Jennifer primarily represents commercial lenders and lessors in creditors' rights issues throughout the country. She leads the firm's general litigation practice in the Memphis office, is a member of the Partner Board and is on the Diversity Committee. In addition to her extensive commercial litigation experience, Jennifer serves as trial counsel in construction litigation, employment law matters and commercial fraud claims.
In more than 1,000 cases for a Fortune 100 commercial lender, Jennifer has coordinated and managed a team of attorneys across Husch Blackwell's offices and local counsel. This outside national counsel position has encompassed inventory collateral recovery efforts for a variety of industries and pursuit of deficiency claims in federal and state courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution forums.
In her commercial litigation practice, Jennifer defends against claims that are based on questions of lien priority and lender liability. She advises on general litigation, loan documentation, employee and independent-contractor issues and corporate formation. She also has coordinated and provided training to in-house counsel and corporate leaders on emerging legal issues.
Jennifer assisted in the development of the firm's Case Management System, where clients have extranet access to shared private files and reports and attorneys can achieve efficiency and cost-savings for clients in the management of their cases.
Before her law practice, Jennifer was an accountant with a major public firm, with a focus on financial institution audits and loan valuations.
Professional Associations & Memberships
· Arkansas Bar Association
· Memphis Bar Association
· Tennessee Bar Association
Civic Involvement
· The Leadership Academy Masters Program, Graduate, Memphis, Tenn.
· Grace St. Luke's Performing Arts Club, Treasurer, 2012-present
· Mid-South Pregnancy Loss Support Group, Board of Directors, 2006-2008
Experience
· Served as litigation team leader in representing Fortune 100 commercial lender throughout the United States in more than 1,000 significant-sized floor-plan lending cases involving retail dealers in a variety of industries. The scope of work in these representations included obtaining temporary restraining orders; handling of discovery; and serving as counsel in trials and arbitration proceedings.
· Represented auto manufacturing company in dealer franchise litigation throughout Tennessee and Arkansas
· Lead trial counsel for national auto-finance companies on consumer loan litigation, dealer disagreements and "keeper" issues
· Lead trial counsel for financial institution in matters such as lender liability, defaults and priority disputes
· Lead counsel for loan and account default litigation for a regional distributor and servicer of power generators and large-vehicle engines; representation included construction claims relating to private and government bonds
· Litigated for international manufacturer of industrial ovens in a dispute over the performance of a subcontractor's conveyor belts in auto manufacturing plant
· Lead trial counsel for party in litigation over the installation of a Jumbotron at university football stadium
· Advised and litigated on behalf of distribution and transportation company in independent contractor and employee issues, ranging from third-party liability cases to wage and hour class-action conflicts
· Obtained a favorable outcome for general contractor in multimillion dollar lawsuit by apartment complex owner over exterior façade renovation
· Lead trial counsel for regional grain elevator in lien and tort claims litigation, as well as disputed zoning issues
· Appointed lead counsel to represent a receiver in wind-down and accounting of a medical-care facility
· Lead counsel in defense of insurance companies in litigation related to policy coverage