Jaclyn P. Floryan was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 30, 1984. She graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California in 2006, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Law. Ms. Floryan studied law at Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, receiving her Juris Doctor degree in 2009. She also received a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, in 2009.

While in law school, Ms. Floryan received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award as well as the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence. Ms. Floryan was also a staff member on the Pepperdine University Dispute Resolution Law Journal. Her article A Post-Pierce Program: Using IDR to Improve the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Current Complaint and Disciplinary Procedure, which discusses the dispute resolution practices in the Los Angeles fire department, was published in the 9th volume of the Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. She also participated in Pepperdine’s London Study Abroad program, where she worked for an international commercial real estate and business transaction law firm.

Before joining Hosp, Gilbert, Bergsten & Hough, Ms. Floryan clerked at various law firms and garnered experience in medical malpractice, employment law, real estate, and estate planning.

Ms. Floryan is a member of the International Honors Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi as well as the American Bar Association.