Jennifer focuses her practice on trust and estate administration and planning.  

In addition to her time as an attorney in the litigation departments of several other prominent, national and international law firms, Jennifer was previously an assistant vice president and private client fiduciary advisor for a Delaware trust company.  

Jennifer has also formerly served as a career judicial law clerk and judicial administrator for the Hon. Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, and as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Paul Mannes and the Hon. Duncan W. Keir of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland. 

While in law school, Jennifer served as a member and articles editor of the Widener Law Symposium Journal. Before attending law school, she served as a Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Congressional Intern and later, as a staff assistant, for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill. 

Admissions

• Maryland, 1997 
• Delaware, 2000 
• U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 2000
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2002

Education

Widener University School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1996 

• Articles Editor, The Widener Law Symposium Journal 

• American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Methods/Analysis, Research & Writing  

• Certificate of Achievement, Local Government Law 

• Phi Delta Phi, Harrington Inn Honor Chapter 

University of Delaware, Bachelor of Arts, 1992 

Professional Associations

• Delaware State Bar Association, member 

• Estates & Trusts Section 

• Former Co-Chair and member, standing Committee on Professional Ethics 

• Former Vice-President, Treasurer and member, Delaware Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) 

• Former Second Vice-Chairman, Director and member, Friends of the Woodlawn Library, Wilmington, Delaware 

Thought Leadership

Panelist, “CLE for Free: Beyond Knowing Just Enough To Be Dangerous: Navigating Bankruptcy Issues in Non-Bankruptcy Practices” (CLE Program presented at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, August 9, 2006, Philadelphia, PA) 

Contributing author, Insurance Issues in Mass Tort Cases and Recent Decisions and Case Updates 2003-2004, American Bar Association, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Subcommittee on Mass Torts and Environmental Claims, October 2004 (CLE Program Materials prepared for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, October 2004, Nashville, TN)