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'{{notability|1=Biographies|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Jessica Lewis | birth_name = Jessica Blain | image = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" (or "Image:") prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|02|24}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shapiro|first1=Hannah|title=THANK YOU! Happy birthday to you, badass birthday twin 👯|date=February 24, 2017|url=https://twitter.com/HannahLilNessen/status/835175784536952832|website=Twitter|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=April 11, 2017}}</ref> | home_town = [[Champlain, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | residence = [[Voorheesville, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | other_names = Jessica Blain-Lewis | education = {{plainlist| *[[SUNY Plattsburgh]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]) *{{nowrap|[[Albany Law School]] ([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])}} }} | occupation = {{plainlist| *{{nowrap|Assistant [[district attorney|D.A.]], [[Albany County, New York|Albany County, NY]]}} *[[Television personality]] }} | organization = [[New York State Bar Association]] | television = ''[[Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X]]'' | children = 2 | website = {{URL|jessicablainlewis.net}} }} '''Jessica Blain-Lewis''' (born February 24, 1979), also known simply as '''Jessica Lewis''', is an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] best known for competing on the reality competition show ''[[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor]]''. ==Early life== Jessica Blain grew up in [[Champlain, New York]], where she lived on a [[dairy farm]] with her parents, Sam and Allisn<!--This is not a typo; that’s how her mother’s name is really spelled-->, and her three older sisters. For high school, she attended Northeast Clinton Central School in Champlain and served as co-chair of the student council.<ref name=press>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Suzanne|title=Champlain native takes dairy-farm work ethic to 'Survivor'|url=http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/champlain-native-takes-dairy-farm-work-ethic-to-survivor/article_bd76d01f-7fb4-5fc3-a5bd-3e253d454603.html|accessdate=April 8, 2017|work=[[The Press-Republican]]|publisher=[[Community Newspaper Holdings]]|date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> ==College== Following her high school graduation in 1997, Blain enrolled at [[SUNY Plattsburgh]] (Plattsburgh State), where she also worked as a [[teaching assistant]] and was a member of [[Phi Kappa Phi]] (ΦΚΦ). In 2002, she graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Speech Communication.<ref name=scu>{{cite web|title=About the Street Crimes Unit Bureau Chief|url=http://www.albanycountyda.com/Bureaus/StreetCrimesUnit/About_BC.aspx|website=Albany County District Attorney|publisher=Albany County Judicial Center|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}</ref> Then she enrolled at [[Albany Law School]], where she completed her [[Juris Doctor]] in just three years. While at Albany Law, she served as senior editor of the ''Government, Law and Policy Journal''. She also served as the executive editor at the Center for Judicial Process, which was run by her law professor, [[Vincent Martin Bonventre]].<ref name=alr>{{cite journal|last1=Bonventre|first1=Vincent|author-link=Vincent Martin Bonventre|editor1-last=Blain-Lewis|editor1-first=Jessica|editor2-last=Cherna|editor2-first=Jason|title=APPELLATE DIVISION ON APPEAL: THE JUSTICES’ RATES OF AGREEMENT, REJECTION, AND VINDICATION BY THE COURT OF APPEALS|journal=[[Albany Law Review]]|date=2007|volume=70|issue=3|page=983|url=http://www.albanylawreview.org/Articles/Vol70_3/70.3.0983-Bonventre.pdf|accessdate=April 10, 2017|issn=0002-4678|oclc=01479006}}</ref> In 2007, two years after she completed her law degree, an article which she and Bonventre had co-written in law school was published in the ''[[Albany Law Review]]''. By the time the article was written, she had married and was going professionally by the name Jessica Blain-Lewis.<ref name=alr /> ==Career== ===Law Career=== Prior to graduating law school, Lewis secured an internship as a law clerk at the [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]] [[District Attorney]]’s Office, under D.A. [[David Soares]]. Upon graduation, she was hired full time as an assistant D.A.<ref name=press /> She was officially admitted to the [[New York State Bar]] in 2006. Throughout her career, most of her cases have involved drug offenses, robberies, assaults, and [[elder abuse]].<ref name=press /> One of her cases even involved an immigrant who had been tricked into a phony [[green card marriage]] with the promise of gaining citizenship privileges.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gavin|first=Robert|title='Cinderfella' case outlined|url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Cinderfella-case-outlined-4669044.php|accessdate=April 8, 2017|work=[[Albany Times-Union]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|date=July 17, 2013}}</ref> Soon after this case, Lewis also prosecuted her first homicide.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guilty Plea in Albany Homicide Case|url=http://www.albanycountyda.com/Media/News/16-06-10/Guilty_Plea_in_Albany_Homicide_Case.aspx|accessdate=April 13, 2017|agency=Albany County District Attorney|publisher=Albany County Judicial Center|date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> In December 2016, she was named the Albany County Street Crimes Unit's Bureau Chief.<ref name=scu /> ===Survivor Commentary=== On the 25th of September, 2017, it was announced that Lewis would be joining fellow survivor alumni, [[Rob Cesternino]]'s podcast network ''Rob has a Podcast'' to replace Cesternino as co-host of the segment ''Why _____ lost'' alongside David Bloomberg for [[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor's]] 35th season ''[[Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers]]''. ==''Survivor''== In 2016, Lewis was cast on the reality competition show ''[[Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X]]''. Having been born in 1979, she was initially placed on the Takali tribe, along with the other members of [[Generation X]]. On Day One, when all the castaways were scrambling to grab as many supplies and food items as possible for the journey, Lewis discovered an envelope, picked it up, and upon opening it, realized that she had just claimed the "Legacy Advantage," the benefits of which would be revealed on Day 36. If she were to be eliminated before then, she would be required to bequeath the advantage to another player still in the game. On Day Ten, Lewis orchestrated the blindside of Paul Wachter, after he said that he would rather align with the men over the women in the tribe. This immediately made her a target for the next Tribal Council. But when the vote took place two days later, David Wright played his immunity idol on Lewis, thus negating the five votes against her and sparing her in the game. Lucy Huang, with just two votes, was eliminated instead. Lewis immediately aligned with Wright, as well as Ken McNickle, after that Tribal Council. The next day, during the tribal split and reshuffle, she and McNickle remained on Takali, but Wright was sent to Vanua, the former [[millennial]] tribe. When the merge happened on Day 21, the three of them were reunited. By Day 28, Lewis was once again targeted by her old Gen X tribemate [[Chris Hammons]] and his alliance, and at that night's Tribal Council, she indeed received four votes, but Hammons was sent out of the game with seven votes. Two days later, after Justin "Jay" Starrett won immunity, former Millennial member Hannah Shapiro convinced Lewis, McNickle, and Wright to join her and [[Adam Klein (Survivor contestant)|Adam Klein]] in targeting Zeke Smith. To ensure that this plan would go off without a hitch, Wright contemplated playing his new idol on Shapiro. But at Tribal Council, former Gen X member Sunday Burquest convinced Wright that Smith's alliance was now planning on voting out McNickle instead. Wright played his idol on McNickle, who, as it turned out, received zero votes. The vote ended up tied 5–5 between Smith and Shapiro. Before the revote, Smith tried to get Lewis to flip on Shapiro in order to avoid having to draw rocks to decide who leaves the game. Lewis refused, and the revote remained deadlocked. After much discussion, there was no consensus as to whether Smith or Shapiro should be the one voted out, so per the rules of the game, Smith, Shapiro, and any other immune castaway would be safe, while the rest had to randomly draw rocks to determine the elimination. In total, six castaways would have to draw from among five white rocks and one black rock; whoever drew the black rock would be out of the game. When the rocks were drawn and then revealed, Lewis had the black one, thus sending her out of the game at tenth place, as the fourth member of the jury. After her torch was snuffed, Lewis willed the Legacy Advantage to her ally McNickle, who would get to use it as an immunity idol on Day 36. McNickle would eventually make it to the finals, but despite this, Lewis would cast her vote for Klein to win the title of Sole Survivor. ==Personal life== Lewis is married, and has two children, Hannah and Owen.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gavin|first=Robert|title=Is 'Survivor' the latest case for Albany prosecutor?|date=May 5, 2016| |url=http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/article/Is-Survivor-the-latest-case-for-Albany-7395233.php|work=[[Albany Times-Union]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}</ref> She and her family live in [[Voorheesville, New York]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://jessicablainlewis.com/ About Jessica Blain-Lewis] * [http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/215468/ Official CBS biography page] ==See also== *''[[Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X]]'' {{Survivor contestants}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Jessica}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Albany Law School alumni]] [[Category:American prosecutors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Participants in American reality television series]] [[Category:People from Clinton County, New York]] [[Category:State University of New York at Plattsburgh alumni]] [[Category:Survivor (TV series) contestants]]'

'{{notability|1=Biographies|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Jessica Lewis | birth_name = Jessica Blain | image = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" (or "Image:") prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|02|24}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shapiro|first1=Hannah|title=THANK YOU! Happy birthday to you, badass birthday twin 👯|date=February 24, 2017|url=https://twitter.com/HannahLilNessen/status/835175784536952832|website=Twitter|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=April 11, 2017}}</ref> | home_town = [[Champlain, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | residence = [[Voorheesville, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | other_names = Jessica Blain-Lewis | education = {{plainlist| *[[SUNY Plattsburgh]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]) *{{nowrap|[[Albany Law School]] ([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])}} }} | occupation = {{plainlist| *{{nowrap|Assistant [[district attorney|D.A.]], [[Albany County, New York|Albany County, NY]]}} *[[Television personality]] }} | organization = [[New York State Bar Association]] | television = ''[[Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X]]'' | children = 2 | website = {{URL|jessicablainlewis.net}} }} '''Jessica Blain-Lewis''' (born February 24, 1979), also known simply as '''Jessica Lewis''', is an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] best known for competing on the reality competition show ''[[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor]]''. ==Early life== Jessica Blain grew up in [[Champlain, New York]], where she lived on a [[dairy farm]] with her parents, Sam and Allisn<!--This is not a typo; that’s how her mother’s name is really spelled-->, and her three older sisters. For high school, she attended Northeast Clinton Central School in Champlain and served as co-chair of the student council.<ref name=press>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Suzanne|title=Champlain native takes dairy-farm work ethic to 'Survivor'|url=http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/champlain-native-takes-dairy-farm-work-ethic-to-survivor/article_bd76d01f-7fb4-5fc3-a5bd-3e253d454603.html|accessdate=April 8, 2017|work=[[The Press-Republican]]|publisher=[[Community Newspaper Holdings]]|date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> ==College== Following her high school graduation in 1997, Blain enrolled at [[SUNY Plattsburgh]] (Plattsburgh State), where she also worked as a [[teaching assistant]] and was a member of [[Phi Kappa Phi]] (ΦΚΦ). In 2002, she graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Speech Communication.<ref name=scu>{{cite web|title=About the Street Crimes Unit Bureau Chief|url=http://www.albanycountyda.com/Bureaus/StreetCrimesUnit/About_BC.aspx|website=Albany County District Attorney|publisher=Albany County Judicial Center|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}</ref> Then she enrolled at [[Albany Law School]], where she completed her [[Juris Doctor]] in just three years. While at Albany Law, she served as senior editor of the ''Government, Law and Policy Journal''. She also served as the executive editor at the Center for Judicial Process, which was run by her law professor, [[Vincent Martin Bonventre]].<ref name=alr>{{cite journal|last1=Bonventre|first1=Vincent|author-link=Vincent Martin Bonventre|editor1-last=Blain-Lewis|editor1-first=Jessica|editor2-last=Cherna|editor2-first=Jason|title=APPELLATE DIVISION ON APPEAL: THE JUSTICES’ RATES OF AGREEMENT, REJECTION, AND VINDICATION BY THE COURT OF APPEALS|journal=[[Albany Law Review]]|date=2007|volume=70|issue=3|page=983|url=http://www.albanylawreview.org/Articles/Vol70_3/70.3.0983-Bonventre.pdf|accessdate=April 10, 2017|issn=0002-4678|oclc=01479006}}</ref> In 2007, two years after she completed her law degree, an article which she and Bonventre had co-written in law school was published in the ''[[Albany Law Review]]''. By the time the article was written, she had married and was going professionally by the name Jessica Blain-Lewis.<ref name=alr /> ==Career== ===Law=== Prior to graduating law school, Lewis secured an internship as a law clerk at the [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]] [[District Attorney]]’s Office, under D.A. [[David Soares]]. Upon graduation, she was hired full time as an assistant D.A.<ref name=press /> She was officially admitted to the [[New York State Bar]] in 2006. Throughout her career, most of her cases have involved drug offenses, robberies, assaults, and [[elder abuse]].<ref name=press /> One of her cases even involved an immigrant who had been tricked into a phony [[green card marriage]] with the promise of gaining citizenship privileges.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gavin|first=Robert|title='Cinderfella' case outlined|url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Cinderfella-case-outlined-4669044.php|accessdate=April 8, 2017|work=[[Albany Times-Union]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|date=July 17, 2013}}</ref> Soon after this case, Lewis also prosecuted her first homicide.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guilty Plea in Albany Homicide Case|url=http://www.albanycountyda.com/Media/News/16-06-10/Guilty_Plea_in_Albany_Homicide_Case.aspx|accessdate=April 13, 2017|agency=Albany County District Attorney|publisher=Albany County Judicial Center|date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> In December 2016, she was named the Albany County Street Crimes Unit's Bureau Chief.<ref name=scu /> ===''Survivor'' commentary=== On the September 25th, 2017, it was announced that Lewis would be joining the cast of ''Rob Has a Podcast'' alongside David Bloomberg, to replace fellow ''[[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor]]'' alumnus [[Rob Cesternino]] as co-host of the segment "Why _____ Lost," for ''Survivor''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 35th season, ''[[Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers]]''.{{citationneeded|October 2017}} ==''Survivor''== In 2016, Lewis was cast on the reality competition show ''[[Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X]]''. Having been born in 1979, she was initially placed on the Takali tribe, along with the other members of [[Generation X]]. On Day One, when all the castaways were scrambling to grab as many supplies and food items as possible for the journey, Lewis discovered an envelope, picked it up, and upon opening it, realized that she had just claimed the "Legacy Advantage," the benefits of which would be revealed on Day 36. If she were to be eliminated before then, she would be required to bequeath the advantage to another player still in the game. On Day Ten, Lewis orchestrated the blindside of Paul Wachter, after he said that he would rather align with the men over the women in the tribe. This immediately made her a target for the next Tribal Council. But when the vote took place two days later, David Wright played his immunity idol on Lewis, thus negating the five votes against her and sparing her in the game. Lucy Huang, with just two votes, was eliminated instead. Lewis immediately aligned with Wright, as well as Ken McNickle, after that Tribal Council. The next day, during the tribal split and reshuffle, she and McNickle remained on Takali, but Wright was sent to Vanua, the former [[millennial]] tribe. When the merge happened on Day 21, the three of them were reunited. By Day 28, Lewis was once again targeted by her old Gen X tribemate [[Chris Hammons]] and his alliance, and at that night's Tribal Council, she indeed received four votes, but Hammons was sent out of the game with seven votes. Two days later, after Justin "Jay" Starrett won immunity, former Millennial member Hannah Shapiro convinced Lewis, McNickle, and Wright to join her and [[Adam Klein (Survivor contestant)|Adam Klein]] in targeting Zeke Smith. To ensure that this plan would go off without a hitch, Wright contemplated playing his new idol on Shapiro. But at Tribal Council, former Gen X member Sunday Burquest convinced Wright that Smith's alliance was now planning on voting out McNickle instead. Wright played his idol on McNickle, who, as it turned out, received zero votes. The vote ended up tied 5–5 between Smith and Shapiro. Before the revote, Smith tried to get Lewis to flip on Shapiro in order to avoid having to draw rocks to decide who leaves the game. Lewis refused, and the revote remained deadlocked. After much discussion, there was no consensus as to whether Smith or Shapiro should be the one voted out, so per the rules of the game, Smith, Shapiro, and any other immune castaway would be safe, while the rest had to randomly draw rocks to determine the elimination. In total, six castaways would have to draw from among five white rocks and one black rock; whoever drew the black rock would be out of the game. When the rocks were drawn and then revealed, Lewis had the black one, thus sending her out of the game at tenth place, as the fourth member of the jury. After her torch was snuffed, Lewis willed the Legacy Advantage to her ally McNickle, who would get to use it as an immunity idol on Day 36. McNickle would eventually make it to the finals, but despite this, Lewis would cast her vote for Klein to win the title of Sole Survivor. ==Personal life== Lewis is married, and has two children, Hannah and Owen.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gavin|first=Robert|title=Is 'Survivor' the latest case for Albany prosecutor?|date=May 5, 2016| |url=http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/article/Is-Survivor-the-latest-case-for-Albany-7395233.php|work=[[Albany Times-Union]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}</ref> She and her family live in [[Voorheesville, New York]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://jessicablainlewis.com/ About Jessica Blain-Lewis] * [http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/215468/ Official CBS biography page] ==See also== *''[[Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X]]'' {{Survivor contestants}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Jessica}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Albany Law School alumni]] [[Category:American prosecutors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Participants in American reality television series]] [[Category:People from Clinton County, New York]] [[Category:State University of New York at Plattsburgh alumni]] [[Category:Survivor (TV series) contestants]]'

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