D’Erra Jackson Wells is the founder and managing attorney at DJWells Law. She has over 14 years of legal experience in various areas. Since 2010, she has served in multiple capacities as an attorney, paralegal and intern.  She started her career as a paralegal in an estate administration law firm. 

D’Erra is a Cleveland native and is happy to serve the community that continues to make DJWells Law possible. 

Before founding DJWells Law in Cleveland, Oh, in 2022, D'Erra joined  Andrews, Bongar, Gormley & Clagett (Sothern Maryland Law, SML) in Waldorf, Maryland, in 2017 as an Attorney, a position she still currently holds. D'Erra is the civil litigation, probate, and estate planning attorney at SML. She has several years experience handling some tough litigation cases in the courts of Southern Maryland.

She also prepares wills and handles estate matters for SML, as she has a lot of past experience with estate administration.  

Before joining SML, D’Erra was in her own practice representing clients in Southern Maryland. She also served with several legal aid organizations.  There she developed the skill of cultivating positive relationships with clients to counsel them through difficult, emotional issues.

D’Erra has developed an excellent reputation in all of the local courts in Southern Maryland since joining SML. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the Charles County Bar Association. 

Noteworthy - D’Erra runs and manages a nonprofit mentoring organization that exposes inner city high-school girls to core values the group deems necessary to be productive members of society. 

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

• Ohio Bar, 2022

• Maryland Bar, 2016

• J.D., Western Michigan University – Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2016

• B.A., Bowling Green State University, 2010