Jaclyn K. Ruocco is an associate with Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Princeton office. Ms. Ruocco concentrates her practice in commercial litigation.
Ms. Ruocco received her undergraduate degree from Rutgers College, where she majored in political science with a minor in economics. She began her career in New Jersey politics, working for a statewide political party and on several campaigns while attending Seton Hall University School of Law. In her final year of law school, Ms. Ruocco interned for the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals and for the Honorable Dennis Cavanaugh of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. She also was selected as a student participant in the Civil Litigation Clinic at Seton Hall University School of Law’s Center for Social Justice, where she worked on civil rights litigation. Ms. Ruocco graduated magna cum laude in May 2009.
Ms. Ruocco is admitted to practice in New Jersey as well as before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Ms. Ruocco is currently an assistant editor for the Commercial and Business Litigation section of the American Bar Association. In January 2011, she was selected as co-chair of the Young Lawyer’s Committee of the Mercer County Bar Association.