Jacqueline Alyse Van Laningham

Full Bio Ms. Van Laningham is experienced in multistate class action litigation, consumer finance, labor and employment, and complex commercial litigation. She specializes in the areas of trust and probate, contract disputes, banking, landlord-tenant law, and administrative law. She earned dual B. A. degrees, magna cum laude, from the University of Florida in Classical Studies and Russian, with a minor in Anthropology. Ms. Van Laningham holds a J. D., magna cum laude, from the Florida State University College of Law, graduating in the top three of her class. While in law school, she was an Executive Editor of the Florida State University Law Review, a member of the Florida State University Business Review and of Moot Court and was actively involved in Phi Alpha Delta as its Treasurer and Vice Justice. Ms. Van Laningham received four Book Awards for earning the highest overall grade in those respective courses and also published a Student Note in the Florida State University Law Review in 2016, for which she received the Outstanding Student Note Award. Bar Admissions Florida Education Undergraduate University of Florida Law School Florida State University College of Law Memberships Family Promise of Jacksonville, Board of Directors, January 2020 - Present Chester Bedell American Inn of Court (Barrister), September 2023 - Present Florida State University Moot Court Coach, 2019 - Present Chester Bedell American Inn of Court (Associate), September 2019 - September 2020 Florida State University Law Review, Executive Editor, Volume 44, 2016 - 2017 Florida State University Business Review, 2016 - 2017 SGR Publications Press 32 SGR Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America Smith Gambrell Russell Continues Strategic Growth with Third Combination in Last Two Years