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JenniferVillyard

Senior Managing Associate
Cleveland

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JenniferVillyard

Senior Managing Associate

Jennifer is a senior managing associate in the Commercial & Public Finance practice group. She focuses her practice on commercial financing transactions involving banks and other financial institutions, as well as public and private companies, in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities.

While in law school, Jennifer served as a student attorney through the Civil Litigation Clinic, as a pro bono extern at Mintz Levin, and as a research assistant. Prior to attending law school, Jennifer was a 2013 Teach For America corps member in San Antonio, Texas, where she taught middle school math.

Recognized in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2027

Focus Areas

  • Included in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Banking and Finance Law and Public Finance Law
  • Inducted into The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s Community Commitment Honor Society, 2024

Community Activities

  • Facing History and Ourselves, Advisory Board Member
  • The Skilled Labor Advisory Board, Board Member
  • Daily Dose of Reading, Board Vice President (2023-2024), Board President (present)
  • One Step Ahead Ohio, former Board Member

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2018,
    cum laude
    ,

    Review of Banking and Financial Law, articles editor

  • Texas Christian University, B.B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio