Jhanelle Graham Caldwell is a partner with Goodell DeVries. Her civil litigation practice is focused primarily on defending healthcare providers and healthcare institutions in professional liability matters alleging birth trauma, serious bodily injury, and wrongful death. Jhanelle has obtained defense verdicts in medical malpractice cases for her healthcare clients, including hospitals and physicians, at jury trials in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She manages all aspects of litigation and discovery, including factual investigation, litigation strategy development, expert and fact witness depositions, mediation, motions hearings, and trial advocacy.

Prior to joining Goodell DeVries, Jhanelle was a civil litigation associate at Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, P.C. in Baltimore, Maryland, where she defended clients in product liability matters, employment disputes, and complex commercial litigation. She earned a health law certificate from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (cum laude), where she was Vice President of the graduating class; a two-time recipient of the Dean's Award; a Monumental City Bar Foundation Scholar; a Murphy Scholar; and a recipient of the William P. Cunningham Award for exceptional academic achievement and service. Jhanelle also served on the Executive Board of the Maryland Law Review as its Manuscripts Editor and was a judicial intern for former Chief Judge Robert M. Bell at the Supreme Court of Maryland. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Jhanelle earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy of Science with a minor in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was inducted into the Friars Senior Society — the oldest undergraduate honor society at the University of Pennsylvania. She subsequently completed research fellowships at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), investigating the human T-lymphotropic virus; and the Fogarty International Center for the National Institutes of Health, where she was a member of a global research team performing a childhood malnutrition study in Asia, Africa, and South America. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Jhanelle is an avid performer of vocal jazz and a Lifetime Honoree of the Jamaica Musical Theater Company. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (MdVLA).