• Commercial lawyer for the food division of a global confectionery company, reviewing all supply, distribution, and indemnity agreements for its rice, organic foods and seeds businesses.
• Provides legal advice to the preeminent automobile financing company in Mexico with respect to its business within the U.S., and the marketing of its financial packages to Mexican nationals residing in the United States.
• Defended law firm in disability, race and gender discrimination litigation, successfully mediated case and secured favorable settlement.
• Defended national quick-serve Chinese food restaurant in sexual harassment litigation, successfully mediated case and secured favorable settlement.
• Defended U.S. based subsidiary of Mexican financing company in sexual harassment litigation and negotiated favorable settlement.
• Defended  national quick-serve fried chicken restaurant before California’s Labor Commissioner for failure to pay final wages and successfully reduced plaintiffs damages.
• First chaired a federal court action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for use of excessive force against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department on a pro bono basis on behalf of an incarcerated prisoner and negotiated favorable settlement.
• Initiated state court action on behalf of Mexican financial institution to recover multi-million dollar debt; successfully garnished the accounts of two Mexican defendant corporations, and secured favorable resolution of case.

• New After Hours Video Podcast on Five Things Latin American Companies Should Know Prior To Doing Business in California

Jennifer served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable J. Thomas Greene in the US District Court for the District of Utah. She also worked in the general counsel’s office of the University of Utah, where her caseload emphasized a wide spectrum of higher education employment matters, including Title VII race and gender discrimination, faculty tenure and labor unions.

Jennifer is a certified TAP Attorney/Volunteer Prosecutor through the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and is an active member of the Pro Bono Panel for the United States District Court, Central District of California. She also has provided pro bono assistance to individuals in connection with removal proceedings from the United States under the immigration laws of the U.S. Jennifer serves as the Board Nominating Chair for the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus.

Jennifer received the 2010 Outstanding Lawyer award for the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Los Angeles Chapter.

Her speaking engagements include:

“Social Media Update,” 2012 California Employment Law Review, December 6, 2012

Jennifer loves to spend time with her husband and her three children. If she’s not shuttling the children between activities, she can be found at the movies, at concerts, running or spending time with her extended family and friends.

Prior to law school, Jennifer lived in Argentina and Ecuador for several years, and she speaks fluent Spanish.