Attorney Jennifer R. Jenkins, is a Houston, Texas native. She graduated from Episcopal High School in Bellaire, Texas where she excelled prior to leaving Texas for Atlanta, Georgia to pursue a dual-concentration business degree from a historically black college and university (HBCU). Upon receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree, she returned to Houston and worked for many years in accounting and global finance for the corporate powerhouses of JP Morgan Chase, the Bank of New York, and Mellon Financial.
After a successful career in finance, she left Texas again to pursue her juris doctorate degree in Michigan, where she completed her doctorate as well as concentration in three legal areas.
She has worked extensively in criminal law helping to free the wrongly imprisoned through the Innocence Project, where she used properly preserved evidence and forensic science to provide relief for clients. She has worked in civil law, family law, drafted wills and trusts for clients, assisted clients in business formations, and she also has experience in probate law. In addition to her legal experience, Attorney Jennifer Jenkins values service and has worked to consistently give back by assisting deploying members of the Armed Services pro bono, advising them of their federal rights, drafting legal documents, and preparing wills other necessary protections. She has aligned herself with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the AIDS Walk, the Sisters Network, and other volunteer organizations where she dedicates herself to the causes she believes deeply in.
Upon being admitted to the State Bar of Texas, Attorney Jenkins immediately joined the Consumer and Commercial Law; Family Law; Insurance Law; Juvenile Law; Labor and Employment Law, and Real Estate, Probate and Trust sections of the State Bar in order to steadfastly remain current in the law and the cases that impact her clients.
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Acquired: 2015
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Po Box 711213, Houston, TX, 77271-1213
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Criminal defense lawyer
2016 - Present
Attorney, Law Office of Jennifer R. Jenkins
2015 - 2016
Associate, Law Office of Vivian R. King
2011 - 2011
Legal Intern, Service to Soldiers
2011 - 2012
Legal Intern, Innocence Project
2008 - 2009
Senior Corporate Trust Associate, Mellon Financial Corporation
2005 - 2008
Senior Corporate Trust Manager, Jp Morgan Chase
2002 - 2005
Accounting Associate, McWilliams Accounting Firm
2017 - Present
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers AssociationMember
2017 - Present
Pro Bono College of the State Bar of TexasMember
2016 - Present
Harris County Criminal Lawyers AssociationMember
2016 - Present
State Bar of Texas, Appellate SectionMember
2015 - Present
Houston Bar AssociationCommittee Member - HBA Editorial Board, Elder Law Committee
2015 - Present
State Bar of TexasMember
2015 - Present
College of the State Bar of TexasMember
2015 - Present
State Bar of Texas, Family Law SectionMember
2012
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
2001
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2017
Elder Law and Estate Planning
2016
Elder Law and Estate Planning
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