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Biography

Jen concentrates her business litigation practice in federal and state courts in New Jersey and New York. She practices at both the trial court and appellate levels, representing clients in a wide range of complex commercial disputes, helping them navigate the legal ramifications of their businesses. Jen has litigated all varieties of business disputes, including business tort, professional malpractice, breach of contract, antitrust, securities, restrictive covenant, and unfair competition matters.

Jen has significant experience seeking and opposing applications for emergent and other injunctive relief and has also represented clients in class action and multi-district litigation. She additionally brings her substantial litigation experience to bear when advising clients in advance of litigation as to their contractual rights and obligations. Jen frequently counsels corporations as to potential legal exposure, regulatory issues, and alternative courses of action to effectuate business goals and comply with applicable law, including providing advice to foreign and multinational corporations on issues of U.S. law.

Jen began practicing in 1998, following her clerkship for the Honorable Morton I. Greenberg, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, where she taught legal writing.

Other Info About Jennifer

Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Jen’s representative matters include:

  • Defending a national law firm in a malpractice claim alleging multimillion dollars in damages.
  • Representing former customers in connection with the Madoff SIPC Liquidation, including asserting securities fraud claims against a former officer and defending the SIPC Trustee’s application to stay that litigation.
  • Defending a biotechnology company against a multibillion-dollar antitrust claim by a competitor involving an alleged illegal handling arrangement.
  • Representing a leading medical device manufacturer in numerous matters to both enforce and defeat restrictive covenants in sales force contracts.
  • Representing a national firestopping manufacturer and distributor in obtaining preliminary injunctive relief against a competitor in an unfair competition matter.
  • Defending the sole shareholder of the distributor of a dietary supplement in the context of one of the largest bankruptcy cases in New Jersey.
  • Representing foreign national in multibillion-dollar estate dispute.

Representative Cases:

In re DBSI Inc., James R. Zazzali as Trustee for the DBSI Estate Litigation Trust v. United States of America, (9th Cir. 2017)

Alpha Painting & Construction Co. Inc. v. Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, 853 F.3d 691 (2017)

Goldsmith v. Zazzali, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 18705 (9th Cir. June 12, 2020)

In re Petition for Expungement of Criminal Records of T.O., 244 N.J. 514 (2021)

Education

Law School

Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude

Undergraduate School

Dickinson College, B.A.

Clerkships

Jennifer served as a clerk for the court(s) and judge(s) below:

Law clerk to the Honorable Morton I. Greenberg, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Bar Memberships

Jennifer is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

New Jersey

New York

Courts

Jennifer is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Award Selection Methodology

Recognized by Best Lawyers®, 2026 Edition: Commercial Litigation

Included on the ROI-NJ “Influencers: Women in Business” list, 2025

Included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers list, Business Litigation

Included on the ROI-NJ “Influencers: Women in Business” list, 2023

Included on the Profiles in Diversity Journal “Women Worth Watching” list, 2018

Included on the NJBIZ “Best 50 Women in Business” list, 2018

Included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Business Litigation, 2006-2011

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

New Jersey State Bar Association
Member, Appellate Practice Committee

New York State Bar Association

American Bar Foundation
Fellow