Jennifer Christine Vermillion

Jennifer C. Vermillion is actively licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois, Texas, and Louisiana, in the US District Court of the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, Northern District of Illinois, the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and before the Supreme Court of the United States. She handles both transactional and litigated civil cases firmly beleiving that taking on litigated matters makes attorneys better at preparing and negotiating transactional matters.

Jennifer has construction and complex litigation experience and also has represented governmental entities in Illinois in eminent domain matters as a Special Assistant Attorney General. Previously, Jennifer also spent 14 years practicing probate and fiduciary litigation, trust administration, estate planning, elder law, veterans affairs, and serving as an ad litem attorney in the Dallas County Probate and District Tax Courts. While attending SMU, Jennifer completed an externship with the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Louisiana State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association. She formerly served as a Chair of the Legal Line Committee and Chair of the Pro Bono Activities Committee for the Dallas Bar Association. Jennifer also has served as volunteer attorney for the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas.

Jennifer has taught as an Affiliate Professor at the UNT Dallas College of Law and from 2018 to the present she has collaborated with Lexis Nexis as an author/editor for the probate volume of the Dorsaneo Texas Litigation Guide.

Jennifer also serves as a private arbitrator for FINRA's Dispute Resolution Services and has served as both consulting and a testifying expert witness on Louisiana law in Texas probate litigation.

JENNIFER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE FOLLOWING AWARDS:
2022 Super Lawyers Rising Star Selectee
Texas Monthly’s Top Women of Rising Stars 2022
2021 Super Lawyers Rising Star Selectee
Texas Monthly’s Top Women of Rising Stars 2021
2020 Super Lawyers Rising Star Selectee
Texas Monthly’s Top Women of Rising Stars 2020
2019 Super Lawyers Rising Stars Selectee
Texas Monthly’s Outstanding Young Women’s Lawyers of 2018
Super Lawyers 2018 Rising Stars Selectee
Lawyers of Distinction Charter Member
National Advocates Top 40 under 40
Member of the Texas Bar College
Noted as “DVAP’S Finest” Dallas Bar Associations November, 2013 issue of Headnotes
- Honorable mention in the Dallas Bar Association’s monthly publication