Focus Areas
Examples of Jennifer’s experience include:
- Obtaining dismissal of an Illinois biometrics statute class action in federal court with tens of millions in dispute.
- Defeating Rule 23 certification of nationwide damages class on behalf of a national managed health care company in a class action filed by providers alleging breach of contract.
- Defeating class certification of nationwide class actions involving allegations of sexual harassment and employment discrimination on behalf of a global third-party logistics provider and a national electronics retailer.
- Obtaining summary judgment on behalf of a client on its claims of breach of restrictive covenants against a former employee and competitor
- Defending a product manufacturer in a class action alleging product defects and defeating Rule 23 certification of national class.
- Serving as lead counsel for a national managed health care company in an arbitration where all claims, including allegations of breach of contract and violation of Georgia’s Any Willing Provider Act, were dismissed after a full evidentiary hearing.
- Defending a medical product manufacturer against claims of breach of contract, fraud and RICO violations, and resolving for a small fraction of the millions in damages claimed.
- “Using Motions to Dismiss to Challenge Class Allegations,” Bloomberg Law Reports, Class Actions, 2009
- “Choice of Law Issues in Non-Compete Agreements,” Lorman Education Services, Atlanta, 2002-2008
- Materials author and seminar speaker, “Covenants Not to Compete in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee,” Lorman Education Services, Atlanta, 2002-2008
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Professional Associations
- Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
- Georgia Bar Association, Litigation Section
Education
- Tulane Law School, J.D., 1998,
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- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1994, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- Florida
Court Admissions
- Georgia Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida