationally Ranked in the Top 10 Under 40 by the National Advocacy of Personal Injury Attorneys. In 2022, Jacey was nominated by her fellow peers and was selected for the Mid-South Rising Stars, Super Lawyers.

Jacey graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida State University and then attended Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. In law school, Jacey was the student materials editor of Cumberland’s American Journal of Trial Advocacy, the nation’s oldest law review dedicated to the art of trial advocacy. Jacey was published by the American Journal of Trial Advocacy three times, writing on a variety of legal topics. Jacey also received published research credit by DRI Magazine.

In law school, Jacey served as a Judge Abraham Caruthers teaching fellow with the Lawyering and Legal Reasoning Department. Jacey also served as a directed research and teaching assistant for the Director of Academic Support, was on the Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board, and served on the Ethics Committee at UAB Children’s Hospital. Additionally, Jacey was on Cumberland’s National Negotiation Team, winning First Runner Up in the Henry C. Strickland Negotiation Competition, as well as achieving First Place in the ABA Region 6 Competition, and ranking as a Semi-Finalist in the ABA Negotiation Nationals Competition.

Jacey is a member of the Alabama State Bar, The Georgia State Bar, the Young Lawyers’ Section of the Alabama State Bar and the Birmingham Bar Association.